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Originally Posted by Mortis
I agree with Astra, the level of familiarity is sometimes disturbing here. I find it rather rude to be called love, honey or other terms of endearment that I would personally save for my wife or daughter, not someone I have never met. Here the over familiarity is in areas that I find really rude like when you are shopping for cloths they will tell me (I'm generally larger then most Malaysians, but I'm not obese!) that I need the "King Kong" size, or "You are very fat, you no need more food". Not kidding in the least. People here will also call someone older, "Uncle, Grandfather or Aunty, Grandmother" I think Ma'am or Sir would suffice. I'm a fairly private person and I find this level of familiarity to be to much. This could be why locals think all "Matsali (White people)" are arseholes because we don't like this level of familiarity.
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There is an island in your part of the world, where they keep (or used to keep) persons in cages and feed them starchy food so that they would get nicely fat and rounded to better fit their tastes. I do not remember if it was aesthetic or culinary tastes ...
When you shop for King Kong clothes do they pinch you by any chance? or droll ? Did anybody ask you to eat green apples?