Oh, thank you so much for the list, and if you have a BD post I will happily read it, as I am always up for recs for anything. (I have also, uh, never read Asterix or Tintin, so possibly I should start there?)
(I have also just been informed that Anne of Green Gables takes place on Prince Edward Island, which I feel was a reasonable thing to confuse with Newfoundland. Anne of Green Gables is another one of those classic books that girls like to read that I somehow missed because I was busy reading about dragons and spaceships.)
That is... exactly the opposite custom, yes. I have to say that I think I would find it intimidating being the one to greet the shopkeeper, but I guess it just depends on what's normal where one lives.
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(I have also just been informed that Anne of Green Gables takes place on Prince Edward Island, which I feel was a reasonable thing to confuse with Newfoundland. Anne of Green Gables is another one of those classic books that girls like to read that I somehow missed because I was busy reading about dragons and spaceships.)
That is... exactly the opposite custom, yes. I have to say that I think I would find it intimidating being the one to greet the shopkeeper, but I guess it just depends on what's normal where one lives.