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>    Yes, why do Americans never say "goodbye" to the other person on the 
> 'phone?? They just put the thing down... (in films I've seen anyway), but 
> is this typical in real life?

Movie characters (American or not) are typically rude to each other. Even in 
non-violent movies people do and say things to each other that should land 
them in anger management therapy, if not in court or jail, but other 
characters don't seem to bother that much (unless it's part of the plot of 
the plot). It's an entire autistic world where regular ethics and personal 
feelings do not exist and don't matter. An egregious example (among 
thousands) is Julia Robert's character in "My best friend's wedding", who 
does lots of wrong things (including trying to get her best friend sacked by 
sending bogus emails from his boss' account, and later stealing a truck and 
starting a car chase) and five minutes later everything's forgiven and 
everybody's happy and friends again. Suspension of disbelief is your friend, 
fortunately.
IIRC "True lies" made fun of this convention during the horse chase, with 
Schwarzenegger saying "sorry" and "excuse me" to everyone who got in his 
way, and this was played for comical purpose.

G.

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