the melting pot

Very very true Jan. You are only say 250 to 300 million, give or take,
from only say 5 continents ;-) so you must all be rather the same :-p

My post about the language bit was tongue in cheek, just because of this.
Even in the UK, there are so many different ways of saying things, depending
on where one lives, the younger generations even using txtsp3ak. Gobsmacking
as it were...

Oh and yes Mouse, York was beautiful when I was there. I was a bit miffed
(is that UK or US ? ) about why I was thrown out of the bar at 10 PM
though, but to each their own, and when in Rome... ;-)

Elvington was great, we were at the (ex?) airfield for looning around in our
cars. Small world or what ! :-) For me the UK is petrol head heaven...

Bugger (is that US or UK ? ;-) ) I'm off topic again.

Blimey then ?

I'll shut up now :-)

Theo

"~ jan JJsPond.us" schreef in bericht
...
On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 09:06:14 -0000, "Mouse"
wrote:

I also discovered that not all Americans say "have a nice day",
a popular misconception in the UK. :-)

) That depends on when you visited. This is a very old phase from the
80's when the masses did use this term and it peaked.

In the US our clickie phases are always changing. One of the latest is
*My bad* (My mistake) *Bring it* rather than Bring it On is another. I'm
sure there are others, but my brain is on lukewarm today. Maybe other
USers
can think of them, or perhaps there is a website. ;o)

The biggest misconception foreigns have regarding the US, imo. Is having
any conception about us at all. We're just as likely to stand behind you
in
some line, overhearding you talk to family members and than go home and
use
your same language w/accent to talk to our family members. Why we're
called
the melting pot, we claim traditions, but never let them claim us.... at
least not for long. ;o) ~ jan


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