This analysis gets it source material from a project initiated by a British newspaper, Guardian Weekly. This paper encouraged its readership to contact American voters in Clark County, Ohio and Americans responded in writing, "Dear Limey assholes." In evaluating these American comments, it appeared that twenty represented individualistic points of view and fourteen appeared to be collectivists. Ms. Khan identified individualistic type cultures as being competitive. She identified collectivistic cultures as ones that seemed to understand relationships and to be better at team work than individualistic cultures. By examining the negative aspects of these American comments, they may serve as object lessons on communication mistakes to avoid.…
