[UA] Re: American attitudes and things

[Greg Stolze]

On Jan 12, 2007, at 4:20 AM, Ville Halonen wrote:

>
>
> 1) A lot of Americans look like fictional people. Honest. American
> entertainment and images fills so many people's lives that when you  
> see
> real live American people (at least skinny ones) they look like  
> they've
> just stepped out of a movie.

Huh.  I remember the last time I was in Europe, being told that I was  
obviously American before I'd even said a word.  "How did you know?"  
I asked.  "Your shoes," the speaker said, indicating my tennis  
shoes.  "No European native would wear those outside of a track meet."

Don't know if it's still true, or even if it was true then.

-G.