Comments | cicada84: American-isms

cicada84

American-isms

Feb 05, 2007 13:06

"Do you speak English?"/"Is English your first language?" (And here I am in an honors English class)

"SINGAPORE? WOW! I love that place! Which part of China is it?" (friendly people)

"Singapore? Really? It's a great place! I was in Shanghai last summer" (friendly people)

"HI!!!! Nice to meet you!" (from complete strangers..)

"Howdy!! How's your day?" ( ( Read more... )

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hooked2trance February 6 2007, 04:45:45 UTC

well, you are not the first person to experience this. Apparently Americans are not as open-minded, well-travelled and well-knowledged as we imagine them to be

To be honest, there is a little streak of anti-semitism in me, especially towards bimbotic sounding people...

cicada84 February 13 2007, 22:35:15 UTC

Precisely...although as time passes, I've also learnt to become less harsh with Americans and their ignorance. Although many Americans are ignorant about a lot of things - most of them are never quite shy about it...it's ok not to know and make mistakes...though that's still not an excuse! It's certainly better than being standoffish and arrogant like most of the French students!