Timeline for "Your sniffling is driving me crazy!"
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| May 9, 2012 at 15:03 | vote | accept | Questioner | ||
| May 9, 2012 at 11:15 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackJapanese/status/200182258596986880 | ||
| May 9, 2012 at 11:13 | comment | added | ジョン | Not really an answer to your question, but in my experience in Japan blowing your nose in public is considered impolite by some. Though sniffing may be annoying it doesn't seem to have the same feeling of impoliteness, so it's a temporary solution to stop one's nose running until one can get to a private place to blow one's nose. That at least explains it on trains - maybe not so much in a cafe where the toilet's right there. | |
| May 9, 2012 at 6:55 | comment | added | Jesse Good | lol, I agree there is a cultural difference (I would say that people don't use tissues as often in Japan for various reasons), but I also have heard people say they can't because it gives a sharp pain in their ears. Here is a thread in Japanese talking about it. | |
| May 9, 2012 at 6:21 | answer | added | user1016 | timeline score: 11 | |
| May 9, 2012 at 6:02 | history | asked | Questioner | CC BY-SA 3.0 |