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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"It's harder to tell if you don't smile.  I'm not French, I'm German but I'm there a lot for work.  It's the same in most of Europe (although I have less experience in Eastern Europe).  Americans smile A LOT compared to others."

Don't agree. And it's certainly not the same in the rest of Europe. Perhaps you are unused to people smiling because you are German and it does not come naturally to you. If you approach someone with a stone face of course they will not be smiling back either. In my experience, most Europeans DO give a brief introductory smile when encountering them and of course, Americans do tend to respond with a full teeth-exposed friendly response. I've walked into many places of business in Italy, Spain, France, Greece and have been greeted warmly.

Perhaps your experience is relative to your culture. [/quote]

Haha, what?  Of course Americans are known for smiling more than others.  https://www.reddit.com/r/AskEurope/comments/7z2vzp/are_americans_known_for_smiling/[/quote]
I think it's because Americans have such bright white teeth, it's more noticeable when we smile![/quote]

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