Americans

[schmalex]

I took one on a driving tour of London last night to show him the sites.

Why do they talk so damned loud? 3 hours in a car with an American person booming in my ear reduced me to near tears

[TedMaul]

schmalex said:

I took one on a driving tour of London last night to show him the sites.

Why do they talk so damned loud? 3 hours in a car with an American person booming in my ear reduced me to near tears

"Empty vessels make most noise" as my dear old mum used to say

[JB Rugby]

ha... a good old US/American bashing thread... I was starting to miss these.

Carry on.

[Bing o]

schmalex said:

I took one on a driving tour of London last night to show him the sites.

Why do they talk so damned loud? 3 hours in a car with an American person booming in my ear reduced me to near tears

Because they associate volume with quality.

[off_again]

Equally, I am sure there are 1001 stories from the US about someone taking a Brit around and wondering why we talk so loud, shout at people to be understood and have a silly accent.

And we wonder why Americans have a stereotypical image of a Brit who has an superiority complex.

[TedMaul]

off_again said:

And we wonder why Americans have a stereotypical image of a Brit who has an superiority complex.

Yes, but at least our superiority complex is well justified....

[jeff m]

schmalex said:

I took one on a driving tour of London last night to show him the sites.

Why do they talk so damned loud? 3 hours in a car with an American person booming in my ear reduced me to near tears

Where I live I would estimate it to be about one in ten that are loud.
As you move up and down the economic ladder I guess the ratio changes.
They can be irritating here too, a talk show host in Florida once singled out a particular group and nearly lost his job

[BigLepton]

schmalex said:

I took one on a driving tour of London last night to show him the sites.

Why do they talk so damned loud? 3 hours in a car with an American person booming in my ear reduced me to near tears

When I lived there I found telling the odd loud one I was not deaf and could they reduce the volume a little worked perfectly well. You should've tried it.

[lawrence567]

Because the Americans associate with being loud / the biggest as being the best...

[Conceited]

TedMaul said:

off_again said:

And we wonder why Americans have a stereotypical image of a Brit who has an superiority complex.

Yes, but at least our superiority complex is well justified....

Indeed. As opposed to the ignorance of other nationalities who believe themselves to be superior.