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JackTheBandit · 4043 days ago · link · · parent · post: Spinoff Discussion: Can human languages vary in effectiveness when communicating specific ideas, feelings, topics, etc.
I recently saw a study that addressed just that. Americans, compared to other nationalities with unique cultures and languages, are predisposed to place blame for an event on an individual, even in situations where that's not necessarily the case. This may be tied to American regular use of possessive pronouns. Whereas others simply stated that "there was an error with the object or scenario," Americans would say "the operator caused an error in the object or scenario."