Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Customs in the United States

Customs are the ways that a culture does things.

Some American customs:


When someone sneezes, you say "Bless you!"  (Sometimes people say "Geshundheit," which is German.)



We shake hands when we meet someone for the first time.



Time is money!  Americans always want to be on time.



No elbows on the table!  Also, many Americans eat with the fork in their right hands.




It is very bad to break a mirror!  Some Americans think you will have seven years of bad luck if you break a mirror.


What are some customs from your country?  Do you have some of the same customs as the United States?  Please click "Comments" to answer.





27 comments:

  1. Another custom from the United states is we celebrate Thanksgiving in November. we also eat a lot of pizza.

    Jesse

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  2. a cunstom from my country is ...
    if you see a black rabbit is bad..

    other custom in my country is we
    celebrate the teacher day..

    also the mother and father day



    freddy

    september 14,2011

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  3. my contry customs efe cime nowe babe people mac knife in palo because we are take bid direme this is eritrea and ethiopia

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  4. in our country when a baby snizi the mather say "get groth" and when someone is trip we say " meak me fall before dont u fall dear"
    in our country when the baby born we do or we meak a porridge and we cellebret .

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  5. acutomfrom.my.country.isafrica.ethiopiatellaboutyourselfme.mynameismadad.iamafarmer.mos42yersago.

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  6. MY country ETHIOPIA difrut on womn is pregnant she is 40 day no awsied she is noiwte caude becuce tenke bid derme she ceke

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  7. in our country when ice is fall from the sky we throw a knife in outside they think that the ice is going to stop ice fall.

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  8. my coment is difotal another costum for example is diferent the united my contry is total and my contry the peoples be superfais

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  9. In my country Burma Karen state mountain villager the karen culture . The karen people eat rice,meat,vegetable and fruit every day . When the new year we have a some karen dancing . some man went to the forest hut the animals for his family . The woman weaving clothes,bag for her children and family . The man no weaving and woman no huting . The karen people have a more famer . The karen people no education in their village because their village location in the forest .

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  10. In my country, eritrea a custum my country is fine we speak tirginira.

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  11. a custom from my country is to celebrate the crhistmas,hollaween,mothers and fathers day,we celebrate our independence day too we eat tradicional food,a custom diferent from united state is the thanksgiving day.

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  12. acustom from my country is if it sunday 7, it is bad luck.

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  13. A custom from my country is Somalia is 2 things important is : Ramadan and Id Mubarak this is very important our culture, every years. We also firsting one Months for evey body. Afetr we done we can eat different food. We celebratin all the people in that time. We also ceaelebaation the first Julay, because we got independent day 1960, this Independent day is came from Italian Government. My countruy is Somalia, our peoples speaking Somali Language. Our religionis is Muslimana.In my country has many different foods. Somali peoples no eat pork because our religonis no say eat pork. Somalia has 2 rivers: Jiuba and shabeli. I never forget my Country and my cultutre.

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  14. my coment is diferent the uneted state and my contry total and my contry isvery the people be super fais

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  15. my country the celebrations eid.many pepole eat right hands rice meat also they have different food dont eat with fork .

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  16. Another custom is that people eat a lot of fast food like McDonalds and Burger King.

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  17. My culture is Iraq the spesial food dolmia and rice with meet or ketchin .
    The spesial clothes for women in south Iraq . 7-17-69 This day spesial for pepol Iraq.

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  18. custms in the minnesota many paopel in street making hi this custm we are different

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  19. MY country culture childrne aftr 10 yeres i cam outside mother and father kissing head and knees this respekte

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  20. in our country when someone lait in inviteion they dont care they came lait habesh is lait it is not start with me they say when u get angrey

    in our country there is a cellebreat we call it mydarit eveybady go to one place from different places then they stay in here for one manth then they eat together they prey toghere after one manth there is a big cellebrat they dance something then they back in their contry that is it .

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  21. my country is different culture and cealebration somalia poeple eat right hands no eat pork evry year theer tims cealebration 1960 idmubarak

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  22. My country the costom is same for huging between the someone you have see him oer longtme. If you meet someone for the first time,you give the iess three time.But your friends or closr family who you them every time you give one kiss.

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  23. In my country customs they have many holidays for example easter all ethiopian poeple all nigt to pray at church and they cealebrate at home with family.

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  24. My culture when some one sneezes you say [Alhamdulilaah] than ather person says[Rahmakalaah] Alhamdulilaah means thanks God.the meaningof Rahmakalaah Bless you

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  25. Im my culture ethiopia is many fasting day we have but before holiday like esater we fasting 66 days we did not eat any animales prodacet we eat like veg and fruite until 2 or 3 oclke after that we eat veg or different food. Easter we celebrate big holliday and we have get toget together and a lot of food and a lot of fun.

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  26. ethiopian culture has many cultures because the people are difrent language and religions ethiopia has 85 languages i speak 4 languages but i dont speak 81 languages

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  27. In my homeland's restaunt at cambodai is differant in the the United states. the costomer in Cambodai have to choice the food my themself. What kind of wood that they like. But in Cambodai in the restaunt, it doesn't have many food like in the United States. But Cambodai food are realy delicious food. I like Cambodai food. In Cambodai some restaunt have tarantulas. But only some restaunt not all. My favorites food are tarantulas. The teacher james want to know the teat tarantulas too. WHAT TARANTULAS TEST IS? But the United states doesn't have tarantulas food. So he can't. Baby when i go to C ambodai, I'll buy some tarantulas for him.

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