In one of the cross-cultural miscues in your textbook,the American exchange student to Argentina should not have given her host family a set of steak knives because:
A) Argentines are forbidden to accept presents of any kind.
B) knives are considered hostile weapons, and Argentina is a pacifist country.
C) Argentines do not use knives.
D) knives in Argentina are considered gifts for ending a relationship, not for starting one.
E) food implements are inappropriate gifts between strangers.

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In Argentina, giving knives as gifts is traditionally seen as a symbol of cutting ties or ending a relationship, which is why it was inappropriate for the American exchange student to give her host family a set of steak knives.

In One of the Cross-Cultural Miscues in Your Textbook,the American