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Sergio Stefanuto
Joined: 14 May 2009
Location: UK
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 Posted: Thu May 13, 2010 8:36 am Post subject: |
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| Globutron wrote: |
Not true from my experience. We were getting stared, frowned, groaned at all through our time at a restaurant when my American buddy was a bit drunk and very loud. I went to apologise to a guy who seemed to leave because of him and he just shook his head and put his hand in my face before storming out.
I think this is less of a culture thing than first perceived, really |
Your American buddy wasn't just loud, though, was he? He was also talking foreign. I should've been more clear: Koreans are simply unaware of and immune to noise pollution made by Koreans. Americans, however, generally view loud Americans with total embarrassment (and rightly so, as loud people should be soundly flogged). |
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bucheon bum
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu May 13, 2010 9:44 am Post subject: |
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| DeLaRed wrote: |
just to follow on from the hypocritical "Why Koreans have louder voices" thread....
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Every time I go out with my foreign buddies, I get nervous and uncomfortable with the loudness of their voices. Especially in restaurants.
Koreans tend to have places to be loud, and places to be noisy. There are way more noisy places than loud, of course, but it is obvious when you are in a quiet place. . |
Every time I go out with my foreign buddies, I get nervous and uncomfortable with the loudness of their voices. Especially in restaurants.
Americans tend to have places to be loud, and places to be noisy. There are way more noisy places than loud, of course, but it is obvious when you are in a quiet place.
Why do Americans have louder voices than many of their foreign counterparts?  |
I'm fairly sure the poster that started that thread is of British descent, and all except one of the posts mentioning Americans in that thread are people saying Americans are loud, with the one post defending Americans not saying anything about Koreans at all.
In short, the only hypocrisy I see here is yours. "Some British guy made fun of Koreans for having loud voices, so I'm going to bash America." Congratulations. |
And the dude he quotes in his first post is a Kiwi.
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| Also, I'm convinced the OP doesn't understand the meaning of the word 'hypocrisy.' |
Perhaps he should also remember to "think before you speak" instead of jumping to conclusions. |
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rollo
Joined: 10 May 2006
Location: China
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| Posted: Thu May 13, 2010 2:42 pm Post subject: |
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| Nyc gal is making fun of our skools in Arkansas. WE have good skools I went to one until I was 10 four hole years. You peeple spell funny! Amerikans are loud because we are always right!! |
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NYC_Gal
Joined: 08 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Thu May 13, 2010 3:57 pm Post subject: |
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| rollo wrote: |
| Nyc gal is making fun of our skools in Arkansas. WE have good skools I went to one until I was 10 four hole years. You peeple spell funny! Amerikans are loud because we are always right!! |
Tru dat! I was just pulling your leg  |
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