Those Gregarious Americans
Many British newspapers now allow readers to post their comments on the stories.
One of the interesting things about this is that often, the majority of comments are left by American, not British readers.
I’ve noticed it in many articles, including this one that was emailed to me today (a scary piece in The Times on a 102-year-old who qualified for a 25-year mortgage!).
I had no idea that the UK newspapers had such a strong US audience. Or is it that the Americans are just more willing to express themselves to strangers?
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Americans are brought up to express themselves. They learn discuss at school. Children are encouraged to discuss and are congratulated when they do so.
In Spain however, the rule is to shut up if you do not want to get in trouble.
Susana
May 10, 2007 at 12:42 pm