Cultural Note

Something I learned yesterday: to (some) Austrians, saying in English "Yeah, we should hang out sometime" means "I don't ever want to hang out with you". The German word for "sometime" is "irgendwann", which can translate to "sometime or other" or "at any time". Apparently Austrians don't use that word much, while Americans do quite a bit. Or at least I use that word alot, and it's confusing.

Now that I think about it, I have heard other people express displeasure with my indefinite & noncommittal manner of speech. Perhaps this a pattern....