As soon as the woman sat next to me on the bus, I knew she was mid-west American. Ok, I didn’t really know, but I was pretty sure. She pulled out a book and I couldn’t help but look at it from the corner of my eye. I muffled a chuckle when I saw that the book was in English. The lady could’ve been British, American, Canadian etc. but I had correctly pegged her as Anglophone. Another confirmation that when abroad, some of us really stand out…
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I was surprised we didn't stand out as much as I though we would. When we weren't talking (in English, that was a dead giveaway) folks would often speak to us in French in a that appeared they assumed we'd understand them. I suppose they could have thought we were from Canada....
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