I was listening to one of Stephen Fry‘s ‘podgrams’—”Wallpaper“—in which he briefly touched on the idea that the English tend to classify something as ‘pretentious’ if they don’t understand it. It’s a form of defense of tradition or perspective. Intelligence or flamboyance are marked as a personality flaw; people exhibiting uncomfortable behaviour or traits are… Read More
Posts Tagged ‘dialogue’
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 Tags: abstract, dialogue, ideas, interesting, Jacqui Smith, Stephen Fry, Tony Blair, wine
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It’s the transition which hits you. From begging your interlocutor to understand you—to even bend a little in your direction—to being understood so effortlessly but still being in an unfamiliar place. This is traveling from France to Amsterdam. In France, making an effort to speak French is mandatory; yet still everyone looks at you as… Read More
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 Tags: Amsterdam, coffee, dialogue, editorial, France, interesting, me, Travel, United Kingdom
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