Stupid TouristsWhat's the stupidest thing you've ever heard a tourist say? Ever heard an American talking about visiting "Scotchland, England", or (and this one is actually real) a Japanese couple talking about the correct way to say Clapham is actually Clatham, as "ph" sounds are pronounced "th". Which has a certain logic really. UPDATE: Please, no more Loogabarooga stories. It's getting like, "and I opened my eyes and my mum had left me a cup of tea!"
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chthonic, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 16:31)
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AmericansI'm a Canadian expat in Korea, and I have to admit that usually I prefer the company of Americans to my own countrymen. Too many Canadians I've seen are the sort that drop the "eh"-bomb, where they say "eh" a lot and other lameass Canadianisms that we never use at home to let people know they're not American.
Americans do make awful tourists, yes, but they make great expats. They get something that we don't have the benefit of experiencing: a huge figurative kick in the pants when they see how people react to them outside their country. Takes a few months to kick in. Canadians' heads swell after being told every 15 minutes--"Oh, you're from Canada? Canada good! America bad."
That said, two of the most successful American expats will not forgive you guys for cocking up the English language. They both told me that we all used to spell "colour" without the u, but sometime after they moved away, you Brits started copying the French and added the u.
(, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 21:53, Reply)
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