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When other countries say Americans are loud, what does this mean? (lemmy.world)
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I read people say online that Americans are loud. What does this mean, exactly? Is it literal volume or is it our personality/presentation? Something else?

I may be moving to Australia because of my wife’s job, and I want to better understand this. I want to assimilate and I don’t want to be annoying. I’m personally pretty low key and listen more than speak, but this is my perception of myself.

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[–] 14 points 5 months ago (2 children)

There's a whole wikipedia article about the "American lean." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_lean

American spies are trained not to do it.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    That's very funny. Has it really been a "thing" recently? I feel like it's been years since I've heard someone mention it. Maybe it got subliminally resurfaced.

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