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When English is your second or third language in the beginning the difficult bits are the pronunciation, and then all the cultural differences. For example, uni
by franciscop 5y ago
When English is your second or third language in the beginning the difficult bits are the pronunciation, and then all the cultural differences. For example, university debt or debt in general is just not a topic in most of EU for those under-25. Hospital runs or calling an ambulance are also a no-brainer because that's free.
One of the major shocks for me was when I heard the story of someone who broke a leg, and stopped a friend from calling an ambulance because it'd be too expensive and instead called a taxi to get to the hospital. A combination of me being younger and naive, and not knowing the US so well back then, so I literally thought they were joking while they were telling it.