http://cindyking.disqus.com/Cross cultural marketing and international salesenTue, 04 Nov 2008 10:19:20 -0000http://cindyking.biz/offense-taken-with-the-word-foreign/#comment-3486910<p>Hi Alina,</p><p>Thank you for commenting!</p><p>This incident really got me thinking. And I immediately associated it with some of the apparently "futile" (to me) examples of political correctness in North America today. But maybe "foreign" has different connotations is different languages, and this person brought these undertones into the English word "foreign". I don't know.... <br></p>Cindy KingTue, 04 Nov 2008 10:19:20 -0000http://cindyking.biz/offense-taken-with-the-word-foreign/#comment-3486590<p>English is not my mother tongue, but I never thought of the word foreign as offensive. I try to imagine a scenario where it would be, and I guess it should be someone coming from a country where all foreigners are discriminated against. Still, I cannot understand how can anyone think offending someone will make them stop offending you. </p>Alina PopescuTue, 04 Nov 2008 10:02:34 -0000