> Admittedly, that would be quite a stretch of the cultural warp. Point well
> taken. But, in a broader sense, I think how we express our likes and
> dislikes can be as culture specific as the likes and dislikes we express.
> JMESHO. (When I typed my post, I was thinking of some durian loving
> Chinese
> friends who referr to it as "stinky fruit," and my own feeling about
> Pu-erh,
> which can be many things, not all of them pleasant, but always an
> adventure
> and a journey worth taking.
>
> Michael
>

But certainly Chinese calling durian (or any other "their" food for that
matter) stinky is like American calling McDonalds "shitty food". But when
Chinese say "I 'd rather eat ground glass than your shitty hamburgers" it
does sound different, isn't it?

Sasha.