They don't realize that even after many years of living abroad and acquiring the language or accent of their preferred country, they will still be sneered at as Americans by the local intelligentsia.That was my experience, too, after living years in Germany as an American. Although I had many nice experiences, especially back in the day from the people who had lived through WW2 or even WW1, (they knew the score and were almost always very kind to me), however, the Soviet-indoctrinated, younger crowd was a different story though.... |