As a British person visiting the U.S., what is the most astounding thing someone over there has said to you?
英国人在美国旅行时听到当地人对你说过什么最令人惊讶的话?
获得65.8k好评的回答@Travis Burke:
Swimming in a river on a hot day in Kentucky, I notice a man and his son walking along the river close by.
一天很热我在肯塔基州的河里游泳,我看到一个男人和他儿子在附近河边走。
My experience with the locals up to this point had led me to believe that my typical British reservedness could be construed as rude.
此前我和当地人打交道的经验告诉我我的典型的英式矜持会被视为无礼。
So as the man and his son approached, we locked eyes and with a big smile I said ‘Hey! How you doing?’ The father gave me a stern look, ignoring me and holding onto his son, and said with a deep Kentucky accent, “Son, you stay away from people like him…… he ain’t from ‘round here”.
所以当那个男人和他儿子走近时,我们目光相遇,我脸上带着灿烂的微笑说:“嗨,你们好!”那个爸爸目光严肃地看看我,没理我,抓紧他儿子用很重的肯塔基口音说:“儿子,你要离这样的人远点……他不是‘本地人’。”
After instructing a taxi driver where I wished to go while in Virginia, noting the accent, the taxi driver proceeds to ask me where I am from. I tell him I'm from the UK. He was very shocked, insisting that I “looked Palestinian” and had Palestinian features. Strange, I thought, considering that I’ve blond hair and blue eyes.
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