Re: TV - Ellen on Top Gear

"LeeShore" <leeshore@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I worked in the midwest [Minneapolis] for a while and couldn't get over
> the ignorance of Americans. My daughter [an Australian] attended
> university there and was 'interogated' for some half an hour by the
> head of the Languages Faculty as to what her native language is. She
> kept replying 'English'. He kept repeating during the interogation that
> he understood she spoke English, but kept asking what language did she
> speak at home. I also had constant problems explaining that Australia
> was not just to the south of Germany - so I am not at all surprised by
> the video clip.

Reminds me of a nice of mine who went to the USA for a year, to attend
highschool. The told a few classmates she saw something on the television
back home (the Netherlands) which surprised her classmates very much. They
replied "Television? Do you have electricity in the Netherlands?" Go
figure.....

Meindert


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