Formal e-mail

April 20 th ,2022

Dear Ms. Song:

Good morning, I am pleased that you have written to me to learn more about the culture of
my country, Argentina.

About greetings, people usually shake hands or even kiss the first time they meet. When they
already know each other customary people Kiss or hug people they know or fist bumping over
the pandemic. The greeting between men and women are different, women kiss each on the
cheek more than men do.

In formal situations, people address other people by their title and family names. In casual
situations, people address each other by their nickname or given names.

Regarding table manners, do not put your elbows on the table,neither talk with the mouth full
of food. In Argentina we use knives, forks and spoons for eating. However, with some finger
foods it is not customary to use clutery. There are no taboo foods in Argentina, but it is not
very common to eat insects for examples. In conversations, it is better to avoid talking about
religion,politics or soccer, they are controversial issues.

In my country, it is not customary to be punctual,except for work , university or school.

When invited to a meeting at a house, the guest should bring some dessert or drinks. There
are not many taboo gifts, if you can avoid those that are associated with funerals and objects
with the England’s flag out of respect for those who died in Malvinas. The dressing code in
general is liberal, in some religious institutions some clothes can be inapropriate.

An important aspect of our culture, the Argentine are energetic argumentative,avoid entering
into debate.

Cordially

Tabera Natalia.
Informal e-mail

Hello Rubi, I’m glad you wanna come to Argentina. I’ll visit you when you are here,LMK date
and time. Let’ s start with the Argentine customs, IMHO you should drink mate, you can’t leave
without eating empanadas, asado and humita.

About greetings, people usually shake hands or even a kiss for the first time they meet, when
they already know each other customary people kiss or hug people they know or fist bumping
over pandemic. The greeting between men and women are different, women kiss each other
more than men do.

Regarding table manners, don’t put your elbows on the table, neither talk with the mouth full
of the food. In Argentina we use knives, forks and spoong. However, with some finger foods it
isn’t customary to use clutery. There aren’t taboo foods in Argentina, but it isn’t very common
to eat insects for examples. In conversations it is better to avoid talking about religion,politics
or soccer, they are controversial issues.

In my country it is not customary to be punctual,except for work , university or school,if they

ask you the time on the street they are probably trying to rob you, run LOL.

When invited to a meeting at a home, the guest should bring some dessert or drinks, there
aren’t many taboo gifts, if you can avoid that are associated with funerals and objects with the
England’s flag out of respect for those who died in Malvinas. The dressing code in general is
liberal, in some religious institutions some clothes can be inapropriate.

An important aspect of our culture, the argentine are energetic argumentative,avoid entering
into debate.