The only time we kind of approach it in a tactile way is if we learn Spanish.

But American English uses honorifics. Mr./Mrs., teacher, Uncle/Auntie. They just get reduced to pronouns that you capitalize.

But they are honorifics.

But reading a story based in China and there is a saying that is well-known that references the reincarnation cycle...

Me, the Black American: ????

Yet, that thing of using a shortcut to cultural knowledge is something every writer uses.

It is language.

I would consume British media, specifically British mysteries and there would be "sayings" or word choices that only a Brit would use.

But because America and Britain are one step removed, I could pick up on those things.

As an American, yes even as a Black American, I got the differences, the nuance. I mean, my folks are from the South. Deep, deep.

I grew up with sayings like they don't believe fat meat is greasy.

And the thing I learned that is most interesting, is that language--no, writers use language that is absolutely baked into their culture to convey their meaning.

I kind of understood this whenever I would consume British media.