[Xmca-l] Re: anachronism

[Andy Blunden]

Well, I've found an expression, if not a word: "cultural
faux pas."

https://travel.usnews.com/gallery/10-cultural-faux-pas-to-avoid-while-visiting-10-countries

Andy

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Andy Blunden
http://www.ethicalpolitics.org/ablunden/index.htm
On 17/09/2018 1:03 PM, Greg Thompson wrote:
> I'm stumped. Can't think of a /single/ word. 
> There are phrases like culturally tone-deaf or culturally
> insensitive but they are not quite on point.
> -greg
>
>
>
> On Sun, Sep 16, 2018 at 6:31 PM Andy Blunden
> <andyb@marxists.org <mailto:andyb@marxists.org>> wrote:
>
>     All these opposites, Annalisa, are opposites of
>     "culture" in the sense of liking opera or reading a
>     book instead of watching TV, referring to a hierarchy
>     *within* a culture. As Greg alerted us to, "culture"
>     is a very polysemous word. The ana-culturalism I am
>     looking for refers to "culture" which is *different*
>     rather than *more or less*. Like offering a tip to the
>     waitress in the local greasy spoon in London, or a
>     boss sacking a worker on the spot in an Australian
>     company.
>
>
>     Andy
>
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>     Andy Blunden
>     http://www.ethicalpolitics.org/ablunden/index.htm
>     On 17/09/2018 8:26 AM, Annalisa Aguilar wrote:
>>
>>     Hi Andy,
>>
>>
>>     It's always great to discover the hole in a language,
>>     which I would call the realization of not having a
>>     word for something meaningful.
>>
>>
>>     I looked up "aculture" and the dictionary found
>>     "acculture" which is actually to bring someone up to
>>     speed in their knowledge of a culture, but I don't
>>     think that is what you are looking for.
>>
>>
>>     I found these words when I looked up "what is the
>>     opposite of culture":
>>
>>
>>     ignorance
>>     inability
>>     inexperience
>>     uncouthness
>>     bad manners
>>     clumsiness
>>     coarseness
>>     crudeness
>>     harm
>>     hurt
>>     impoliteness
>>     incompetence
>>     inelegance
>>     ineptness
>>     roughness
>>     rudeness
>>     tactlessness
>>
>>     Even though I know that you are not talking about
>>     opposites but outside of, what I noticed about this
>>     list is the emotionality I associate to many of the
>>     words, except maybe for "ignorance," which seems
>>     neutral and descriptive, though no one likes to be
>>     called ignorant, and that word is best used as a
>>     self-descriptor if I'm willing to call myself that.
>>
>>
>>     There is also "clueless" but that is also pejorative.
>>
>>
>>     Maybe "unsophisticated"? 
>>
>>
>>     These words below came up when I looked for synonyms
>>     for "clueless" and also have a pejorative color:
>>
>>
>>     brainless
>>     childlike
>>     clueless
>>     crude
>>     dumb
>>     feeble-minded
>>     idiotic
>>     ignorant
>>     moronic
>>     naive
>>     slow
>>     stupid
>>     uncomplicated
>>     unschooled
>>     unstudied
>>     untutored
>>     unworldly
>>
>>     "Unworldly" might be OK.
>>
>>     All in all? great observation.
>>
>>     Kind regards,
>>
>>     Annalisa
>>
>>
>>
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>
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