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Rock
Joined: 25 Feb 2005
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 Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 5:51 pm Post subject: |
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Weird. I always found foreigners extremely loud in subways/buses. They look nice and all, but so loud for some reason.
In restaurants, though, Korean ajusshies and ajummas win. |
"Weird" indeed. Is this in Korea or in the West? If 'in Korea', it must be be this: they can't hear each other due to all the noise. If in the West, it must be you've taken the wrong bus or the wrong subway because for the past thirty and odd years of living in America I've hardly heard a one speak on a subway, let alone a bus.
Another stereotype of pointing the finger at the other guy in order to evade the issue. The issue is, Koreans are loudmouths. Swallow your false-pride. |
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Qinella
Joined: 25 Feb 2005
Location: the crib
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| Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 6:45 pm Post subject: Re: Do Koreans have the loudest voices? |
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| Julius wrote: |
| I used to think Americans were loud, lets say around 10 decibels. Then I noticed African Americans seemed to speak a couple of decibels higher. |
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| The average korean has a voice like a foghorn!. |
I don't know about that, but I do know the neighborhood mother who walks around after dusk yelling the name of her child has a voice so loud I must pause whatever I'm doing until she finishes her hooting, which usually lasts about 10 minutes. CHOI SUN AH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! x 37. |
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Smee
Joined: 24 Dec 2004
Location: Jeollanam-do
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| Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 5:28 am Post subject: |
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| Women-Americans are the loudest. |
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wo buxihuan hanguoren
Joined: 18 Apr 2007
Location: Suyuskis
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| Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 5:41 am Post subject: |
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| Natalia wrote: |
Americans are louder. You can always hear every word of their conversations - even when they are trying to be quiet because they are talking about someone nearby.
I've been in Europe most of this year, and it's been a bit of a running joke that we can always hear an American tourist a long time before we can see them.
It's not that they mean to be loud - it's just the way they talk.
Yes, other English speakers can be loud when they drink (Australians and the English), but the American accent just generally booms. |
"Americans are louder" my arse. We're not talking about "conversations" either. We're talking about 'the pitch' of a persons voice.
Grant it in a social situation Americans may 'seem' to sound louder just because they're very affable people and must talk to be part of the social atmosphere. But their pitch?
It doesn't compare to the Koreans, nor the fact that the Koreans' lack of sensitivity in this area compounds things a hundred-fold. For the most part Americans do have sensitivity in this area. Sure, American tourists-and any tourists, for that matter-might guffaw and jaw, but I'd never heard such an uproar in America as I have in Korea.
Believe me, I'd tested this once I'd returned to America and was so relieved to hear a more dulcent speech and peaceful environment.
Don't try to brand Americans again, making us seem oblivious to our flaws and stereotyping us to suit a sense of political prejudice. |
But Americans are loud. You guys have this annoying nasal sound when you speak, this is not a diss, but a fact. It is grating. To. The ears. Of people. |
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Julius
Joined: 27 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 6:10 am Post subject: |
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| I think it has something to do with the ultra competition that a crowded, confined, and small environment instills on masses of people trapped in it |
Good point. Because so crowded, there is a permanent sense of being confronted and being defensive.
Or maybe it is that the more people there are, the higher one must shout in order to be heard. I once knew an Australian dude that was from a family of 9 brothers and sisters. he was ultra loud and socially aggressive. Probably had to compete for attention a lot as a child.
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| I've been in Europe most of this year, and it's been a bit of a running joke that we can always hear an American tourist a long time before we can see them. |
I think Americans tend to like a lot of surface chatter to feel comfortable. A bit like the Irish. Volume shows a desire to have a good time.
It could also be seen as a sign of dominance. To Koreans, confidence is ultra important and it equates to volume. According to a Korean friend, the loudest person in any argument wins, because its not really about who is right, but who is dominant. |
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jajdude
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 1:43 pm Post subject: |
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| Ah, forgot to mention drunk people, often loud, and in Korea there are many. |
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