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World travellers or geographical pygmies?
I am up in Scotland with our Director of Metallurgy from Niles Ohio in the US.
Three things. and he is Chinese/American... Atrocious table manners..... like sitting across the table from my 4 year old grandaughter. Knowledge of anything outside of the US is Zero..didn't know the Scots have a language called Gaelic He had never heard of Haggis. Well go on then 4 Thought Barrow in Furness was in Scotland cos' they talk different. (Not taking him to Burnley) :D |
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Surely though, his Chinese side would have compensated for some of that? :o |
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True' dat Less ;) I also have a US Director who asked me if Scotland was an island. All God's chillun' |
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In the '80s, the main newspaper in Arizona, Pheonix Globe I think - usual bulky US newspaper - no more than 1/2 page on rest of the world. Very few people had passports and TV international news coverage was rubbish or non-existent
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Wouldn't expect much more from a country that inflicted Dick van Dyke on us! Plonker.:rolleyes:
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Same for us ... even Brits are guilty of knowing little about us Canucks, or our country. Even my late mom. She had a friend whose son was in a place called Ontario ... she wanted to know if I could drop in and see him if I was ever over that way. At the time, I was living in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (the pronunciation gets easier after the fifth pint;))
Here's a Canadian take on how much our neighbors know about us: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFgPX0hnNfA |
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Having ventured to many states, have found the yanks everywhere to be very nice people, but a slate short of a roof.
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I also find their spelling seems pretty basic compared to the English way too, like spelling made easy for kids who are struggling to learn and need a bit of a helping hand. I wouldn't be surprised if there was a little picture at the side of every word, just to make sure! :p
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My American friends had no knowledge of the Canariy Islands or Majorca. It tickles me when they say "London, England"
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Well Oo Wud a Thow Tit! |
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