2006-11-04 13:24:33 · 44 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
An American
2006-11-04 13:26:26 · update #1
Actually Big Bad. I am linked into Answers UK & Ireland! So what the feck are you doing here with your apple pies?
2006-11-04 13:39:21 · update #2
ur an a$$hole, a rude xenophobic a$$hole. WHy the f*ck would anyone thing that anyone who asks a question is a yank if this is the UK and Ireland Answers thing? What the hell is ur problem, and what do u have against Americans? Oh...and what the hell do u mean when u say "Yank" is that supposed to be an insult? I've never even heard anyone use that term in the last century except in "Yankee Doodle".
Oh...and in case ur too stupid to figure it out...im a very pissed off New Yorker right now.
2006-11-05 03:25:43 · answer #1 · answered by bonca 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I don't think that ALL the Americans on Yahoo Answers assume automatically that if some one has asked a question then they must be undeniably American.
However there is a much American/USA audience on this website as it is an American based company and obviously much more publicised in America than it is over here in the UK or elsewhere.
It also depends on the time one is to ask a question on here.
For example, I have recently asked a question regarding bonfire night only to be cascaded with the replies of people who had no idea what I were on about (bonfire night is not celebrated in America apparently).
With it being 2am in the UK - there won't be many UK users online currently!
By the way, 'Yank' is quite a derogatory and insulting term - choose your words carefully and avoid being racist please.
2006-11-04 13:31:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I'm American and I don't assume everyone here is American but I do assume that some are idiots like youself... Why you have to be such a jerk? A Yank? I'll show you a yank, just tell me whenever you'll be in New York...
2006-11-04 13:33:07 · answer #3 · answered by ILuvMe 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because for some unknown reason, every version of Yahoo! answers that's in English (Australian, Canadian, British, others?) is linked to the American website, but it doesn't work the other way round.
So, if you logged in on the UK version, you only get questions from people who logged in the UK version, but you get answers from people who are logged in both on the UK AND the American version.
I personnally think that's really stupid, since if you want answers from people outside your own country, you go to that particular website, but I suppose Yahoo! doesn't care about my opinion. I think they might be trying to go global. It's really stupid since, as someone pointed out, if you ask a question about Bonfire night (or other subjects specific to your country), Americans who have never been to the UK are not likely to know what you're talking about.
2006-11-04 13:46:56 · answer #4 · answered by Offkey 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Because...their Yahoo Answers defaults to 'All English Questions' rather than 'American Questions'...so even if you ask a local question on the UK & Ireland site...they don't get any indication that it's a UK question.
It's a fault of the site design...questions should be able to be tagged UK specific or US specific..etc.
2006-11-04 13:34:29 · answer #5 · answered by Mr Crusty 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I got ya on that one...nope I do not assume that everyone is American. The Internet reaches all over the world...I even met an Englishman who came to visit me...but that is long story...but isn't it very late there say about 2:30 am?
2006-11-04 13:30:20 · answer #6 · answered by tigerlily_catmom 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mainly, I'd guess because it's a direct link from the Yahoo! US main page, and the url doesn't indicate it's not a US-based server.
Well, at least the computer literate ones.
I'm suspect most users, regardless of their country of origin, don't realize it's the English-language based Yahoo! Answers (as near as I can figure, all Yahoo! Answers in English end up here).
It's not out of rudeness, it's just ignorance of the way it works.
2006-11-04 13:29:44 · answer #7 · answered by Kaia 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
This Internet sure complicates things don't it??? Unfortunately, most people don't remember to identify where they are from, so if we try to reply to their questions, we have to make some assumptions. Yanks ain't the only ones to assume...
2006-11-04 13:30:13 · answer #8 · answered by snvffy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Are you saying that people in countries other than the USA have computers too?
Seriously though, what exactly is a "Yank"?
2006-11-04 13:51:58 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
For the same reason, I suppose, that you're assuming every American assumes everyone who asks a question here is a Yank, don't you think?
2006-11-04 13:26:41 · answer #10 · answered by dingobluefoot 5 · 4⤊ 2⤋