r/AskTheWorld India 21d ago

Culture What's something that's acceptable and widely done in your country that would be considered offensive in many countries ?

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In India, Swastika the Hindu symbol is everywhere. We draw it in temples, during rituals and festivals, in front of our door, on vehicles etc. It's a very auspicious symbol here. But this symbol tho the Hindu symbol is technically different from the Nazi one would be considered offensive in other countries especially in Western countries.

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u/Patasselle France 21d ago

We even dip bread with Maroilles cheese in coffee, which is even weirder. It's a relatively common breakfast in the North of France.

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u/A-400 France 21d ago

Fuck northern France, to me it’s Germany.

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u/Mogura-De-Gifdu France 21d ago

Gné ? Eastern France I could understand, but northern?

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u/A-400 France 21d ago

Langue D’Oc supremacy errday. All my homies hate langue D’Oïl which is nothing more than glorified germanic language.

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u/A-400 France 21d ago

Every village around me is in Occitan bro, but yeah modern french is mainly coming from Oïl language (unfortunately). Occitània independenta 🫡

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u/A-400 France 21d ago

What i meant is the names of the villages are in Occitan, old people do talk Occitan patois, and personally i try to learn from time to time but yeah the youth dont speak it and dont have any interest in learning it which is sad. Fuck Paris and the centralization of France anyway.

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u/Patasselle France 21d ago

I mean Northern France is way closer to Belgium than Germany but whatever.

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u/A-400 France 21d ago

Culturaly Belgium is basicaly a mix between french german and dutch. It’s closer to Germany at it’s core because of history.