Salvadoran Codes

Codes are those norms that exist, and we tend to follow because of the stereotypes that exist or because they are language surrogates, of course no all citizens of a country follow these language substitutes; in El Salvador, some are more obvious than others, for example, while speaking, some Salvadoreans has the verbal filler “vos” and every time they finish a sentence they say this word, another example of the social codes is when someone is doing something that we don’t like, we tend to stare at this person with our eyes like semi-close until this person captures the message; in the behavioral code I have to mention the more common one; while eating pupusas we have to do it with our hands because that’s the way we were taught to eat pupusas, also some of us dislike when a person is eating this typical dish with fork and knife. In the dress code, I have to mention that we usually dress casually, even for parties, but this action is more common in boys than in girls. If we are speaking with someone else we have to see this person to show attention and interest, otherwise, they will think that you are rude, I consider that between all the codes, the one that affects most communication is the last, some people can feel offended if they perceive this kind of behavior in the other speaker.