USA

[naanima]

USA - Here follow some US-specific facts and cultural references that non-USians are expected to know..

Something I have wanted to verbalise for a very long time but couldn't because I'd just come across as a raving lunatic. I'm Australian, but I was born in China. I lived there and then in Ireland during my formative years. So yes, word to everything on the list.

Especially number 6 & 10.

Comments

[worldserpent.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the link. It is v. head-desky when Americans assume that everyone follows the American Constitution and the Bill of Rights. XD

[naanima.livejournal.com]

No probs.

See, it isn't even a big deal, but the fact that 'educated' Americans make the same assumptions about spellings and the Bill of Rights encompassing all other English speaking countries. Well, I'm not sure if that's arrogance, ignorance or a sense of blind entitlement. None of which is comforting.