"You don't understand America, because you think they are Americans, but they are not. America is full of foreigners. They are all foreigners since 1776." So whatever frightens the Americans frightens the Italians, the Rumanians, the Danes, and everyone else from Europe." -- Sir Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980)
Among the most interesting American travelogues are those of Briton's. Because they "know" the language they assume that they know us and are more willing than say Italians or Germans to comment on that, which it quickly becomes obvious that, they know all squat about.
However that it itself offers insights.
posted by Y.H.N.
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