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Originally posted by queequek
No wonder people hated us abroad, since Americans just loud and obnoxious (sp?) English speakers everywhere (I know this is a HUGE generalization). Even I couldn't help myself to talk in English with my American friends, even though we were in public places.
When I was in Rome, I witnessed two young ladies, judging by their accent, North Americans, were asking a supermarket clerk whether they have ranch dressing (in English, of course). The clerk spoke English fine, but he looked confused. So, one of the lady was totally yelling, "DO-YOU-HAVE-RANCH-DRESSING?" with lots of gesture everywhere. Then she looked to her friend, roll her eyes and they took off.
C'mon lady, we are in ROME, people do not have ranch dressing, which is an American thing. They have something healthier than ranch dressing 
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Dude, did you ever play "Spot the American"? Gawsh, we can be loud folks... The Metro ticket machines in Paris were always populated by Americans who hadn't mastered touch-screen ticketing. One had the nerve to compliment me on my English...I'm like, I just know how to be quiet.
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