Maciamo said:
In Europe, you can see strong cultural gaps just by crossing a linguistic border, so that people have a quite different lifestyle and behaviour just 20km apart from each others. These cultural differences go back to centuries, well before the USA existed, and hardly change with time (well, they evolve, but all at the same time, keeping the differences) because they are so deep-rooted.
Thanks for clarifying Maciano. Your comment is brilliant!
Ok then, What can I say about the whole thing? My english is not perfect bacause my father,
american citizen, couldn`t be bothered to teach me how to speak it properly.
He was too busy to improve his italian. Yes, Mike-Cash I`m half American, half Italian. I`m crap at writing, I do get confused with the different languages...
My father moved to Italy as an exchange student when he was 26. He did his PhD in Rome and now, after 32 years, he is a a professor of Anglo-american Language and Culture at Rome University.
He always says that USA is a Country made out of Countries, a meltin pot of different cultres from all over the world, and as a matter of fact, there is no american culture as such.
I`ve been to the States quite a few times. All my relatieves are from California, Irish descent. They all refer to Ireland as their own country, even if is some of them have never been there. I know more about Irish traditions than I do about americans (?)
I grew up in Italy. When I moved to Japan, my father said: you`re not going to last more than 4 years. The italian in you will come up when you least expect it. I thought he was talking nonsense, but after three years it really happened...
Now I`m in England, but still in Europe. The Italian in me is really happy of being here, the Anglo-saxon in me is having a blast.
ciao
PS: Stupid are the ones who do not face reality
