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Originally Posted by irateplatypus
an american drawl... curious. i only think of people in the south/southeastern part of the U.S. as having a drawl.
the camera is really a give-a-way for tourists of any type. when brits, euros (sorry for the general classification) and especially japanese tour in the U.S. they are distinctively dressed and often have a camera on the ready. i'll never forget a big group of camera toting german tourists crowded around a terrified armadillo on one camping trip. priceless. the only distinguishing characteristic for tourists that i would agree with is our size. especially overseas... some of us are remarkably bigger (and by bigger, i mean fatter) than the local population.
interesting... would love to hear some more about how our language sounds to a foreign ear. i know posting in text isn't the best medium for the discussion... alas, that is all we have.
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The LOUDEST, smelliest tourists that I ever met was when I got trapped on a shuttle Bus at LAX between about 30 upper middle aged Germans. Their BO was atrocious. and they were Loud. and bad breath. ugh. never again.
The rudest tourists, I am ashamed to say, were a group of Canadians at a youth hostel in Lucern Switzerland. I was mortified at their abonoxious behavour, I wanted to rip the flag off of their back packs.
Americans have been generally hospitable and will kill you with kindness if you visit them. So are the Dutch (to Canadians at any rate)...