Thread: Ten Things Americans Don't Know About America

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Тысяча чертей, да что вы говорите, сударь!

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I'd like translate this article for my blog. Not if I would really agree with the author, just for the practice.

Originally Posted by DrBaldhead

Тысяча чертей, да что вы говорите, сударь!

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I'd like translate this article for my blog. Not if I would really agree with the author, just for the practice.

Exactly. I'm not completely agree with the author too, he just indulged and descant everything. If you see every country in this aspect, nowhere is perfect.

Originally Posted by Paul G.

"1. FEW PEOPLE ARE IMPRESSED BY US"

By the way, Deborah, that American guy we met in Cyprus didn't know what a water pipe (hookah) is. He's about 50 years old American man (game designer, so his profession implies some intellectual level), but this adult guy didn't know an elementary thing (even if you don't know what it exactly is, you could see it on the pictures etc).

So, me and my friends were very "impressed by US", honestly. If you want to get a cultural shock, meet an American.

Paul i think you should not judge a "whole" nation by one particular person. It just sounds a bit prude.
Not to mention that many 'other' things could have happened for this misunderstanding. (Maybe you didn't understand eachother fully because of different accents, maybe he wanted to Joke and Etc...)