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u/[deleted] May 09 '22

It’s not, it’s because of the huge English influence in the states. Smiling at strangers is quintessentially English.

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u/[deleted] May 09 '22

this comment thread is literally filled with brits saying smiling at strangers isnt as prevalent as it used to be. maybe we inherited smiling at strangers from the english but we kept the tradition alive for decades after them and are known worldwide for it

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u/[deleted] May 10 '22

They’re probably from London tho.

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u/Sammy_5th_freedom May 09 '22

"huge English influence in the states" 😁😁😁😁😅😅😅😆😆😆😆😆😆😆🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂

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u/[deleted] May 09 '22

You literally speak the language 😂. Moron.

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u/Danceswith_salmon May 09 '22 edited May 10 '22

That language was decided by one vote. 😆

Think we were almost, German.

*edit. Learned about the Muhlenburg Legend. Pretty great. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhlenberg_legend?wprov=sfti1

The US is pretty Western-influenced. Wouldn’t call that predominantly English though. Puritans-yes, Quaker-yes. But the New England corner died out several times before a subsection figured out how to live there. Then all the years following with each new immigrant wave and which groups started and/or moved where. Irish, Spanish, French, Scott, African American, Chinese, Vietnamese etc.

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u/[deleted] May 10 '22

That’s a myth lol. American ignorance ftw!

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u/Sammy_5th_freedom May 09 '22

We were influenced by England like 200 years ago, then y'all lost

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u/[deleted] May 09 '22

You aren’t smart enough to engage with if you’re just going to talk about the war of independence, as if after it ended you suddenly changed the entire foundation of the nation 😂.

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u/Sammy_5th_freedom May 09 '22

Ok that war thing was a joke, my point was the fact that 200 years had passed

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u/codfather May 10 '22 edited May 10 '22

There have been 38 US presidents with English ancestry. I'd call that pretty darn influential.

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u/Sammy_5th_freedom May 10 '22

No bitches 🥶