Captain Jack <Cap### [at] comcastnet> wrote:
> The picture of the American tourist in another country speaking English 
> (okay, well, what we call English, anyway) veeeeeeeery slowly so the other 
> fella will understand him is, sadly, not a complete cartoon.

  When I lived in Spain (long story), there was one store where the owner
always switched to an awkward form of speaking, using only infinitives and
simplifying to ridiculous levels, when she was speaking to me. This regardless
of me speaking back in perfect Spanish (at that point my Spanish was probably
better than the best she could ever speak).

  This was a source of amusement among my friends.

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                                                          - Warp

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