BewitchedWhen I was very young, I watched an American TV Show called "Bewitched".
I have forgoten the stories. But I just remember I have one question.
"Why do they take their shoes off ?. "
"They are walking around their room with their shoes on. "
I asked my mother "Why?"
When I was young, I lived in old, wooden, Japanese style house which was not small. And there were a lot of fields around our house. Therefore my shoes were dirty every day.
My mother answered me seriously,
" I think so too, why? It must be hard to clean their rooms."
"I'm sure American roads are paved. I heard cleaner machines work on the rodes."
When I was young, we didn't see foreigners in our town. Foreigners were justTV.
Actually, I remembered this story, when I watched Cazzie's slipper.
When my mother was healthy, she went to foreingn coutries. Probably I think she could find her answer. Now she is sick. I am so sorry that I can't ask about it.
posted by Lucy @ 6:01 PM
22 Comments
22 Comments:
When people go over to a friends house here, they don't take their shoes off when they enter. I guess that would be considered rude in Japan?
A lot of people take their shoes off when they enter their house so they don't track dirt around. But, some people don't. And you can see that their carpets are dirty and it would take a lot to get them clean.
Jay,
Thank you for comments. Japanese got a lot of American cultures.
We always take off our shoes in our entrances and the others.
People will generally take off their shoes if their whole house has carpet.
What's this about Princess Cazzie's slipper?
I have a big big shoe rack at our front door, it is used most times for shoes, yet occasionaly for the children's hats to go on aswell.
My carpet needs to be cleaned very soon, even though the chilkdren do take shoes off at the door it still gets dirty this time of the year..being Winter.
I too liked Bewitched..and Happy Days too
I forgot to say that I am sorry to hear of your mother's ill health, I do think she would know she has a lovely daughter and two lovely grandsons who care about her :)
LanternLight,
slipper might Rebecca's.
Acutually, you know I can't read English well.
http://idontdomornings.blogspot.com/2006/07/bb2-task-12.html
Cazzie!!! Thank you,
I envy your big big shoe rack!!
When I became my son's mother, I recognized my mother was wonderful.
Jay, LanternLight, and Cazzie!
Thank you for comments.
I understood that you take your shoes off in your house.
But but but, movies which I watched, actors didn't take off their shoes, I think....
Anyway, mothers like to clean easly
in their house.
I've also heard that taking off shoes is a Japanese custom -and a very good one at that.
Here in Hungary, most people take off their OWN shoes at the entrance (within the house), but do NOT ask the guest to do likewise. I think this is illogical and stupid.
Everyone must take off their shoes otherwise the house gets dirty.
In our house, where we have a garden, hens and a cat in the garden, a compost heap, vegatable garden - all that are dirty. So our house has a special rule: The entrance area is considered dirty, and one can enter with any kind of shoes. Than there is the clean area(inner rooms with wooden floor) that everyone, even our guests enter without shoes.
Hello again Lucy, yes, mother's do love to have a clean house, mine is always clean yet not always tidy...until the children are in bed that is :)
I understand the slipper part from my blog, it was a copy of a picture Hillbilly Mom had put on her blog last year..she was saying she may buy these fine slippers for Rebecca for Christmas....they are funny slippers. I have some purple colored moccasins that I wear, they are very warm and for inside the house only. In Summer, I wear thongs or just bare feet around the house.
Szélső Fa,
When Japanese go to bed, we use "futon" which put on mat(tatami) except using beds. This is our culture. Threfore we need to take off our shoes. I want to relax without my shoes.
Everyone who posted my blog, said
the guest don't take off their shoes. If I visit someone's house in foreign country, I will be a little confuse.
Cazzie!!!
Oh, thank you, I couldn't remenmber this slippers. That was
Hillbilly Mom's!!!
So, when I read Hillbilly Mom's post last year, I was a little confused it. Because, I misunderstood that they have been friends long yeras.
I have to practice English more.
Lucy, most people I know don't take off their shoes when they come into the house. I think lots of people in the UK, if not most, don't bother. It doesn't get that dirty really - obviously if it has been raining or it is particularly muddy then people use their common sense and do remove their footwear. There are also lots of people, they can be referred to as "house-proud", who do ask people, especially their own children, to take their shoes off in the entrance hall.
As for bewitched, I loved that programme. I had a crush on her - I loved the way she wiggled her nose!
Hi Lucy, I found your blog by visitig Jay's blog. I've seen a few comments from you before and would like to compliment you on your icon (the little picture you use beside your name). Is it a drawing one of your son's did?
I live in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. When people visit another house here, I find most guests will ask, "Should I take off my shoes?" That way, they let the house owner choose yes or no.
Sometimes, the house owner will say first, "Please take off your shoes" or "Do not worry about your shoes" (which means it is okay to leave them on).
I am happy for you that you have a place such as your blog to practice your English. Good job!
I'll come back again because I like your posts.
From Chelle (which is a nickname for Michelle... pronounced Mee-shell. Chelle is pronounced Shh-ell).
Lucy, one more thing: It has been said by some people that back when Bewitched was on television it would have considered indecent for the TV-viewing audience to see the toes and feet of the actors on the show.
Maybe that's why they wore their shoes! :o)
hello everyone,
i'd like to add that, like japanase people, turkish people put their shoes off when they enter any home
actually turkish and japanese cultures have a lot in common
"bewitched"... my mother once told me that she used to watch it when she was young. i've seen a couple of episodes too, they were fun.
"sweet witch sabrina" was the witch of our generation, i think.
I think I found the reason for why Turkish, Japanese people in general and our household (wich is neither Japanese nor Turkish) does not allow entering clean rooms with shoes.
We like to sit or work on the ground. We do it so often that the floor is considered an area of relaxation.
What do you think?
Hi Lucy,
Cazzie was talking about slippers for the Big Blogger event. It was part of a humourous blog entry by her.
As for taking shoes off, I take my shoes off in peoples houses, unless they leave their shoes on in their own home.
HooRoo
Rebecca
Kieran,
I'm sure David Robert Joseph Beckham walks by his bare feet around his gorgeous huge England castle. If I have a chance to visit his castle, I will forget take my shoes. off.
Anyway, I understood lot of people love " bewitched".
Chelle P,
Hello!! If I visit to foreigner's house, I try to use that pharase.
But usually I foreget something in English, I need a lot of practice.
Thank you for comments, Chelle.
Ryu Kun
Thank you for comments, you are younger than me..
So you commented me,I am intrested in turkish culture.
Szels? Fa,
You like to sit on the ground?
My husband nap on the ground(tatami). He likes to nap on weekends.
Rebecca,
Hello!!
Thank you for comment. I can take my shoes off in people's houses.
That advice is nice and easy for me.
You, Cazzie and LanternLight like jokes. I try to follow you!!
Hi Lucy, yes, when I'm in the room like to sit on the ground (on a wooden floors). I often sit in a position that's called 'Turkish seat' in our language.
And when it's hot outside, I often sit on the ground in our garden, too (on grass)
In Canada we take off our shoes at the front entrance too, not outsied but just inside the frint door. I can't get used to Americans who don't. I find it rude.
Szélső Fa,
I'm sure your garden is nice!!
-LGirl- ,
Hi!!
I was suprised at getting a lot of comments. Anyway, people like clean rooms.
Hi Lucy, I will post some pictures of our garden in the future. When my PC and/or Blogger itself allows me to do.
Lucy,
We always take our shoes off at the front door of our house and used to ask guests to do so, as well. Some people flatly refused to remove their shoes. I have no idea why, but I stopped asking. We're in the United States. Maybe our friends are just stubborn; but, I've never met anyone else who asked people to leave their shoes at the door, so it's hard to say. :)
Nancy Horner,
Hello!! Thank you for comment. You live in wonderful town. When I was a kid, I watched American TV show.
So actor who didn't take shoes off, was lying on the bed. I couldn't understadn his behavior.
I thought he made his mother angry....
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