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Subject:Re: Across Cultures From:Jim Venis <ujv01 -at- MAILHOST -dot- UNIDATA -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 14 Jan 1994 13:26:47 CST
> Do you have any stories or examples from personal
> experience of communication being hindered or
> confused because the persons involved were from
> different cultures?
I don't have any personal examples I want to post, but after reading
Deborah Tannen's book ("You Just Don't Understand" Ballentine 1990),
I'm inclined to treat any conversation between genders as such.
You may want to have a look at it. --Jim
