I see what you mean. I wouldn't equate that with being "Ameri-centric," (where I thought you might have meant ethnocentric) but it is a language issue.
________________________________ From: khazana108 <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2012 4:39 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Hi, I'm back --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn <emilymae.reyn@...> wrote: > > <snip> And I'm not taking the test either, I understand only half of the > words. (you are all so America-centric) > > Now now, the empathy test has nothing to do with being ethnocentric - it's > the one Barry posted where one tries to determine what the eyes are saying. >  The words used are descriptors for moods and feelings, but aren't > "America-centric."   Yes, but you have to understand the words. If you have to look more than half of the words up - they all describe emotional states - you will not be so natural in attributing them. For example you are more likely to pick the expressions you know, than the ones you don't know. > ________________________________ > From: khazana108 <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2012 4:16 PM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Hi, I'm back > > >  > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long <sharelong60@> wrote: > > > > Take the dang empathy test, report your score, then STHU where H=heck. > > I'm not going to shut up, Share, it's my turn now. And I'm not taking the > test either, I understand only half of the words. (you are all so > America-centric) > > > BTW, welcome back. Maybe (-: > > Maybe, and thank you. Share, I admit I lurked a bit while I was away, and I > really noticed that you have developed a voice of your own. I really liked > how you stood for what you had to say. Bravo! > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: khazana108 <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2012 7:37 AM > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Hi, I'm back > > > > > >  > > >