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Old 11-20-2002, 11:20 AM  
Chichio
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Location: Seattle
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Quote:
Originally posted by volante
In the past year of living in the USA, I've experienced this twice:

American: "You speak good English - where are you from?"
Me: "Er, England..."
American: "I didn't know they spoke English there..."

and this three times:

American: "Is that a British accent? Where are you from?"
Me: "England..."
American: "England? Is that near Britain?"

Would you say that the majority of Americans are this ignorant about England?
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