http://www.lds.net/forums/ Learn, discuss, and ask questions about different cultures and the things they celebrate and why they celebrate them. en Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:44:26 GMT vBulletin 10 http://www.lds.net/forums/images/misc/rss.jpg http://www.lds.net/forums/ http://www.lds.net/forums/taste-cultures/27433-noooooo-i-think-british-bacon-might-better-than-canadian.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:15:07 GMT So today, I had my first bite of British bacon.

I've tried European bacon, which just isn't as good as peameal and North American bacon, so I was wary to try British bacon.

It is the most delicious, succulent, fantastic bacon I have tasted ever. The Brits might not do the best sausages or foods, but British bacon wins.

I must confess this. ]]> Taste of Cultures FunkyTown http://www.lds.net/forums/taste-cultures/27433-noooooo-i-think-british-bacon-might-better-than-canadian.html http://www.lds.net/forums/taste-cultures/27374-us-lds-china-can-likened-people-book-mormon.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:27:52 GMT The thought came to my mind after listening to two months of teleconference sacrament meeting in China. Why? It is because I noticed that almost no anecdote of exchange between US expatriates and local Chinese has been mentioned or referred to in the sacrament meeting talk or in the testimonies given. What are talked about, of people, are mostly about families back in the States, news of home wards, etc., and about co-expats here, and none else. I felt as if these people are here in China, but their topics, their minds are basically facing back toward America. And their associations are limited among co-expatriates themselves. So the comparison to the people of the Book of Mormon, where neither the Nephites nor the Lamanites mentioned the local natives at all though they moved into a new land. Writing the thought I noticed that the major reason for this is to be found in the enormous difficultness of the language, Chinese to the Westerners. But still I think it is expected of the visitors who would stay for a substantial length of time to learn and speak the local language. It is part of newcomers obligation and courtesy. And aren’t lds known for their ability to speak foreign languages? (The thought is posted in my Japanese blog NJWindow(J) (http://blog.goo.ne.jp/numano_2004) dated 29 Oct. ‘09) The thought came to my mind after listening to two months of teleconference sacrament meeting in China. Why? It is because I noticed that almost no anecdote of exchange between US expatriates and local Chinese has been mentioned or referred to in the sacrament meeting talk or in the testimonies given.

What are talked about, of people, are mostly about families back in the States, news of home wards, etc., and about co-expats here, and none else. I felt as if these people are here in China, but their topics, their minds are basically facing back toward America. And their associations are limited among co-expatriates themselves. So the comparison to the people of the Book of Mormon, where neither the Nephites nor the Lamanites mentioned the local natives at all though they moved into a new land.

Writing the thought I noticed that the major reason for this is to be found in the enormous difficultness of the language, Chinese to the Westerners. But still I think it is expected of the visitors who would stay for a substantial length of time to learn and speak the local language. It is part of newcomers obligation and courtesy. And aren’t lds known for their ability to speak foreign languages?

(The thought is posted in my Japanese blog NJWindow(J) dated 29 Oct. ‘09) ]]> Taste of Cultures NJWindow http://www.lds.net/forums/taste-cultures/27374-us-lds-china-can-likened-people-book-mormon.html http://www.lds.net/forums/taste-cultures/27136-spanish-speaking-what-expect.html Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:19:28 GMT I'm going to be spanish speaking and staying in the United States, Hartford to be exact. What can one expect, culturally? Is it really all that different? Honestly, I WANT to have culture shock when I get home. ]]> Taste of Cultures allredcon http://www.lds.net/forums/taste-cultures/27136-spanish-speaking-what-expect.html