If a person is short and not small, I' d sometimes say he/she is 4x4........ -borntobethe(云角) @费城华人论坛:费城枫下论坛 The Rolia Forum of Philadelphia

枫下佳缘 / 情爱悠悠 / "There are no short guys in the world." -iou(笨恐龙); 2012-7-10 {1124} (#7647220@0)
本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛Once during lunch hour in my previous company, we were chatting about my boss son’s hockey game over the weekend.

I was surprised about one kid who was so small in the team and my boss told me that I’d better never call a person being short in the public.

As confused as I was, I told my boss being short could mean high intelligence in Chinese culture. She laughed, and told me in North America, a person being short equals to very mean and/or aggressive personality (especially guys).

As we were chatting, KA, a not so tall Irish guy asked: “So, does that mean I am a mean person?”
My boss said to Kevin with a smiley face, ”Hey, KA, you are neither short, nor mean and aggressive, no, not at all. You are average.”

And then, my boss turned to me, said: ”Remember dear, there are no short guys in the world, all the guys are average.”

As everybody in the room giggled, KA stood up and said: ”Come on, you know that is purely BS!” suddenly, everyone was bursting into hysterical laughing.

Until now, once a while, I still can be surprised by the culture differences on a person being short.更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net

Short man syndrome -c__wang(cwang); 2012-7-10 (#7647241@0)

hehe~~~that was actually my first time heard about it -iou(笨恐龙); 2012-7-10 (#7647260@0)

姐姐我是深有体会啊。见过极品 SHORT MAN。要不我也不知道这个说法。 -c__wang(cwang); 2012-7-10 (#7647302@0)

really? so it was not only a joke, eh -iou(笨恐龙); 2012-7-10 (#7647318@0)

nooooo, short man can be devastating. -c__wang(cwang); 2012-7-10 (#7647322@0)

准备接砖，这里很多short man -222123(123); 2012-7-10 (#7647346@0)

相对滴，相对滴 ... -c__wang(cwang); 2012-7-10 (#7647364@0)

wow~~, then, I guess it is indeed the cultural differences, cos' I don't think such characteristics are commonly seen among outside North America; or, to be fair I should re-statement the North American culture caused such problem exist. -iou(笨恐龙); 2012-7-10 (#7647351@0)

我原来以后不能说人short是因为容易被理解成身体别的地方short，不是身材。 -longago(HH); 2012-7-10 (#7647356@0)

哈哈！六短？ -c__wang(cwang); 2012-7-10 (#7647361@0)
really? uh~~~I don't know what to say -iou(笨恐龙); 2012-7-10 (#7647367@0)

妈呀，看完你的贴，吓俺一跳。。。赶紧找我老外同事求证 -cdc9jfzl(此鱼非彼愚); 2012-7-10 {430} (#7647460@0)
顺便赔礼道歉。因为平时开玩笑，他总笑话我的发音，我就反击他的身量。（各位看官请注意，我们关系非常好的说，不要对我有误会哈！）
比如，那天有事请示他，但找不到他，同事说他去trailer里面查东西了。回来我就问他：你真的去trailer里面了？他说：是呀！我说：不可能，trailer 那么高，你根本上不去。。。
我指着龙龙写的给他看，他说：是有这个意思，不过我明白你不是那意思！
我说，你真是善解人意，那是不是意味着我能继续说你short 呀？！
哈哈。。。

hahaha~~~he is a nice guy for sure~~~ -iou(笨恐龙); 2012-7-10 (#7647470@0)

how short is short?~~~ -dong3213(住在肥皂泡里的牛); 2012-7-10 (#7647504@0)

相对滴，相对滴 ... -c__wang(cwang); 15:44 (#7647364@0) reply more -c__wang(cwang); 2012-7-10 (#7647506@0)
average 奏是 short ~ but short is not average, 你懂的 ~ ~ -sr-71(Black); 2012-7-10 (#7647512@0)

这么有哲理啊~~~~~ -dong3213(住在肥皂泡里的牛); 2012-7-10 (#7647535@0)

uh~~~it just meant to be a joke -iou(笨恐龙); 2012-7-10 (#7647556@0)

呵呵~~~我知道是个joke~~~但是，比如，就你自己而言，多矮你就觉得矮了呢~~~~要我，不说其他智力阿，人品啊什么的，男的低于175，我就觉得矮了~~~：P~~ -dong3213(住在肥皂泡里的牛); 2012-7-10 (#7647578@0)

I think maybe shorter than me~~~ -iou(笨恐龙); 2012-7-10 (#7647590@0)

哈哈~~~你本来就很高啦~~~~要是shorter than me~~~就tooooooo short 啦~~~~~：））～～～ -dong3213(住在肥皂泡里的牛); 2012-7-10 (#7647604@0)

有必要吗？就算是个2米的站在我面前，我也不会觉得他比我有优势。我觉得你过虑了。 -princemeetsprincess(西门小鸟); 2012-7-10 (#7647628@0)

嗯哪，我瞎操心~~~ -dong3213(住在肥皂泡里的牛); 2012-7-10 (#7647642@0)

不好意思，回错了。。。我是想回表妹的高跟鞋的，不知道为什么跑你这来了。。。 -princemeetsprincess(西门小鸟); 2012-7-10 (#7647655@0)

嗯，我也是这么觉得。女的1米65到1米68最好看，1米70以上就傻了，尤其是不瘦的 -happy090126(笑脸); 2012-7-10 (#7647623@0)

you .... you .... you ......... -win(秋天的菠菜); 2012-7-10 (#7647629@0)

you...you...you -happy090126(笑脸); 2012-7-10 (#7647633@0)

啊？~~~170就傻啦~~~ -dong3213(住在肥皂泡里的牛); 2012-7-10 (#7647648@0)

要看比例。如果腿长就很好看，上身长可能就傻吧。。。 -princemeetsprincess(西门小鸟); 2012-7-10 (#7647661@0)

嗯哪~~it is all about 比例~~~~~ -dong3213(住在肥皂泡里的牛); 2012-7-10 (#7647684@0)

a?!，你不会1米70吧。LOL -happy090126(笑脸); 2012-7-10 (#7647663@0)

i wish~~~~~:)~~~ -dong3213(住在肥皂泡里的牛); 2012-7-10 (#7647666@0)
1米68 -win(秋天的菠菜); 2012-7-10 (#7647674@0)

那我得再生俩~~~~~ -dong3213(住在肥皂泡里的牛); 2012-7-10 (#7647678@0)

sounds good -win(秋天的菠菜); 2012-7-10 (#7647686@0)

这话在rolia应该打击面不小吧 -fly_universe(飞越时空); 2012-7-10 (#7647668@0)

我穿上高跟都不敢在一些人面前站直。 -lilianliang(彪妹); 2012-7-10 (#7647528@0)

站直了会怎样？~~~~ -dong3213(住在肥皂泡里的牛); 2012-7-10 (#7647547@0)

怕人家心里不舒服。 -lilianliang(彪妹); 2012-7-10 (#7647554@0)
惊动党中央，军委宣布戒严，民主化再度延迟，谈天说地民主派大肆JJYY ~~~~~~~~~ -win(秋天的菠菜); 2012-7-10 (#7647564@0)

hehe~~~you are tall -iou(笨恐龙); 2012-7-10 (#7647558@0)
那你还穿高跟鞋？ -fly_universe(飞越时空); 2012-7-10 (#7647667@0)

还有另外一些呢～ ^_^ -lilianliang(彪妹); 2012-7-10 (#7648417@0)

If a person is short and not small, I' d sometimes say he/she is 4x4........ -borntobethe(云角); 2012-7-10 (#7647570@0)

hehe~~~that's right~~~I like this one -iou(笨恐龙); 2012-7-10 (#7647581@0)

the short version of this story is -no_kidding(nokidding); 2012-7-10 {20} (#7647625@0)
size doesn't matter

If a person is short and not small, I' d sometimes say he/she is 4x4........ -borntobethe(云角); 16:46 (#7647570@0) -iou(笨恐龙); 2012-7-10 (#7647636@0)

4x4 is not the correct measurement in this case. i guess u mean 4x4x4, remember this is 3 dimension world. but still, size doesn't matter, in other words, don't judge the size of a person, no matter man or woman -no_kidding(nokidding); 2012-7-10 {62} (#7647673@0)
but unfortunately it is something people always do in reality.

In business world, we should not, in personal life, we may -:) -princemeetsprincess(西门小鸟); 2012-7-10 (#7647688@0)

you may get surprise too -no_kidding(nokidding); 2012-7-10 (#7647710@0)

from a dating point of view, when we don't know too much about a person, we are more likely attracted by taller guys/pretty girls, that's human nature. size doesn't matter happens along with time going by. -princemeetsprincess(西门小鸟); 2012-7-10 (#7647730@0)

是不是short这词的多意性？ -fly_universe(飞越时空); 2012-7-10 (#7647664@0)

oops, I am not sure~~ -iou(笨恐龙); 2012-7-11 (#7649142@0)

we call it napoleon complex -uptowngirl(若初采香行处); 2012-7-11 (#7649103@0)

chinese translation: deng xiaoping complex -win(秋天的菠菜); 2012-7-11 (#7649105@0)

Hehe, men who are not that tall are true "world maker".... -borntobethe(云角); 2012-7-11 (#7649122@0)

really, that sounds better, isn't it, hehe~~ -iou(笨恐龙); 2012-7-11 (#7649146@0)

My boss is a short man who has used his intelligence and personality to acheive great wealth..... -runawaybride(朱莉娅); 2012-7-11 {37} (#7651254@0)
I never judge a man by appearance. :)

@Philadelphia

If a person is short and not small, I' d sometimes say he/she is 4x4........

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