05-20-2011, 04:58 AM
[quote name='IanCD' timestamp='1305834629' post='8632']
Photozone.de is located in Germany and locally the word "average" means just that - reads: "average" is in between of better and worse. So this is strictly different compared to the more popular anglo-american-style meaning of the word where an "average" is equivalent to about as bad as it gets.
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I was born, and lived in America, for 43 of my 45 years, and "average" always meant in between the best and the worst to me. Even when talking about products. Maybe this is a generational thing, but I never noticed "average" meaning "about as bad as it gets. It is common to say that something is "only average", but this is usually in reference to the fact that there are other choices that are better than average. Maybe some non-Americans only "think" that Americans believe that "average" is equivalent to "about as bad as it gets". This is the same as the misconceptions that some Americans have about Europeans, including Germans. I also had misconceptions, but after living here with open eyes and an open mind, I have become less ignorant.
Photozone.de is located in Germany and locally the word "average" means just that - reads: "average" is in between of better and worse. So this is strictly different compared to the more popular anglo-american-style meaning of the word where an "average" is equivalent to about as bad as it gets.
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I was born, and lived in America, for 43 of my 45 years, and "average" always meant in between the best and the worst to me. Even when talking about products. Maybe this is a generational thing, but I never noticed "average" meaning "about as bad as it gets. It is common to say that something is "only average", but this is usually in reference to the fact that there are other choices that are better than average. Maybe some non-Americans only "think" that Americans believe that "average" is equivalent to "about as bad as it gets". This is the same as the misconceptions that some Americans have about Europeans, including Germans. I also had misconceptions, but after living here with open eyes and an open mind, I have become less ignorant.