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I once met a new colleague in China. We went to dinner and halfway through I complimented him on his accent-free colloquial American English and inquired if per
by 11thEarlOfMar 6y ago
I once met a new colleague in China. We went to dinner and halfway through I complimented him on his accent-free colloquial American English and inquired if perhaps he’d gone to school in the US. He said no. I asked how he’d learned to speak such polished American. He said friends. I stupidly said... you have American friends in Beijing?? He said, ‘No, Friends... The TV show.’
- Swizec 6y agoAs an immigrant and child/teenagehood connoisseur of american TV, can confirm: Everyone is always very impressed with my fluent colloquial English. They don't believe I didn't grow up here. What's funny is all the people online who were absolutely adamant that real life is nothing like TV. Yeah it is. Exactly like it. Comedies wouldn't be funny if they weren't real. Down to the stupid round door knobs that you can't use with full hands. Why the heck do americans do that?
- kube-system 6y agoIronically enough, US accessibility law bans those round door knobs in many public buildings. Maybe we just can't stand the idea of our homes having the same door hardware as the McDonald's bathroom.
- Talanes 6y agoI've owned a few dogs and cats that would have wrecked absolute chaos with door handles they could manipulate, but I doubt that's enough to drive the round knob industry here.