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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stupid or misinformed...I live in Sweden.
A few years ago an american (sorry) exchange student spent a year at school with my class.
You'd think that if you where going to live for a year in a foreign country you'd open a book or two and read about the place before going. Apparently she had arrived expecting Polar bears roaming the streets, frequent blizzards and freezing temperatures. True, we can have some cold winters, but she arrived in august and came ill-equipped for the ongoing heat wave.
Needless to say she made no effort what so ever to learn more than a word or two of swedish.
I could also go on about Germans with their strange fettish for moose. They actually steal warning signs from the side of the road if it has the silluette of a moose on it!
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The little pink animal is mostly harmless, except on, Tue 12 Jul 2005, 15:05,
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