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do brits have higher verbal IQ than americans?

they say that we have a skewed perspective since we only hea...
wine embarrassed to the bone reading party
  04/29/17
Fuck Russell brand
Emerald international law enforcement agency jap
  04/30/17
English is a tough fucking language.
poppy curious area sneaky criminal
  04/29/17
Seems right to me. I read that selective pressures in Englis...
mind-boggling institution hunting ground
  04/29/17
i was going to say i like verbal fluency better because i th...
floppy orange gaping
  04/29/17
(Guy with low verbal intelligence)
Emerald international law enforcement agency jap
  04/30/17
Yes
Beta ivory legend
  04/29/17
It's just because they use words we don't think about like &...
Hairraiser ungodly casino
  04/29/17
top 5% brit > top 5% us citizen
Beta ivory legend
  04/29/17
Cr, but it's only been this way for the past 30 years or so....
Hairraiser ungodly casino
  04/29/17
That newsman accent was a put-on.
odious nubile school cafeteria yarmulke
  04/29/17
can't say i've ever really met a prole southern "gentle...
wine embarrassed to the bone reading party
  04/29/17
real southern gentlemen are old money therefore not prole
Fuchsia multi-colored roast beef factory reset button
  04/29/17
Uve "met" doodikoff on xo
Emerald international law enforcement agency jap
  04/30/17
As a whole? Of course. Americans are completely stupid.
Boyish laser beams
  04/29/17
I don't think it's innate ("verbal IQ"). I think i...
dashing impertinent set
  04/29/17
...
Provocative corner telephone
  04/29/17
they're definitely more influential.
odious nubile school cafeteria yarmulke
  04/29/17
have you ever listened to big L's verses? the man has better...
wine embarrassed to the bone reading party
  04/29/17
big l expert
floppy orange gaping
  04/29/17
...
Beta ivory legend
  04/29/17
cr
snowy histrionic dopamine wrinkle
  04/30/17
Op are you an autist ESLmo?
bright pervert spot
  04/29/17
oi, mate, I fink u may be onto summat
electric athletic conference
  04/30/17


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Date: April 29th, 2017 2:33 PM
Author: wine embarrassed to the bone reading party

they say that we have a skewed perspective since we only hear upper class brits, but still -- pit them against our upper class and they still outclass us in eloquency. even a prole like russell brand has a COMMAND of speech that americans can't match up to

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3599459&forum_id=2#33191337)



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Date: April 30th, 2017 8:16 AM
Author: Emerald international law enforcement agency jap

Fuck Russell brand

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3599459&forum_id=2#33196060)



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Date: April 29th, 2017 2:35 PM
Author: poppy curious area sneaky criminal

English is a tough fucking language.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3599459&forum_id=2#33191342)



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Date: April 29th, 2017 2:35 PM
Author: mind-boggling institution hunting ground

Seems right to me. I read that selective pressures in English society led to better than average verbal fluency

Most valued in decadent English upper class are wit, charm, humor

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3599459&forum_id=2#33191348)



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Date: April 29th, 2017 3:01 PM
Author: floppy orange gaping

i was going to say i like verbal fluency better because i thought that's what verbal iq means and verbal iq sounds stupid

but

Verbal intelligence is the ability to analyze information and solve problems using language-based reasoning. Language-based reasoning may involve reading or listening to words, conversing, writing, or even thinking.

wtf does this even mean?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3599459&forum_id=2#33191484)



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Date: April 30th, 2017 8:17 AM
Author: Emerald international law enforcement agency jap

(Guy with low verbal intelligence)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3599459&forum_id=2#33196061)



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Date: April 29th, 2017 2:40 PM
Author: Beta ivory legend

Yes

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3599459&forum_id=2#33191377)



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Date: April 29th, 2017 2:41 PM
Author: Hairraiser ungodly casino

It's just because they use words we don't think about like "cross" instead of "angry".

Think about how prole southerners still talk like "gentlemen" sometimes. Lol @ some chav brits w/ a good vocab. "U FOOKIN WOT M8"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3599459&forum_id=2#33191382)



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Date: April 29th, 2017 2:42 PM
Author: Beta ivory legend

top 5% brit > top 5% us citizen

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3599459&forum_id=2#33191387)



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Date: April 29th, 2017 2:43 PM
Author: Hairraiser ungodly casino

Cr, but it's only been this way for the past 30 years or so. Think about how Jackie O or American Old Money used to speak

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3599459&forum_id=2#33191397)



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Date: April 29th, 2017 2:57 PM
Author: odious nubile school cafeteria yarmulke

That newsman accent was a put-on.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3599459&forum_id=2#33191469)



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Date: April 29th, 2017 2:44 PM
Author: wine embarrassed to the bone reading party

can't say i've ever really met a prole southern "gentleman"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3599459&forum_id=2#33191401)



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Date: April 29th, 2017 2:51 PM
Author: Fuchsia multi-colored roast beef factory reset button

real southern gentlemen are old money therefore not prole

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3599459&forum_id=2#33191435)



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Date: April 30th, 2017 8:17 AM
Author: Emerald international law enforcement agency jap

Uve "met" doodikoff on xo

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3599459&forum_id=2#33196063)



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Date: April 29th, 2017 2:52 PM
Author: Boyish laser beams

As a whole? Of course. Americans are completely stupid.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3599459&forum_id=2#33191443)



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Date: April 29th, 2017 3:00 PM
Author: dashing impertinent set

I don't think it's innate ("verbal IQ"). I think it's cultural. The Brits just have a mode of "eloquence" wherein saying things a certain way, using a more expansive vocabulary, is a natural part of public life.

In America, even the smartest ppl --including academics, even people who are extremely eloquent writers -- have it drilled into them that they must be 'plain-spoken' and laconic, folksily unpretentious, etc. It's an American value.

So you get literary writers and PhD's on general-audience interview programs, and they speak like bumpkins. It's very unfortunate.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3599459&forum_id=2#33191482)



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Date: April 29th, 2017 3:02 PM
Author: Provocative corner telephone



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3599459&forum_id=2#33191491)



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Date: April 29th, 2017 3:05 PM
Author: odious nubile school cafeteria yarmulke

they're definitely more influential.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3599459&forum_id=2#33191506)



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Date: April 29th, 2017 3:07 PM
Author: wine embarrassed to the bone reading party

have you ever listened to big L's verses? the man has better command of english than any lawyer

also i am impressed by anyone who can freestyle well

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3599459&forum_id=2#33191515)



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Date: April 29th, 2017 3:08 PM
Author: floppy orange gaping

big l expert

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3599459&forum_id=2#33191521)



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Date: April 29th, 2017 3:02 PM
Author: Beta ivory legend



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3599459&forum_id=2#33191492)



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Date: April 30th, 2017 2:25 AM
Author: snowy histrionic dopamine wrinkle

cr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3599459&forum_id=2#33195662)



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Date: April 29th, 2017 3:08 PM
Author: bright pervert spot

Op are you an autist ESLmo?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3599459&forum_id=2#33191519)



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Date: April 30th, 2017 8:20 AM
Author: electric athletic conference

oi, mate, I fink u may be onto summat

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3599459&forum_id=2#33196069)