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Re:40% of foreign students in the US have no close American ... by morgante on Wednesday February 15, 2017 @05:11PM (#13655834)
> At the end of the visit, he apparently said "I wish I had known at the start that the people making fun of me probably liked me, and the people being perfectly polite probably didn't..."

That's not really a cultural difference. It's just basic social skills in America too.

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Re:40% of foreign students in the US have no close American ... by girvo on Wednesday February 15, 2017 @07:26PM (#13656886)
Excuse the language, but Australia (Aussie/Kiwi here!) is where you call you friends "cunts" and your enemies "mate". So I can understand someone's confusion!
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Re:40% of foreign students in the US have no close American ... by flukus on Wednesday February 15, 2017 @05:59PM (#13656277)
From what I understand (Australian here) the Australian (and British) version is much more extreme.
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Re:40% of foreign students in the US have no close American ... by ska on Thursday February 16, 2017 @09:54AM (#13660268)
In my experience the American version really isn't the same thing at all.
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