[OT] Cultural differences (was Re: Defining Pet Features and Essentials)

[Devin Asay]

On Feb 13, 2014, at 6:12 PM, Kay C Lan <lan.kc.macmail at gmail.com>
 wrote:

> I'm certainly glad a smile is a smile and a laugh is a laugh the world
> over. I was reading somewhere recently (can't find it) that another
> universal, almost bordering on language, is the 'Uh' response. i.e. I don't
> understand, I don't comprehend. Supposedly no matter your culture or
> language, we all do this.
> 
> On the subject of pigs being clean but we use the term to mean messy, dogs
> being man's best friend but used as an insult, a while back we had a
> gentleman at our local church who worked in management for Disney.  Every
> know and then I'd wryly ask him 'how's that Mickey Mouse outfit treating
> you', he'd smile and tell me "very well". One day he confided with me that
> Management at Disney were continually concerned and had failed to ever
> figure out why it was that 'Mickey Mouse outfit' came to refer to something
> dipolar to everything the company so diligently tried to represent.
> 
> It's an inexplicable world we live in; which is again why I'm so glad
> smiling and laughter is universal.

Thanks for a *smile* to start my day, Kay. 

Devin



Devin Asay
Office of Digital Humanities
Brigham Young University