• dontsayaword@piefed.social
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    2 days ago

    American tourists in disguise are not really fooling anyone.

    But you don’t know how many are fooling you… I bet I could pull it off.

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      12 hours ago

      I’ve been in England a long time. If I keep my mouth shut, I can pass for a local. I dress the same and look the same. We’re in a small city far from London, so it’s not like there are that many Yanks roaming around here anyway.

      My wife, on the other hand, is visibly foreign and has a much different experience living here. She encounters much more xenophobic micro-aggression, though most people are still polite.

      “You speak English so well!”

      “Thank you. Cambridge expected it.”

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      1 day ago

      If you said “I bet I could pull it off, eh?”, then I would’ve believed you.

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      2 days ago

      Why don’t you see elephants hiding in trees?

      They’re really good at it.

      Why do elephants paint their nails red?

      To hide in cherry trees.