Ironically, it's a valid criticism of [some] americans they they themselves cannot see beyond their own limited [world]view.

c.f.

"Hey, you're from England, is that in London?"
"Hey, you're from England? Do you know $person?"
"Hey, you're from England? What language do they speak there?"

I could go on....
(caescarna Hell's Roomba, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 15:32, 1 reply)

And yet....
I met a lovely Texan couple on a tour of Rome. They were both retired from jobs in banking, and were better educated and read than me, with me fancy A levels and bits of a degree from the UK. They walked hand-in hand and quoted bits of Keats' and Byron's poetry as we walked past the museum where the poets used to live..Was a last blast at my one remaining prejudice, I can tell you...
(Beer Elf Thought this was like a campfire, anyhow, on, Sun 11 Apr 2010, 12:38, closed)