I THOUGHT you reminded me of an actor, but I couldn't put my finger on it.. Now I have it! 50% John Malkovitch 50% Hugo Weaving hehe

From: Austin, Texas, US Living in: Austin, Texas, US Languages: English, Japanese, some Spanish Pleased to meet ya.

I recently heard a story on NPR (National Public Radio, for our non-American posters...It's like the American version of BBC Radio News) about a journalist who was interviewing two girls in Cambodia (I think it was Cambodia, anyway the country is

Yes! My thirst is slaked.

Thank you Bilingish. You make some very good points. I'm glad someone is willing to discuss the answer and not the question. Maybe I just had unfortunate exposure to some inconsiderate tourists. Regardless of why they acted this way, I think

When I looked up "collectivism" in the dictionary, the first definition was "the philosophy of communism." Since "individualism" doesn't have a political agenda, I thought maybe another word would be more appropriate. But for the record, my

Perhaps I did exaggerate in my wording. However, all the incidents I mentioned in my original post, I have personally observed on multiple occasions (including the pushing) That's why it's so disturbing to me. Maybe it was just an unfortunate

Yes, I agree clive. To be fair, I should really visit these other countries to observe their behavior in a domestic setting. I had planned on visiting China sometime in the near future. The language barrier does concern me somewhat, though I have

I did poorly in school on the section on dangling modifiers. They are sometimes hard to spot, even for native speakers. Most people wouldn't complain about any of the sentences you've given for examples, but something like: "Running through the

"to pick on" means "to tease, ridicule, or harrass".