Re: Pride and Arrogance Re: American Attitudes (wasRe:Hardworking?)

[Ronn Blankenship]

At 03:05 PM 6/12/01, Julia wrote:


>On Tue, 12 Jun 2001, J. van Baardwijk wrote:
>
> > At 09:59 10-6-01 -0500, Dan Minette wrote:
> >
> > >1) Americans are uniquely and prevalently loud and rude. A polite American
> > >tourist is the exception that proves the rule. Tourists from other 
> countries
> > >are not nearly so bad as American tourists.
> >
> > I certainly never said that. Tourists from other countries are quite
> > capable of showing exactly the same behaviour. The example of
> > *American* tourist seemed more appropriate here, because most posters
> > on this list are American. Had the majority been German, the example
> > of German tourists would have been used. (Yes, we do have some
> > complaints about them, too.  <grin>)
>
>What are the differences between the typical German tourists and typical
>American tourists, then?


The German tourists speak better English.


-- Ronn!  :)