language differences

[Arthur Little]

[QUOTE=Florge;137339]
... and little did we know that this person may not be American... Western for us is equated to America... can't blame us though... Our history has American influence pasted all over.

Just so! ... appearances certainly CAN be deceptive, because British and American [including Canadian] citizens look - and act - similar(ly) in so many respects that even I have difficulty in differentiating between the two ... until the latter open their mouths ... !!

[future=dreams]

[QUOTE=Arthur Little;137365]

... and little did we know that this person may not be American... Western for us is equated to America... can't blame us though... Our history has American influence pasted all over.

Just so! ... appearances certainly CAN be deceptive, because British and American [including Canadian] citizens look - and act - similar(ly) in so many respects that even I have difficulty in differentiating between the two ... until the latter open their mouths ... !!

When I was a waiter in London Candians often wore little maple leaf pin badges and we very happy you realised they were Canadian.

But Cheryljane spells spaghetti like Dumaguete and it took me a while to work out a teet was in fact a tooth.