Why are foreigners so loud when they talk?
Badabing1966
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This is not a racist post, but I was on the bus coming to work, and some Spanish people, some Asian's and some what I am guessing were Nigerians got on the bus, and they all talk very very loudly. I've noticed this a few times, is it just in their nature to speak in a higher volume compared to us Brits?. First thing in the morning it can be a bit much too cope with for me, maybe it's just their way. By the way I am an Asian myself, been here 46 years so I don't want this to come across as a racist attack please.
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LOL!! Nice try, but FAIL.
Move over Lee Evans, here's a real comedian!
Yawn....
Very true. And not just in the U.S.
I think this a much better way of putting the point across that the OP was trying to make.
I was on a bus some years ago and two african women were sitting on the seats directly behind the driver and they were talking to each other incredibly loudly and it wasn't as if they had to make themselves heard over anyone else because it was just them and me on the bus.
When we pulled up at some traffic lights, the driver leant out of his cab and said to them "Can you please keep the noise down? You're shouting so loudly you're distracting me from driving".
Of course he then had to put up with a barrage of abuse and accusations of being racist ..
Yes I found this too.
What point does this ^^^ make then?
That you once sat in a bus with two noisy women.
You do have to factor a few things into making those judgements. The sort of person who goes travelling, or works abroad, may be more outgoing than average, or simply being abroad might make you a bit more excitable, therefore loud.
Even within the UK, there are cultural influences on language. The more rural accents tend to be softer, whereas if you hear an accent from an industrial city, it was developed as people had to shout over the sound of machinery.
Simply an anecdote to back up this post ..
and also the fact that you seemingly can't make any points about foreign people without being accused of being racist.
Did the two women join in as well ?
I think you are allowed to say positive things about foreigners without being accused of racism. But don't quote me on that.
I think it's about differing cultural norms. To them we British appear repressedly quiet. In my experience 'loud' societies argue but don't fight whereas those that repress noise and emotion suddenly flare into violence. On balance the former is better.
hey, since i was the only other person on the bus, that implies it was me that hurled the barrage of abuse
In Italy they have to shout above the Vespa
In the middle east they have to holler above the stonings
In Greece they have to raise their noise above the smashing plates
In England we have only to talk about the level of leather on willow and the clink of silver spoons on china with the sounds of moles under the pitch in the background.
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Talking?
I thought they were too busy barfing all over the pavements to talk.