▲ 235 ▼ What habits or practies have you adopted from cultures besides your own? (lemmy.world) submitted 3 years ago by teamster@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 200 comments fedilink hide all child comments For example, I'm a white Jewish guy but I've adopted the Japanese practice of keeping dedicated house slippers at the front door.
[–] Mugmoor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 3 years ago (2 children) This is a German thing? I know tons of people here in Canada who do it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] lagomorphlecture@lemm.ee 13 points 3 years ago* (1 child) It's done all over Europe. They also have a fancy 1 that's nice because it doesn't look like a lower case l. I'm not positive that the 1 is used outside France though but it's the standard in France. https://ielanguages.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/davidsno.jpg permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Mugmoor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 3 years ago Yep, we do that too. It's called a Serif, though it being a French word I'd guess you know that. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Aremel@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) I thought it was a Spanish speaking country thing only until this comment permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lagomorphlecture@lemm.ee 6 points 3 years ago They do the fancy 7 all over Europe. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lagomorphlecture@lemm.ee 13 points 3 years ago* (1 child) It's done all over Europe. They also have a fancy 1 that's nice because it doesn't look like a lower case l. I'm not positive that the 1 is used outside France though but it's the standard in France. https://ielanguages.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/davidsno.jpg permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Mugmoor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 3 years ago Yep, we do that too. It's called a Serif, though it being a French word I'd guess you know that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Mugmoor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 3 years ago Yep, we do that too. It's called a Serif, though it being a French word I'd guess you know that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Aremel@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) I thought it was a Spanish speaking country thing only until this comment permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lagomorphlecture@lemm.ee 6 points 3 years ago They do the fancy 7 all over Europe. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lagomorphlecture@lemm.ee 6 points 3 years ago They do the fancy 7 all over Europe. permalink fedilink source parent