terry wrote in
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On Mar 12, 2:01*am, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
Dan wrote
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On Mar 10, 10:47 pm, "Jay Honeck" wrote:
If Joe tries first to speak spanish (or german, or french, or...
etc) even if he fails
misserably, that will be seen as an ice breaker and he'll be
able to continue
in english if needed. Most europeans speak decent english in
turist cities, and
a lot even in more remote places.

When I travel abroad and my size and demeanor label me as an
American (that's tall, not wide).

As soon as I begin speaking French, the barriers dissolve and the
welcomes begin.

It's sad, in a way, but understandable. I've silently witnessed the
"Tourists" coming in and acting like asses.

I think if we stop all tourism departing from NY we'll solve 75% of
the problem.

Nah, americans are as amateurs compared to the Brits. They are, hands
donw, far and away, the worst tourists who ever lived. Americans ma
be a bit clueless, but they're actually ( and I'm generalising here)
abit more in awe of local culture even if they don;t like it. The
brits will throw a union jack over whatever it is they find, rename
it and start serving fish and chips. They're currently on a "****
over france" binge. Their med resorts are simply appaling. I wandered
into one in Corfu a few years ago and it had to be seen to be
believed. The Greeks wisely tiled every public place in the town
(Kavos) so they could hose them down after they were finished.

Nah Aussies are far worse than Brits. We, I mean they, have little
respect for culture full stop.

Yeah, but they don't pretend that they do and they don't imagine that
they're superior.


We, I mean they , go to peaceful places like Bali and behave like
absolute *******, getting ****ed out of their
brains at every opportunity. We, I mean they, like going to Britain
just to hang **** on "the poms" and rub it in
their faces that they cant play cricket or rugby

ANd this is suposed t be a bad thing?

( substitute any
activity that takes brawn over brain). We, I mean they
make lame jokes to mock every culture that ever lived on the planet.
We , I mean they , have created or populiarised, a derogatory term for
just about every country , except the ones we, I mean they, havent
heard of. Theres the Septic Tanks ( yanks ) Wogs, Nips ,Towell heads,
frogs, lesbos, boongs.


Yeah, well, I have seen that aspect of them and that's not one of their
more attractive qualities. I reckon they got that from their forefathers
( the brits)


Bertie