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This feeds into my pet peeve that Americans assume the world revolves around them and that all use of non American English is invalid despite the stereotype bei
by robinduckett 4y ago
This feeds into my pet peeve that Americans assume the world revolves around them and that all use of non American English is invalid despite the stereotype being that British English speaking people are worse for this.
- inopinatus 4y agoI believe there is a Will Self story in which a geological probe reaches the Earth’s core and finds the compressed remains of an American around whom the planet is in fact revolving.
- jaqalopes 4y agoIt's not so much invalid as confusing. For Americans to call someone "shortsighted" has a well-known usage and negative connotation about their intellectual integrity. As someone who had never encountered the British usage prior to this headline, I don't think it's out of line to remark on this as a weird curiosity of our shared (but also frequently as in this case not shared) language.
- peoplefromibiza 4y agothe definition it's literally in every American dictionary though
- inopinatus 4y agoI suspect folks are more irked by the parochial condescension with which the initial complaint was voiced, rather than the fact of the observation. This is not a forum that generally smiles upon weaponised imbecility.
- starkd 4y agoYou need not be disturbed by this. Every nation/culture tends to think in terms of the world "revolving" around them. A people need a frame of reference to view the world that is provided by one's culture. I don't think the OP intented to treat British English as inferior or invalid.