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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