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How Norwegians make friends

Norwegians make friends the same way porcupines mate: Carefully. In fact, they (the Norwegians, I mean) are so careful about it, I’m still not sure exactly how they do it. That was the short answer to Victoria’s bafflement at Norwegian behavior. Victoria says: “[S]ome people are quite friendly and will smile or even chat a […]

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I am one of those people who loves the Chinese symbol for “crisis”: A combination of the symbols for “danger” and “opportuntity”. Except that it doesn’t exist. Via Hanzi Smatter, a blog “dedicated to the misuse of Chinese characters in western culture” – sometimes hilariously – I have come across an essay by Victor H. […]