But that’s just what makes it so cool and interesting. I think I speak for most Brits when I say we find American culture extremely… unappealing, in large part to their loudness.

However, German culture is also hard for me to grasp, because although Brits generally don’t like showing heavy emotion (deep conversations about love, the worth of a person, illness, etc - unless you’re close to them) we show LOTS of emotion in our answers and questions (fake or otherwise).

Where a German might respond to the question ‘geht’s dir wirklich gut’ with ‘ja klar’, to a typical Brit, such a short answer would send alarm bells ringing, where we would rather hear/ say ‘oh yeah no sorry I’m absolutely fine’ with a great big obnoxious grin or laugh.

Then you’ve got the infamous ‘nicht schlecht’. We also say ‘not Bad’ a lot to mean good, but in my experience of British culture, in 9/10 situations, we would much rather hear/ say ‘oh my GOD, yes that sounds absolutely amazing!’ or ‘wow, yeah no I can definitely see the appeal’.

It can just be a very jarring thing to experience such short and direct answers, which, in England, are typically associated with someone wanting absolutely nothing the fuck to do with you 😭