Is this a common belief?

[ChAoTiCpInOy]

Originally posted by: EGGO
All of my Indian, Chinese, Filipino and German families don't do this to me.

That's a lot of families.

 

[Ricemarine]

Originally posted by: TehMac

Originally posted by: iamanidiot
yes asian tradition. seems to me a way to falsely proclaim superority

The Korean Language has around three different ways of addressing people.

1 way for addressing inferiors

1 way for addressing equals

1 way for addressing superiors

And on top of that there is a whole methodology to the way people speak to each other depending on class.

and I present to you, Keigo, the Japanese equivalent

 

[marvdmartian]

Originally posted by: Ricemarine
Wondering about that. At a ceremony for my grandma, my uncles walked by and didn't say a single word. Thus, I decided to greet them, in which they responded that it was necessary that "I must always take the first step to greet my 'elders, not the other way around'."

Common?
Asian-oriented belief?

Maybe it only happens to new Lifers??

Sorry, never heard of such a thing. Guessing it's an "Asian thing".

 

[Blackjack200]

I have a pretty big family so at family re-unions I make the effort to say hi to as many people as I can. At the same time, if any of them ever lectured me on my conversational etiquette, I'd pretty much stop talking to them. Who the fuck do they think they are? It's only happened to me once (outside the family) and I've never talked to her since.