When fellow Americans ask me "Why do you speak so softly?" or exclaim, "You're so quiet!"
I now have a ready reply, even if not exactly (literally) the truth,
"I spent part of my childhood in the U.K. where it's considered uncouth to shout in public, especially to get attention."
Americans are so disingenuous on this point.
-Lily H.
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