The American standards: Arrogance, ignorance, forgetfulness, or asocial?

[Crash486]

Have you thought that perhaps some terms are used outside of America as well, and that since the world is coming closer and the free flow of information that such American terms would be either common place or the meaning easily discovered?

Or that, perhaps some of us went to America and discovered the America vocabulary?

Or is it something that is so entirely different from your points you've made?

Or is it, at the end of the day, we don't use these terms?

I'm an American. Born and bred. My biological father is a Belgian and I've spent half my life in the States, a year in Belgium and now I'm in Ireland. I don't use American terms such as dog and hood

Perhaps you're concentrating on a minority rather then a majority?

This.

Oh and why Ireland, you deffinetely need to come back to da hood dawg!

Would if I could man but my peeps says that I should finish my education in college!

Pffff...Blow that dog but they won't let me.

If I could I'd be on the next flight back to my crib and hang with my homies.

Damn skippy!

I'm pretty sure if anyone in America spoke like that, people would just assume they were retarded (literally retarded, not a hyperbole). On another note this thread is probably the worst underhanded attempt at america bashing i've seen on these boards to date. You should probably stick to the "America is Fat and Stupid" style insult. Much less reading involved.

Disclaimer: This is not a rant about America or anything related to it.

A trend is appearing on internet forums. Undeniably, Americans are notable on forums that contains international communities, such as The Escapist. In a recent poll, Americans make up 31,7 % of this forum. [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.109602#1892120] Seeing as they basically are a minority, one would think that they would have to explain their country.

Actually I'd be willing to bet that poll isn't very accurrate. I'ts most likely alot higher than 32%, I mean only a few hundred people voted in that thread, the escapist has thousands of members, most of which (like me) don't care about census polls.

Upon Review, there are 5161 registered american users on this board. 190 people voted for america in that poll. There are 2350 registered users from the UK where as 149 users for the uk in that poll. This means that by those poll figures, the number of UK members look to be almost equal with the amount of US users, when in fact, there are less than half. Moral of the story, don't trust internet polls as a credible source for any kind of information.

 

[quiet_samurai]

Have you thought that perhaps some terms are used outside of America as well, and that since the world is coming closer and the free flow of information that such American terms would be either common place or the meaning easily discovered?

Or that, perhaps some of us went to America and discovered the America vocabulary?

Or is it something that is so entirely different from your points you've made?

Or is it, at the end of the day, we don't use these terms?

I'm an American. Born and bred. My biological father is a Belgian and I've spent half my life in the States, a year in Belgium and now I'm in Ireland. I don't use American terms such as dog and hood

Perhaps you're concentrating on a minority rather then a majority?

This.

Oh and why Ireland, you deffinetely need to come back to da hood dawg!

Would if I could man but my peeps says that I should finish my education in college!

Pffff...Blow that dog but they won't let me.

If I could I'd be on the next flight back to my crib and hang with my homies.

Damn skippy!

Word, yo.

I need to get this off my chest.

I've never felt so ashamed of myself about what I just typed up there. Well, there was that one other time I felt really ashamed but we don't talk about that.

I felt like a wigger, or a cracker, or both.

I felt like I just defiled my vocabulary and grammar.

I just feel.....wrong....after that.

I will not be doing that again.

It's ok, we know you didn't mean it.

 

[murphy7801]

Well yes I think do feel some what alienated by some American post and there weird super over used grammar. The other will note America is quite a insular country its populace don't travel much outside there country there news and other media formats don't talk about the rest of the world. Since I live in sunny England for now we get a fare amount American TV (as about as much as we send them or format exportation) aside from the individuals who travel here (which are not representative of the normal populace as pointed out above) my understanding of the average American is some what flawed then again they seem know even less about me my country outside some stereotype.

 

[magnuslion]

the problem with this is you seem to think every american (i am one) to be talking li"ke hey dog what the fuck is up with this hood, lets go get some homies and pick up some shorties" no one has a problem as far as ive seen on here understanding us

and is it not arrogant to assume this is a problem with only americans and british people do the same thing and irish and russians and so on assume we understand everything about them?

when people talk at me like this, i just stare at them like they are speaking babylonian or something. and if its someone i know, they probably get slapped upside their head.

 

[tsb247]

A counterquestion: Why do British people on these boards assume that everyone knows what a chav is?

It's simple slang/lingo logic. We use the words in our daily speech and subconsciously expect others to understand them. If they don't, we regard them strangely because they, by proving their lack of knowledge, have shown that they are not "with" the crowd. Therefore, they are strange. The human mind therefore classifies them under "Mystery", which invariably includes the subheading "Danger".

I could not have said it better myself.

 

[viciouspen]

Well I think I'll just laugh at your "disclaimer" which I sarcastically place in quotation marks, because this is so thinly veiled I can see your upturned nose on the other side.

get over yourself and do something useful for a change...

 

[antipunt]

The OP itself is actually very arrogant/ignorant/and asocial. You assume that Americans are even aware of this 'American-lingo'. In addition, your accusations are pretty much applicable to all kinds of human-beings...that aren't 'American'. It's like saying 'aren't British people snobby?', when in reality, the term 'snobby' applies to all kinds of groups/nationalities. I'm not even that fond of my country or whatever, but I still think it was kind of a dick move.

 

[Eldritch Warlord]

Disclaimer: This is not a rant about America or anything related to it.

A trend is appearing on internet forums. Undeniably, Americans are notable on forums that contains international communities, such as The Escapist. In a recent poll, Americans make up 31,7 % of this forum. [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.109602#1892120] Seeing as they basically are a minority, one would think that they would have to explain their country.

What is this? 31,7 % ?!?! 31% or 7%, is that what you mean?

I actually know that you're indicating thirty-one and seven-tenths percent (in the US we write that 31.7%) but I think I've made my point.

 

[Chipperz]

I'm amazed that noone's called me on "fag breaks" and my constant descision to go and "smoke a fag", seeing as they have veeery different meanings for Americans

Basically, I'm so used to being on forums where Americans make up the majority that I just ignore it and use lingo that's perfectly innocent but can be awful when read by yanks This site is actually very good for "american lingo" compared to some I've been on...

 

[the_dancy_vagrant]

People speak in the terms that they're familiar with. It's the same with any language that's spoken in multiple countries. There isn't any ulterior motive behind it, there's no subconscious factor involved. I speak English in the USA and when I post and use slang, it's not going to be from England. Or Australia, Wales, Scotland, or Ireland for that matter.

Also, if your hypotheses aren't based on scientific evidence then why even expect anyone to either confirm or deny them? Why would anyone bother?

I have an unscientific hypothesis that all badgers are actually a loose assortment of gold packaging filled with candy. It's self evident that their highly aggressive behavior is a defense mechanism designed to stop people from trying to steal the gold and eat the candy.

 

[Lonko]

Disclaimer: This is not a rant about America or anything related to it.

A trend is appearing on internet forums. Undeniably, Americans are notable on forums that contains international communities, such as The Escapist. In a recent poll, Americans make up 31,7 % of this forum. [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.109602#1892120] Seeing as they basically are a minority, one would think that they would have to explain their country.

What is this? 31,7 % ?!?! 31% or 7%, is that what you mean?

I actually know that you're indicating thirty-one and seven-tenths percent (in the US we write that 31.7%) but I think I've made my point.

Pretty ironic when you consider the content of the OP, don't you think?

 

[RRilef]

I don't mean to be a nitpicker, but the fact that 31.9% (Yea, I use the awesome period as a decimal mark) of the people on these forums are American doesn't make us a minority. We are, in fact, the largest ethnic group (Is that the right term?) by 6.7%.

A majority minority.

I have to say that by saying you're not trying to be offensive, you're just rubbing salt in the wound (however shallow it may be). I think the main motive is that people really don't think about how they are saying what the mean to say. I use an Americanized English, I haven't learned the English English, so I don't know what words you don't know. But it also could just be that we talk how normally do even when we type. Even in normal conversation I could tell you that if I moved to Texas I couldn't call a water fountain a bubbler, but I probably still would just out of habit. Of course I wouldn't get offended if someone asked.

 

[APPCRASH]

Making fun of America is the new "cool" now.

 

[Flishiz]

So mr Webster, do the stars and stripes behind me require that I make a definition complete with pronunciation and origin for everything I might consider TOO American?

Don't complain at us. You're on the internet and you're complaining about a lack of information. If you don't have a Google searchbar on your browser then tell me otherwise.

 

[mrpenguinismyhomeboy]

A counterquestion: Why do British people on these boards assume that everyone knows what a chav is?

It's simple slang/lingo logic. We use the words in our daily speech and subconsciously expect others to understand them. If they don't, we regard them strangely because they, by proving their lack of knowledge, have shown that they are not "with" the crowd. Therefore, they are strange. The human mind therefore classifies them under "Mystery", which invariably includes the subheading "Danger".

Exactly what this guy said.

 

[Internet Kraken]

Have you thought that perhaps some terms are used outside of America as well, and that since the world is coming closer and the free flow of information that such American terms would be either common place or the meaning easily discovered?

Or that, perhaps some of us went to America and discovered the America vocabulary?

Or is it something that is so entirely different from your points you've made?

Or is it, at the end of the day, we don't use these terms?

I'm an American. Born and bred. My biological father is a Belgian and I've spent half my life in the States, a year in Belgium and now I'm in Ireland. I don't use American terms such as dog and hood

Perhaps you're concentrating on a minority rather then a majority?

This

People tend to hate america for various reasons. Very very funny sometimes, and I can usually argue with a clear conscience, because I am not a full american.

.......what the hell are you talking about?

This thread has nothing to do with the reasons as to why people hate America. Did you just see that this thread is about America and automatically assumed it was about hating it? Did you then feel the need to point out that you are not American, as if that somehow makes me value your opinion more?

 

[kaziard]

does it actually matter, i dont think i have ever seen a term used by anyone on this forum

EDIT scratch that i didnt know what rule 34 was until a few days ago....