I read people say online that Americans are loud. What does this mean, exactly? Is it literal volume or is it our personality/presentation? Something else?
I may be moving to Australia because of my wife’s job, and I want to better understand this. I want to assimilate and I don’t want to be annoying. I’m personally pretty low key and listen more than speak, but this is my perception of myself.
Thank you for this answer!
It really has me thinking about why we speak louder. It’s got to be something to do about our culture here. Proud? Bravado? We have more space and we’re used to having to project our voices? The want to be heard over others (competition)? I really have no clue, but it’s an interesting subject.
I want to reply with a joke about how America is a big country and people need to talk louder because of it, but you raise a very good question.
I would venture a guess that your suggestion about the space being bigger and people having to project their voices as a possible reason.
It’s entirely possible. Or maybe we’re so fat that we have to work harder to speak and thus we get louder? 🤣🤣🤣