For example, I was voting on several questions that were clearly from askers in the UK. The replies were given an American bent "that is what America is like" etc.
Is it too much for Americans out there to realise there are people who post questions in English who aren't American?
2006-12-21 02:21:57 · 53 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
To Badappleinthebunch: yes I should have say "often" instead of "always" but too late now - pardon me!
This has certainly got people talking, for sure. And yes, I am in the UK - but there are English speakers all over.
2006-12-21 03:00:36 · update #1
Wow, what a great question. And at the risk of revealing my ignorance, I haven't even given a thought that people from other countries were on here. Thank you. I will be mindful from here on out.
2006-12-21 02:23:49 · answer #1 · answered by gtahvfaith 5 · 9⤊ 3⤋
Well, first of all, what do you mean by "questions that were clearly from askers in the UK"? Did the questions have "here in the UK" in them or something like that? Was there a part of the question that explicitlly labelled the question from the UK?
Next up, "that is what America is like" can have different meanings depending on where you put the emphasis. It could be the person saying that America is like that so live with it, or they could be informing you that America is having the same conditions that were brought up in the question.
Finally, there is no rule that says an American cannot answer a question from someone in the UK. In fact, I think it can sometimes bring a different perspective to the arena. I would not get mad at someone from the UK telling me how my question would be viewed over there. Hopefully, the people are trying to be helpful and not rude. There are some on here who do nothing more than be trolls.
It has been so much easier these past 15 years or so to get to know others from other countries because of the internet. In a forum like this, it is easy to get different countries and/or cultures together answer questions. It is very easy to forget that the person who asked the question is from another country. Sometimes the questions here can even be state or even city specific.
2006-12-21 02:35:01 · answer #2 · answered by A.Mercer 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They think they're on the American site, but somehow a lot of the Q&A's seem to get mixed up. I tend to default to "UK only" but I still see loads posted by Americans. It's very confusing!
What makes me laugh is when they pick on English spellings and lay into other answerers because they just haven't considered that the Q could be from somewhere else, and no matter how many answerers get it right, they step in with "No you are ALL WRONG, the correct answer is..." whatever. It's funny.
EDIT- Nicole (below) proves my point- she is assuming that the USA yahoo only shows American questions. But that isn't the case. Just like the UK yahoo shows some of the American ones too. It all seems pretty confusing, but safe to say we ALL think we are in our own country's Yahoo.
2006-12-21 02:38:50 · answer #3 · answered by - 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There might must be some valid and logical reason to truly question the info, as some conspiracy concept supporters have asked. actuality: 2 super plane loaded with jet gas crashed into the two greatest international commerce centers. The physics of the fires and give way have been nicely documented. The reason and outcomes are information previous any threat of conspiracy. yet some people insist that the homes have been blown up via events unknown after the plane flew into them. the comparable holds actual for the plane that crashed into the Pentagon. some declare that this replaced right into a militia drone with a warhead somewhat of an entire sized commercial airliner. They cite the shortcoming of video info and fail to think in regards to the actual nature of the the single fish eye lens that did capture a physique of an airliner flying in direction of the construction wall. If all this info, alongside with thousands of eyewitnesses did no longer exist, then a vacuum of actuality ought to exist. yet that vacuum does not exist. No theorist has provided logical and supportable counter documentation to coach the info to be different than they are. the U. S. did no longer attack their own militia headquarters. the U. S. did no longer homicide thousands of civilians in manhattan. for this reason people get indignant. provide us real evidence that this type of element got here approximately and watch the heads roll!
2016-10-15 09:10:33 · answer #4 · answered by dickirson 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, I do take that possibility into account sometimes, but not always. And I have two reasons for that. First, look at the bottom of the page, where it says 'Answers International'. I assume that each of those flags is a different version of Yahoo Answers. Second, Yahoo is indeed based in the US. So we tend to forget that the WWW is worldwide.
Hopefully, your question will alert more people to the truth.
2006-12-21 02:32:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If a particular questioner wants answers to his question to be replied from a non-American perspective, it is better he makes this clear in his question. I suppose most of the members of YA are from the US (though I have no statstics to support this assumption), and it is but natural that people from US who reply or vote on questions do so with what they are familiar with, namely American culture.
Have you seen questions put in yahoo UK which I presume caters mainly to Britishers? If a question appearing there is from an American, would the British notice this and reply differently?
2006-12-21 02:30:15 · answer #6 · answered by greenhorn 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Have you thought those people were just clarifying that while they knew the question was not from America, that they were just answering from their American perspective? The questions are vague at times, and there are times that questions from Americans about America get answered by people from other English speaking countries that do not understand. Its the joy of world wide communication.
2006-12-21 02:26:55 · answer #7 · answered by fancyname 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Its because we here in America just figure that all Americans are nose and ask many questions.I think people in other places are more intelligent or respectful and would not ask many of the questions I read although Sporting questions on horses and races have many very good and informative opinions.
2006-12-21 02:31:58 · answer #8 · answered by tujungarocket 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because Americans assume that the U.S. is the world, and the model of an ideal country.
This is not an exaggeration, I swear, but there are Americans who:
*think that the Dutch wear wooden shoes
*think the Japanese wear kimonos everday
*are shocked when they find out skyscrapers exist in Latin America
*assume that only they are the ones who have free speech & expression (in most of Europe, society is more expressive than it is in the U.S.)
2006-12-21 02:44:26 · answer #9 · answered by karkondrite 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because a lot of americans sadly think the world revolves around them and america, and that the world outside of america is not worth knowing. Hence the reason so many of them don't have a passport and have not even been outside of their own country - sad..
2006-12-21 02:37:26 · answer #10 · answered by Rebecca 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I never mention that I'm from America, unless needed. I don't see the point. I know many other countries speak English, and that this country isn't the only one. It is also more obvious when it is someone from the UK asking the question, but then again....I'm not your average stupid American.
2006-12-21 02:27:10 · answer #11 · answered by Tifferkins 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋