Dialogue in and between Different Cultures - International ...
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Chat Behaviour Intercultural 137<br />
(8) WoSoft: Hildesheim ist bei Hannover, ist aber schöner<br />
[…]<br />
Sopran: Hier gefällt es mir sehr sehr gut ! […]<br />
bubuka: Hallo Sopran, bist Du aus Hildesheim? […]<br />
Sopran: Wie kommst du denn da drauf, bubuka?<br />
bubuka: Eben wurde von Hildesheim gesprochen […]<br />
Sopran: Deshalb muss ich nicht dort leben,oder ?[…]<br />
bubuka: Stimmt. Ich sehe gerade, du kommst aus Frankfurter raum. […]<br />
Sopran: Bubuka, wir - me<strong>in</strong> Mann und ich - leben <strong>in</strong><br />
Würzburg.[…]<br />
Sopran: Hildesheim kenn ich nicht ! […]<br />
“WoSoft: Hildesheim is near Hannover but much nicer! […]<br />
Sopran: I like it very much here! […]<br />
bubuka: Hello Sopran, are you from Hildesheim? […]<br />
Sopran: How did you work that one out, bubuka ? […]<br />
bubuka: Somebody just spoke of Hildesheim […]<br />
Sopran: That’s no reason for me to live there, is it ? […]<br />
bubuka: Right. I just see you are from the Frankfurt area.<br />
[…]<br />
Sopran: Bubuka, me – my husb<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> I – live <strong>in</strong> Würzburg. […]<br />
Sopran: I don’t know Hildesheim! […]”<br />
Even though neither Sopran nor Bubuka live <strong>in</strong> Hildesheim, they engage <strong>in</strong> a<br />
rather lengthy conversation – measured by chat st<strong>and</strong>ards where topics usually<br />
change rapidly. While do<strong>in</strong>g so, they gather some <strong>in</strong>formation about each other.<br />
In the example below Rapunzelmaus searches for someone from the Schwe<strong>in</strong>furt<br />
area <strong>and</strong> engages with the chatter Gitte81 as her reply is positive (9). A negative<br />
example is displayed by haeschen who, as no one seems to be from the desired<br />
area, leaves the chat room shortly afterwards (10).<br />
(9) Rapunzelmaus: Wer ist hier aus schwe<strong>in</strong>furt?<br />
Gitte81: Ich Rapunzelmaus.[…]<br />
“Rapunzelmaus: Anyone here from schwe<strong>in</strong>furt?<br />
Gitte81: Me Rapunzelmaus.[…]”<br />
(10) Suesses-haesche: Hallo jem<strong>and</strong> aus Nähe Bamberg hier? […]<br />
Suesses-haesche: Na dann geh ich wieder…[…]<br />
“Suesses-haesche: Anyone here liv<strong>in</strong>g near Bamberg? […]<br />
Suesses-haesche: Ok, I’ll go then…[…]”<br />
This is also true for Russian chatters who are stronger engaged <strong>in</strong> a conversation<br />
with people from their hometown; this can be the beg<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g of a nice talk, shar<strong>in</strong>g<br />
the same background. But not only is the hometown important <strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong>terest<strong>in</strong>g for<br />
these chatters: ideally, a chatter <strong>in</strong>troduces himself by tell<strong>in</strong>g his age, gender <strong>and</strong><br />
hometown when enter<strong>in</strong>g the chat room. If he does not immediately enter his<br />
personal data, it will become necessary while chatt<strong>in</strong>g with a specific person or