Re: CHAT: Ability of Americans & Europeans to locate each others cities (was Re: The [+foreign] attribute)
From: | Douglas Koller, Latin & French <latinfrench@...> |
Date: | Friday, September 20, 2002, 13:58 |
Jan writes:
>I think you might - hesitantly - add Massachusetts to the list, known here for
>being a relatively European (and therefore relatively civilized) state.
Oh, please, don't hesitate. That's why we call it New *England*
(hurrah for anglophilia). I am perennially told by Americans outside
the region as well as by foreigners that I don't "act like an
American".
Thank you?
Walking like an Egyptian and leaving the luau shirt at home, I am
Kou