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

[Julia Thompson]

On Wed, 13 Jun 2001, J. van Baardwijk wrote:

> At 15:05 12-6-01 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote:
> 
> >What are the differences between the typical German tourists and typical
> >American tourists, then?
> 
> Other than the language, none.   :)
> 
> No, wait, there is another difference. Germans usually come here by
> car, and drive as if Dutch and German traffic laws are identical --
> which they aren't. Most noticable problem: most of Germany's highways
> don't have a speed limit, while the Dutch highways do. Germans often
> don't realize that and treat our highways like racing tracks, despite
> the signs we put up at the border.
> 
> That is, they race until they get caught by the traffic police, and
> find out exactly how high the fine is...  <grin>

How high *is* the fine, anyway?  :)

And what would you make of an American tourist speaking German?

        Julia

whose son has been sung to in German on a regular basis the past couple of
weeks by his grandmother