04 May 2011

Questions I’ve been asked about the United States II

Is it true that you came here all the way from USA?

Do you know what a stapler is? 
...I thought they might use a different word.

Why do you call it peanut butter and jelly when it’s peanut butter and jam? 
["jelly" here is what Americans call jello]

Is it different for you here to be in a mixed economy instead of just a market economy?

Can you explain corn dogs?

Do they have gibberish* in America?

Do you actually have a white Christmas?

Why do you call tomato sauce ketchup?

You’ve never seen a cricket game???

Why don’t you stay here for the whole year? Aren’t you tired of living in America?

What is a subway like?

*I eventually discovered this meant pig Latin

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