My aim is to be both polite & clear. Sometimes this gets me called 'condescending.' I want to fix this. How? Add warmth? Change language?
Might be partly because I'm English? Its always Americans who say this. Slight cultural diff in language.
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There's an association of UK English with prestige in the US world due to history/sociology/media effect.
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Its very odd coz Europe sees us as cultureless yobs! XD
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In Switzerland you're seen as very highly educated (Oxford/Cambridge)s. Maybe the hooligans is where the stereotype comes from?
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Perhaps I'm associating all of Europe with the French!
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We're associated with the French and the Germans. We're used to it.
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Cute dog!
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It's definitely possible. People tend to perceive others as snobby when their accent/lexic is associated with prestige.
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Might just be a bit more formal? Sound a bit school-teachery?
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Possibly. It's an issue for us academic types, we do tend to lecture.
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