Comments on: Patriotism hits you in the strangest places http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/teach-abroad/patriotism-in-the-strangest-places/ Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:48:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mark http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/teach-abroad/patriotism-in-the-strangest-places/comment-page-1/#comment-5773 Mark Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:05:02 +0000 http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/?p=3029#comment-5773 It's funny how it affects ex-pats. I remember mentioning to a fellow Brit here in Mexico that I'd seen the film Hooligans the night before at the cinema and immediately she launched in to a rant about how such films that shouldn't be shown because England isn't like that really and that people will think we're all thugs etc, etc. I've always thought that it's funny that in Mexico there's almost always Worcester Sauce on the table at restaurants - Mexicans call it salsa inglesa but I'm pretty sure they consume more of it than we do. It’s funny how it affects ex-pats. I remember mentioning to a fellow Brit here in Mexico that I’d seen the film Hooligans the night before at the cinema and immediately she launched in to a rant about how such films that shouldn’t be shown because England isn’t like that really and that people will think we’re all thugs etc, etc.

I’ve always thought that it’s funny that in Mexico there’s almost always Worcester Sauce on the table at restaurants – Mexicans call it salsa inglesa but I’m pretty sure they consume more of it than we do.

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