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The World's Rudest Nations For Travelers (Forbes)

Congratulations, my fellow Americans! We?re not the rudest nation on the
planet. We?re not even in the top 5. USA! USA! The travel search site
Skyscanner.com surveyed its users about where the locals never smile and
people are particularly unfriendly, and the nation with the most votes for
rudest locals was... Wait for it? France (felicitations, mes amis!), followed
by Russia. The survey received over 1,200 responses, 65 percent from the UK
and Ireland, plus elsewhere in Europe, North America and Australia. Rounding
out the top five rudest countries were the UK, Germany and ?Other? (those
Others are the worst, don?t you think?). The US placed 7th, behind China. Some
of the perceived rudeness may be attributable to cultural differences rather
than anything intentional. For example, says Tatiana Danilova, Skyscanner?s
Russian Market Manager, ?the Russian language is not as polite as English, so
when Russians translate directly from Russian to English, it can sound rude to
an English speaker even if they don?t mean it to.? ?We were surprised to see
Russians come in second place,? says Baldwin. He attributes this in part to
the ?familiarity breeds contempt? phenomenon. Although Russia doesn't compare
with the Mediterranean ...

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