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Post by Auf Kiltre on Mar 23, 2022 12:33:58 GMT -5
So first and foremost I think American stereotypes are the grandest of all xenophobic sentiment, apparently even fashionable. That said...
My brother was telling me of an international conference call he was on the other day. One customer in Scotland chimed in about a supply delivery and one of my brother's work associates replied (in his best Gomer Pyle voice, as my brother described) "hang on! You said this is shipping to Scotland, the address right here says United Kingdom”
Yes I asked the obvious.
No he wasn't kidding.
🤦♂️
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on Mar 23, 2022 12:46:38 GMT -5
Yikes.
Cuba has a higher literacy rate than the U.S.
Really.
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Post by Auf Kiltre on Mar 23, 2022 13:32:44 GMT -5
I don't claim to be the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree. I know some super simple, not very educated people who are nevertheless solid and sweet people. But if you have a job that deals in international distribution you might want to at the very least look at a map now and then.
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Post by RufusTeleStrat on Mar 23, 2022 13:43:10 GMT -5
Well gosh that is strange. I thought you were in Scotland
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Post by Auf Kiltre on Mar 23, 2022 14:16:25 GMT -5
Well gosh that is strange. I thought you were in Scotland I dinna kin what would make you think that. |
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Post by NoSoapRadio on Mar 23, 2022 14:41:29 GMT -5
The U.S. is the most diverse country on the planet -- if someone imagines an American stereotype, they might be the one with the problem.
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Post by LeftyMeister on Mar 23, 2022 15:13:22 GMT -5
Decades ago, a group of us were in Houston for business. The waitress asked where we were from. Some said Ohio. Some said Georgia. I said Maine. The waitress asked, "Is that north of Dallas?"
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Post by modbus on Mar 25, 2022 13:49:28 GMT -5
The waitress asked, "Is that north of Dallas?" She wasn't wrong... |
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Post by Seldom Seen on Mar 25, 2022 16:23:45 GMT -5
My father once had a service station attendant look at his driver's license and ask him where Utah was. He pronounced it with a short "U".
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Post by samspade on Mar 25, 2022 16:35:58 GMT -5
I think the main cause is that for the most part Americans are only concerned with, well themselves. They don't look further out. This is ok, but weird when someone from another country knows more about America than we do, lol.
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Post by Ragic on Mar 25, 2022 18:56:02 GMT -5
I have friends from Scotland that I had to tell not to tell people that you are from the "UK" when they come over here. I told them that because I live on the border of Canada I am well familiar with what the "UK" is. But... A whole lot of Americans have no idea and now they just tell people they meet here that they are from Scotland. Even if they couldn't find it on a map, at least most Americans know it's a country.
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Post by Leftee on Mar 25, 2022 19:29:53 GMT -5
I bellied up to the bar at a hotel with a Scottish dude once.
I think…
I sorta remember keeping up with him.
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Post by HenryJ on Mar 26, 2022 7:37:01 GMT -5
Decades ago, a group of us were in Houston for business. The waitress asked where we were from. Some said Ohio. Some said Georgia. I said Maine. The waitress asked, "Is that north of Dallas?" She might have pronounced "Maine" as " Ma-een," with the "a" as in "cat." And heard "Mehn" or even "Mean." |
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