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Oct 29, 2003

Is it too late to go to France?

Like I needed to read this two days before I fly over there. Then again, maybe I really did need to read it.

Not all of us Americans are evil
Eric Schlosser
Wednesday October 29, 2003
The Guardian

...I can't remember another time when having an American accent provoked as much immediate hostility from Brits of every race, creed, class, and sexual orientation. If you're an American, overseas, in the fall of 2003, you've got a lot to answer for.

...If I could fake a British accent with any skill, I would now. It would save a lot of time. rest of text

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My Latin American friends, who tell me I speak Spanish as convincingly as Dubyah does and therefore could never pass as one of them, tell me I could probably pass as a Canadian from British Columbia. Might be worth a try.

Well, I know my British accent is laughably bad. Canadian...hmm...

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