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Her voice was shaking.

 \u201cI have no idea why he reacted that way<\/em>. He seemed really upset! I feel so stupid. No idea what I did to make him seem so angry.\u201d<\/em>
\u201cI\u2019m curious\u2026what did you say to him?\u201d
\u201cYou\u2019re wrong.\u201d <\/em>
\u201cOh….I see.\u201d
*****
This is a quote from one of my recent coaching sessions. My client is a Dutch executive. Which means, at times, she translated from Dutch to English when she was speaking English. And sometimes, it didn\u2019t work out in her favor.

This happened to be one of those times.

The Dutch language (and the French, Spanish, and German, among others) has a formal and informal style actually built into<\/em> their language. For example, there\u2019s a formal way to say \u2018you\u2019 and an informal way to say \u2018you\u2019. And there\u2019s an unwritten rule about when to use each one, and when to make the delicate transition from a formal to an informal communication style. I love that.

We don\u2019t have that shizzle in English.
We. Only. Have. You. (And without you<\/strong>, sweet name, these newsletters would get so lonely!)

SAY WHAT?!?<\/strong>

So\u2026how do you express formality and informality in English? We use different words<\/em>. And we change the word order<\/em>, depending on who we are talking to and what we are talking about. 
In English we also negotiate differently than in some other cultures. We try to separate the person from his or her ideas. We disagree with the idea, but not with the individual expressing it. If you say that someone is wrong, it comes across as being quite harsh. That\u2019s what my client did, which explains why her English counterpart seemed a bit offended. We try to use \u2018softening\u2019 language to give bad news, or to express disagreement, and increase the formality when the situation gets more serious. Hello ‘Unfortunately’, ‘I’m afraid that’, and ‘I see where you’re coming from, however…’. \ud83d\ude42 

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