Culture Clash is when two or more cultures are disagree about they believe or their lifestyle. So in a culture clash you can find misunderstandings and disagreements between different kinds of cultures. An example of culture clash can be when an European man comes to Chile and asks us why we don’t take a shower. The reason why they ask us that is because in Europe the people don’t take a shower so much and they think that the Chilean have a skin’s problem, because in Chile we use to take a shower everyday. In Europe the people don’t have the habit of taking a shower everyday so when they are in Chile they are so intrigued and uncomfortable. I chose that example because my friend told me that when he went to Europe and met some people from there, and the European always ask him about that.
I don’t have an own experience about culture clash but one of my friends who went to Europe told one of his experiences, and he said that when he was in Brazil, he had invited a girl to drink, and then the girl slapped him, because in Brazil if a man invited a girl to drink, means that the man want to have sex with her.
It is really interesting to know that you never had an experience of a culture clash, neither do I! But I understand the importance of knowing something about the place where you go, besides if you don't know you can pass a really bad moment !
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Another example of different cultures or culture clash is language, as you said in brazil and in other countries exist different meanings for the similar words, an example of that is the word "guagua" which here, in chile means baby, but in Cuba means bus...
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