That isn't a dig; I'm not making accusations of ignorance- I'm merely trying to bring to light the fact that no one discusses the basic facts that words spoken in the American English lexicon have completely separate meanings when spoken anywhere else in the world.
Most of this occurs in the realm of politics and philosophy, and most people don't understand that this is why Americans get a rep for being rude or obnoxious- quite literally, for the majority of average Americans, the word 'liberal' or 'conservative' or 'socialist' or 'communist' mean something completely different than the way the rest of the world sees them.
I can think of many dialogues I have seen between Americans and others, which become heated not because they disagree- but because they are saying the same word, and in their separate minds have two totally different meanings.
Can you think of any more examples of this? Have you had experience with this?
Why is this so?
Just curious- it's diversity.
2006-07-19
06:54:22
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