What's your quirk?

I knew I could count on you, Antman!

Antman said:

I loathe litter and will accost anyone I see who should throw trash on the ground in my field of view.

That is no quirk, that's just right

Antman said:

I say hello to everyone I make eye contact with. If I am reasonably confident of their native tongue, I like greeting them in their language.

Boa Noite e ate' logo!

Antman said:

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It would be like saying 早晨好 to someone from Japan. The last man that knocked me down was Japanese. I never saw his foot.

Question 1: Not knowing Japanese, are you sure you would not be knocked out when saying this?

Question 2: If you are knocked out more often after saying something in the other persons language, shouldn't you first consult a dictionary before saying anything?

Kari

My #1 pet peve is getting what I pay for .. case in point ... I pay extra for a 30Mb line ... I expect to get it ... this morning, I'm not even getting 3Mb... I plan on bending the ear of my ISP ...

Antman said:

早晨好 is Chinese.

I was told Kanji and traditional chinese ideograms look pretty much the same. As I can only recognize 出口 and 入口, I can't really tell the difference. I only know you should avoid calling someone's mother a horse when trying to say good morning in Chinese. Is that what 早晨好 means in Japanese? Or he just got ofended by Ni Hao instead of Ohayou gozaimasu?

Antman said:

That is a tough one. I have not spent enough time in the Portuguese speaking countries of South America to determine by sight if a person might speak Portuguese rather than Spanish. Don't want to get that one wrong.

It is really not possible. The Brazilian population being a mixture of White European, Black African and Native South Americans, you can imagine you can find pretty much all looks. I used to be thought to be Dutch when I was there (until I opened my mouth). I have Brazilian friends you would swear they come from India.

We are anyway pretty used to people not knowing we speak Portuguese and not Spanish, since everybody else South of Texas does. But a Brazilian will answer "bom dia" if you say "buenos dias"...

Tews said:

My #1 pet peve is getting what I pay for .. case in point ... I pay extra for a 30Mb line ... I expect to get it ... this morning, I'm not even getting 3Mb... I plan on bending the ear of my ISP ...

I guess the old addage about the squeaky wheel works... they sent a tech out and replaced the modem, gave me some free credit, and all is good...