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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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[–] [S] 2 points 5 months ago

Thank you so much for this answer! You have some fantastic advice and anecdotes here. I definitely speak quickly and now it has me wondering why that is. It’s an interesting quirk and I’ll see if I can curb it some.

I’m finishing my masters program for elementary education, so I have to slow down some anyway because of speaking with linguistically diverse children so maybe that’s will help. I’m hoping to land a job as a teacher at some point over there after I get my foot in the door being a relief (substitute) teacher.

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