I should know because I was married to a Yorkshire lass!
The Dutch are not as direct as Yorkshire folk!
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I wouldn't say the Brits are any less direct than anyone else.
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The Dutch settled New York (Nieuw Amsterdam) in 1625. Can it be that, 400 years later, New Yorkers’ reputation for directness (rudeness) comes from Dutch tradition?
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I wouldn't say the Brits are any less direct than anyone else.
as an american now working in the UK, i find myself often the one in meetings willing to say what i really think!
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Why do you think that is, sts ?
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I see my Dutch colleagues and myself as an American far more direct that most all the locals
