Is it rude to say "excuse me, let me pass" ?
There were swarms of foreign tourists blocking the way to the cafeteria so I said to them very kindly "excuse me, let me pass" while weaving my way through them. But after coming through them I felt some people casting an irritated glance at me.. What did I do wrong? I thought " let me pass" would just work without causing any trouble but I can't think of other reasons why they got annoyed at me..
>beta is afraid to push away impudent tourists in his own country
let me pass sounds weird, just say excuse me.
But no, you didn't say anything wrong, you're probably reading too much into things if you're worried about something so trivial. Stop caring about what other people think of you.
Coming through.
EYYYY IM WALKIN HEEEEA
It sounds too imperative.
Even with the excuse me, just saying let me pass is like you're giving them an order.
It would have been better to say
"Excuse me, please" or "Could you let me pass, please"
Yes, very rude
In the Netherlands we almost never say please. It feels degrading.
We do say thank you.
Oh that has a good point. Thx. I'll try to avoid using imperative forms as much as possible then. I had no idea imperative forms harbored that sort of connotation.. Why do schools in Korea not teach something so important like this..
that is nice to know
Here we'd go:
"May I come through?"
*pushes everyone aside*
"sorry"
*squeeze through*
"excuse me"
*pushes a glass over*
"sorry"
Open the door > you're ordering someone to open the door
Could you open the door > you're requesting someone to open the door
Could you please open the door > you're politely requesting someone to open the door
just shout ALLAHU AKBAR and they will all run away
I started learning Arabic only a couple of weeks ago so idk how to pronounce it correctly. Too bad
Thx for so informative reply. That helped a lot
uh-lah-hu ack-bur
You could also try the Japanese way combined with the Dutch way.
Shout baaaaanzaaaai, run in and push through the crowd.
It's ul luh hoo akbar
>luh
I think lah is a better anglicized spelling.
It's alLAH, not alluh.
Unless they are bigger than me I just say ‘move’
lol, I never heard someone say move here. But a lot of people say:
Opzij = (step) aside
Aan de kant = to the side
Ik moet er door = I must go through
Laat me er even door = let me pass through
Mag ik er even door = May I pass through
Pardon = pardon (me) (on an annoyed tone)
LERR ME PASS YOU FILTHY GAIJIN!!
People do say "move" if they are annoyed sometimes.
Or
loop eens door = keep on walking
je staat in de weg = you're standing in the way
>HOT COFFEE, HOOOOT COOOOOFFFFEEEEEE
That always works for me
you should have said "may i pass through here if you dont mind?" and then say "sorry" a few dozen times
t. Canadian
But that sounds too submissive to me.. Idk if it's just me who feels this way tho.. It sounds like talking to my boss or someone in a higher position..
Yes very rude, how dare you
AY! I'M WALKIN' HEA', I'M WALKIN' HEA'!
He was making a joke about canadians and their over-politeness, Lee.
Didn't know it was a joke.. Since I haven't been on Jow Forums for long there are bunches of things I have yet to learn.. Or I'm just too dumb to follow the memes or jokes..
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>he do you know da wae
>kick him pic related
wow .... i also have same exprience surprisingly
when i take a KTX train i had to take of the train but there was one giant mid aged man who were blocking my way
so i said " excuse me ~ "
but he just looked at me and didn't make a space for me so i just push that dickhead and on my way.
do really western think excuse me is rude ? wow,
i guess " excuse me " for western people would be heard like " don't fucking stand on my way like dumbass and MOVE !!! "
dont say let me pass
just excuse me is fine
its not courteous to tell them what to do, you're supposed to ask and they will do it by their own volition
If they are chinese though dont bother, just barge through theres no way around it