CmdrGraves4d ago

As a European, is it true that Americans are loud speakers when they're in the EU?

https://lemmy.world/post/44895237

As a European, is it true that Americans are loud speakers when they're in the EU? - Lemmy.World

I’ve seen videos from a European’s PoV regarding the presence of either American expats or tourists speaking loud at venues (like indoor restaurants or hotels) where one is expected to use their inside voice rather than yelling from the top of their lungs. Is it a cultural difference they are unaware of before they even stepped foot into a European country? To clarify: you’re just sitting on the table minding your own business but you can hear them talk across the venue using their outside voice whilst indoors. Even though you may remain indifferent: rather it’s inconsiderate when it comes to common courtesy in public spaces. It’s the same in reverse like while a European speaks normally is responded by being yelled at from an American despite being next to each other.

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Yes but eventually no. I’m in a kind of unique position on this since I immigrated from the States to Europe decades ago and live/lived in popular tourist destinations for Americans.

So, yeah, groups of Americans especially, and some individuals, speak way above the local normative level, football games excluded.

However, over the last four or five years many N American families have moved here, five now in my neighborhood alone. And I see these families all around my city and other places. By and large, they have (perhaps unconsciously?) adopted normative levels of speaking. It’s especially notable in the younger kids.

So, I think people when they visit some place retain their own ways of doing things, because why not they will only be in the country they are visiting a short while. On the other hand, folks who move to another country seem to naturally start to fit in after a while.

Mar 29 at 11:13amWeb