12:44 am

Learn, you buggers!


- RANT ALERT -


One thing Americans need to learn - and I am talking about IN GENERAL - is that American slang will not sit well nor be really understood OUTSIDE of your country.

So don't get all fucked up and upset when I don't respond to your "are you having fun yet" when you IM me out of nowhere. Fun? What fun? What context? Why can't you just say Hello? I'd definitely respond to a Hello!!

Or if I say "Nothing is up" to your inane "wassup"?

Or if you add me to your "favourites" list without even speaking to me and I decline.

The list goes on..... I am CLEARLY not American and my profile ANYWHERE states I am in Singapore.

Why does subtle not work? How about finesse? *throws hands up*

Then when I get blunt; because I am getting fed up and increasingly irritated; OH my word, how huffy and testy and all that shit can we get? Look, the world doesn't revolve around you. Or your language.

I cannot help but compare the different responses, especially on SecondLife. And my god, I cherish my "formal" encounters when someone actually says to me Hello, how are you? and knows how to continue from there.


Amazing. And not in a good way!!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Sounds like you need to smack more people.

Anonymous said...

Since my name is not IN GENERAL, I assume you're not talking to me. But if I do anything to offend, irritate, or piss you off, please feel free to yank my chain. Sorry, that may be an Americanism... And it would be appreciated if you did it by email rather than out in the open. I'm real sensitive that way ;-)

Fiona Kathleen Hogan said...

Og,
Yes, I do. I've missed being Righteously Ranty!

Winston,
You've ALWAYS been a gentleman. You have nothing to worry about.

Come to think about, all you fellas listed on my blog roll are ALL gentlemen so it has nothing whatsoever to do with any of you. lol