Are Americans just plain rude?
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Posted: 03/19/2012
Americans were recently voted as the world's worst tourists.
Does the way we talk show it?
An interesting read on Time.com Monday discusses the disappearance of phrases like "thank you" and "you're welcome" and the emergence of "you bet" and "no problem."
It seems like a trivial issue, but is it?
According to one poll, 76 percent of Americans even think Americans are rude.
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