[FairfieldLife] Living with the American IAPOI legacy as an ex-pat

2008-09-13 Thread TurquoiseB
It's a bitch. For six years now I've lived in France and in Spain, and traveled elsewhere in Europe, and it's taught me a great deal about America and its image worldwide. I'd love to believe that I fit in here, and that no one would mistake me for an American, but sadly that is not true. If

Re: [FairfieldLife] Living with the American IAPOI legacy as an ex-pat

2008-09-13 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Sep 13, 2008, at 1:07 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: Things will be going along swimmingly with some new person I've just met at a cafe or a dinner party, and then I'll fail to pronounce Rouen the way Dave Barry learned it should be pronounced, Woon, and the other person's 'tude towards me will