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Re:How Africans Are Changing French – One Joke, Rap and Book... by alternative_a on Monday December 18, 2023 @01:01AM (#38679681)
This is all true. You also can ask for ice with your coke. This will endear you with the wait staff as they can not resist snickering and muttering “American ..”
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Re:How Africans Are Changing French – One Joke, Rap and Book... by sjfjsjdjwvwvc on Monday December 18, 2023 @08:04AM (#38681864)
In the US I always had to specifically ask to not have ice in my drinks.

That was one thing I could never wrap my head around.

The other thing was the extreme use of AC. I can understand AC to an extent, but they were making it so cold I had to bring extra clothes just to go in the supermarket for example - what the heck?!

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Re:How Africans Are Changing French – One Joke, Rap and Book... by pezezin on Monday December 18, 2023 @04:41PM (#38688747)
That depends on the country. In Spain ice with your soft drinks is the default, even in winter.
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Re:How Africans Are Changing French – One Joke, Rap and Book... by alternative_a on Sunday December 24, 2023 @04:50PM (#38757247)
Yes, this was France.
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