On 04/08/2013 09:51, Tom Gardner wrote:
On 04/08/13 08:11, Martin wrote:
On Sat, 03 Aug 2013 13:40:39 +0100, Tom Gardner
wrote:

On 03/08/13 12:03, sacha wrote:
On 2013-08-03 10:50:38 +0000, Broadback said:

I have subscribe to "rec.food.cooking", as I think several people
who post here are. It makes you realise what a difference there is
between us and them, foreign in all but language and that differs
more as time passes by. do other here agree, or am I wrong?

A few well-travelled Americans have commented to me that a lot of
their compatriots are very insular in their outlook and really do
not understand others' way of life, choices, or reasons for doing
things different to the USA. Comparatively few Americans have
passports. But when you think of the size of their country, they can
do everything there except enjoy the culture of others. And if
they're not interested in that, why go outside America?

You will occasionally come across TV reports of "foreign
news" - where foreign means out-of-state!


UK TV News isn't a lot better.

Modulo Scottish independence, I disagree.
Here "foreign" means out of the UK.

The quality of the reporting is a different kettle of fish,
as is the (reduced) number of foreign correspondents.

We don't want "Foreign" correspondents, we want British ones stationed
around the world.