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i have never encountered American ethnocentrism so far , neither here nor in the other forum ( which has less Americans and much more international members )
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by the way , this forum doesn't represent the real proportion of the members in the site , where you may find hundreds of international members online , only few ( less than 10 ) participate regularly in the threads .
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I thought America goes to war everywhere to make it easier to teach the kids geography
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I thought America goes to war everywhere to make it easier to teach the kids geography Yeah, could trace that back to English ancestry. And besides, it's really not too much different now, the British, the French and the Americans, war everywhere. yep, I actually do agree, but my comment was meant in jest. Besides that, if us Brits didn't join America in most wars, who else would you lot use for target practice. You take the expression 'friendly fire' to the extreme. |
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Besides that, if us Brits didn't join America in most wars, who else would you lot use for target practice. You take the expression 'friendly fire' to the extreme. Canadians seem to make good targets as well. However back to the OP. On a site.. not that I can remember. In life... hell yeah. |
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Edited by
uche9aa
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Mon 10/20/14 02:15 PM
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Well,someone must set the pace,the standard(leadership).Its entirely something else whether the one that sets the standard has sinister motives or not
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One thing that annoys me, and it's trivial I know, but the way you are basically TOLD, yes TOLD in capitals, to give waiters and waitresses either 15 or 20% tip.
I mean WTF is all that about. I can be quite charming at times so I reckon I would make an absolute fortune 
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Edited by
Conrad_73
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Mon 10/20/14 02:10 PM
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Well,someone must set the pace,the standard(leadership).Its entirely something else whether the standard setter has sinister motives or not only place they exist is in your head,lighten up Man,none of us get out alive!  
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One thing that annoys me, and it's trivial I know, but the way you are basically TOLD, yes TOLD in capitals, to give waiters and waitresses either 15 or 20% tip. I mean WTF is all that about. I can be quite charming at times so I reckon I would make an absolute fortune  i guarantee i guarantee that you can stand up for your right not to tip at every restaurant by cooking dinner at home (bulldog double guarantee - patent pending) |
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Edited by
funkyfranky
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Mon 10/20/14 02:13 PM
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although i'm an american, i think our refusal to adopt the metric system for weights and measurements, is the height of arrogant ignorance.... hence the saying, give them an inch and they'll take a mile  get it, inch, mile, metric, oh forget it |
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although i'm an american, i think our refusal to adopt the metric system for weights and measurements, is the height of arrogant ignorance....
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One thing that annoys me, and it's trivial I know, but the way you are basically TOLD, yes TOLD in capitals, to give waiters and waitresses either 15 or 20% tip. I mean WTF is all that about. I can be quite charming at times so I reckon I would make an absolute fortune i guarantee i guarantee that you can stand up for your right not to tip at every restaurant by cooking dinner at home (bulldog double guarantee - patent pending) hey now, I would like to ask for tips at home for cooking. 
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although i'm an american, i think our refusal to adopt the metric system for weights and measurements, is the height of arrogant ignorance.... Yep, I'll agree with you Argo on this. I'm an AmCit too. I remember when I was in engineering school in So. California we had engnrg problems using the FPS and Metric units. When I asked my profs. why this was so they said it was to prepare us engineers to easily make the transition from the FPS to the metric system! That was thirty years ago, lol!!! |
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Edited by
michelake
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Mon 10/20/14 04:58 PM
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I think that people that i have met with these kind of
ideas are very few. But..i can imagine that if i would hear assumptions from a "Tea Party" person. That i would say that this person is ethnocentristic. Or when i would watch the movie "Armageddon" again...yuck !  When i hear that Americans still use a different metric system. Then i would not blame that on being "American ethnocentristics". Because we do that in Europe as well. In Germany they say "Der see" When they mean "Lake" And "Das meer" means the sea. And that sounds to me as a Dutch person as the opposite. But in Holland we name numbers in the opposite way too. seventy five we would call that five and seventy. By the way.. speaking of the world map. People would have a different opinion about that too. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gall%E2%80%93Peters_projection |
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I thought America goes to war everywhere to make it easier to teach the kids geography Yeah, could trace that back to English ancestry. And besides, it's really not too much different now, the British, the French and the Americans, war everywhere. yep, I actually do agree, but my comment was meant in jest. Besides that, if us Brits didn't join America in most wars, who else would you lot use for target practice. You take the expression 'friendly fire' to the extreme. Only the best for our brothers in arms. |
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One thing that annoys me, and it's trivial I know, but the way you are basically TOLD, yes TOLD in capitals, to give waiters and waitresses either 15 or 20% tip. I mean WTF is all that about. I can be quite charming at times so I reckon I would make an absolute fortune Well if you were to go back to the original intent, TIPS means "To Insure Prompt Service" and were given up front, not in arrears. You should try it some time, it is absolutely amusing not to mention the most absolute best in service. But if someone does not service, nada, zero, zilch, nothing. I don't care what they claim. Read here recently that someone went to jail for refusing, I would love to have that happen - anyone want a good restaurant cheap, I'd either own the restaurant or the owner. Anyway back to tips, in America, the wait staff are paid crap, less than minimum wage and depend on tips to make a living. The restaurant owners look upon the fact that if they had to increase the wages, the prices would be higher so they leave it to the customer to support the service. |
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only place they exist is in your head,lighten up Man,none of us get out alive! I would suggest the same, it's only in your head. I would suffer from shear paranoia if it were not for the fact I'm certain they are out to get us all long before our time. How can one be paranoid when you accept the facts. |
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although i'm an american, i think our refusal to adopt the metric system for weights and measurements, is the height of arrogant ignorance.... You are free to adopt it at any time you desire. I personally use it a lot as for some things it's just so much quicker and easier, especially when working with 1/16ths and 1/32nds. So much easier to use millimeter. But as for the national system, it is what is understood by the masses. Have you ever tried to use exact change in a fast food joint? Now imagine one that can't make change and you want them to go metric? Good luck with that. |
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One thing that annoys me, and it's trivial I know, but the way you are basically TOLD, yes TOLD in capitals, to give waiters and waitresses either 15 or 20% tip. I mean WTF is all that about. I can be quite charming at times so I reckon I would make an absolute fortune i guarantee i guarantee that you can stand up for your right not to tip at every restaurant by cooking dinner at home (bulldog double guarantee - patent pending) hey now, I would like to ask for tips at home for cooking. Here is a basic one, don't burn the water, it is so messy. |
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The Premise: There is a comical scene in the animated movie The King and I in which Anna the British teacher is trying to give a geography lesson to the children of the King of Siam. Anna presents a map of the world that shows the nation of Siam (now Thailand) as being one small nation among many other larger nations. Upon seeing Anna's map, the children laugh and tell her that her map is wrong. Then they produce a map that shows Siam as one giant nation surrounded by numerous smaller nations. Through the use of the Siamese "map", the children had been taught to believe that the Siam was the center of the universe, and, thus, Siamese standards were the standards for the entire world. Just as those children naively believed that the entire world conformed to Siamese standards, some Americans act as if the entire world conforms to (or should conform to) American standards. Yet, the Americans who engage in such ethnocentric thinking aren't necessarily aware of what they are doing. * * * * * The Challenge: I would like for non-American members of this website to tell about times when they encountered American ethnocentrism while participating on an international website. give and take is a wonderful thing Dido if I went to a shop in Mexico, I would expect to adapt to the Mexican culture and environment, and it would be NICE for them to make allowances for my ignorance of their culture similarly, although the web is 'world wide' websites do have an origin where they began and were created, and I would expect that parcitular website to be more aligned with THAT envioronment and culture if its American, non americans should be conceded their ignorance of amreica if its non American, americans should have the same concession,,, |
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