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I've apparently been misunderstood.
I was told today that it sounds like I don't like America or England
because I've poked fun at both countries.
I hope it doesn't sound like that because obviously, it isn't true.
I love the United States with all my heart, of course - I am a
red-blooded American who decks out in red, white and blue on the
4th of July and has been known to get misty during the National
Anthem. I have an American flag in my apartment in New York and
have my students recite the Pledge of Allegiance daily in school.
And the more I've come to England, the more things I've learned
to love here. Yes, this isn't my native land, but I appreciate so
many things from here. My boyfriend is obviously English, and I
adore him.
Cadbury's chocolate is a very good friend to me, but perhaps not
my hips. I really love Kim and Aggie from "How Clean Is Your
House?" even though we have them back home too, just doing
the American version. The talk shows are much funnier here, and
I wish we had a show like "Bunking Off" in the U.S.
My point is: both places have their own charm and things to love.
In some ways we're very different. In others, we are fairly similar.
Yeah, we'll never drive on the same side of the road or agree on
where the letters "u" and "z" belong in a word.
There will always be the bathroom/toilet debate as well as the
football/soccer confusion, but at the end of the day, this is what
matters: We are two countries that have stood by each other for
a long time and are best allies. England stood by us during 9/11
and now Americans stand by them in the wake of London bombings.
And that to me speaks volumes louder than an occasional chuckle
at our differences.
Lauren
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