On 12/03/14 13:37, Francois Labreque wrote:
> 
> Indians have a respect for authority that is almost as deeply rooted as
> the Japanese's.  So low-level employees will stick to procedure and not
> show any initiative, for fear of running afoul of higher ups.  Even if
> the person you spoke to knew that you were probably right, he needed to
> follow his script.
> 

A good point.

There was an article in New Scientist a couple of years ago that related
the behaviour of bi- and tri-lingual children and teenagers when
speaking any one of their particular languages. As I recall, a
Japanese/English speaking kid would be considerably more polite and
deferential when speaking Japanese than when speaking English.

John
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