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Well, it all depends who you compare to. I too heard many times of Americans being direct, but usually it's said in comparison to British people, and in that ca
by ivanhoe 7y ago
Well, it all depends who you compare to. I too heard many times of Americans being direct, but usually it's said in comparison to British people, and in that case it's fairly true I guess. On the other hand, compared to say Mediterranean or Balkans, no, you're not direct at all :)
- NeedMoreTea 7y agoI don't think more direct at all. Perhaps more direct than southerners, particularly London, but hardly compared to northerners or Scots. More determined to bring overstatement and excess superlatives certainly, while British are the inverse and overdo the understatement. "This is good" En-GB: "Not bad, I 'spose", "it'll do" En-US: "Awesome man, incredible", "I'm excited you asked, amazing" I will retire never having used "exciting" in a work context. :) With apologies to both sides of the Atlantic.