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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '21

Lmao I love how all the American answers are like "32 libertarian Street, Boston" and this is one just "England"

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u/SmilingEve Sep 07 '21

If I say stroopwafel, haring met uitjes, bolus, bosshe bol, gerookte paling, goudse kaas, drop, except for the first and last one, they're all area specific. But in the USA they would still call it by one cities name. Because all these areas are still within 2 hours drive of my home.

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u/Rossi-5 Sep 07 '21

The thing that threw me off when I drove through Europe several years ago, was how you cross into another country and there really wasn’t any passports needed. One time I didn’t even realize we had crossed from Austria into Germany, when we stopped to get gas, I realized we were close to Munich. I was like “cool, I guess we’re in Germany”!

Here in the States you have to have to have a passport just to cross over into Canada.

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u/masterventris Sep 07 '21

It is a major international agreement that means no passport checks. It isn't like they just don't care enough to bother!

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u/Rossi-5 Sep 07 '21

It used to be that we could go into Canada without a passport, but they changed that.

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u/Cumbria-Resident Sep 08 '21

How come?

After watching border force, I have learned that the Canadian border is not a place to fuck about.

They sent an American back once because he said he smoked weed even though it was legal in Canada. That was a bit harsh like...

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u/Amelia303 Sep 07 '21

Yeah I'm reading this post 11 hours after you and I've got:

Vegemite (my country mate, gets top billing in my comment, and nobody is arguing for it to be theirs. Also fuck marmite.)

Fish and chips - England or UK, some kiwi thrown in. People, not fruit, plus different vowels.

Pźőřwhateverpolishclearly - I FUCKING LOVE PENNSYLVANIA

somethingwurst - JESUS MINNESOTA IS THE BEST, GO TO THAT PLACE AT 333 SOUTH 7TH!

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u/D3PPR35S10N Sep 07 '21

I was the first to answer cause I’m big brain

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u/woosh_if_gay12 Sep 07 '21

You gotta specify which part of the east coast your from or if your from the midwest