@Wildfire: it's very multicultural then? I am scared of planes, heights, and I have an embarrassing fear of the ocean so a plane going over the ocean is a big no no. I'm hoping I get braver though.
@Wildfire: it's very multicultural then? I am scared of planes, heights, and I have an embarrassing fear of the ocean so a plane going over the ocean is a big no no. I'm hoping I get braver though.
... and most of the rest of the world doesn't expect "average American" to have a clue about languages other than English (& admittedly, it's difficult to stay current with other languages), so it's always amusing to me to identify the language being spoken and try to listen in.
@0v7: If you only ate a little, you should be ok. You could try taking some vitamin C or some activated charcoal if you have any around. Or drinking some soda (preferably more like tonic water) to help things digest and move out faster...
Also, I would definitely talk to customer service at the store and tell them your experience.
@0v7: If you only ate a little, you should be ok. You could try taking some vitamin C or some activated charcoal if you have any around. Or drinking some soda (preferably more like tonic water) to help things digest and move out faster...
Also, I would definitely talk to customer service at the store and tell them your experience.
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@Wildfire: I might have vitamin C - can't have activated charcoal, 'cause I take prescription meds. I also have soda!
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@sunny: I couldn't see the ocean at all during my transatlantic flights unless I turned on the plane cameras, and most people shut the window blinds during the trip, so looking out wasn't really an option (I assume this was an attempt to combat jet lag).
Is Florida multicultural? That's an interesting question. I'd have to say that it is, as you'd expect, mostly American. We tend to have a good number of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Latino pockets in Florida because of basic geography, but again, I have heard a lot of different languages spoken, mostly at the parks or typical tourist places - German, Russian, Belarusian, French, Spanish, etc. Disney, Busch Gardens, Universal Studios pull from across the world. I nearly got in to a fight with some Irish dude because I asked his kid to be more careful and stop slamming my fingers with her tray as we were going through one of the food lines at Busch Gardens - lol. The Club Med that's in Florida has more French. Miami and south Florida is a lot of Spanish-speaking or Carribean influence. People come here for the beaches, they come here to golf. I think, it depends where you go. I would say it's a good idea to be able to speak English (or maybe Spanish), though, simply because for even the best-intentioned of us Americans to be bilingual, it's hard to do - we are not linguistically challenged all the time like a lot of the rest of the world is. We travel state to state (roughly the equivalent of going country to country through Europe) and the language and majority of the culture is the same...
Is Florida multicultural? That's an interesting question. I'd have to say that it is, as you'd expect, mostly American. We tend to have a good number of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Latino pockets in Florida because of basic geography, but again, I have heard a lot of different languages spoken, mostly at the parks or typical tourist places - German, Russian, Belarusian, French, Spanish, etc. Disney, Busch Gardens, Universal Studios pull from across the world. I nearly got in to a fight with some Irish dude because I asked his kid to be more careful and stop slamming my fingers with her tray as we were going through one of the food lines at Busch Gardens - lol. The Club Med that's in Florida has more French. Miami and south Florida is a lot of Spanish-speaking or Carribean influence. People come here for the beaches, they come here to golf. I think, it depends where you go. I would say it's a good idea to be able to speak English (or maybe Spanish), though, simply because for even the best-intentioned of us Americans to be bilingual, it's hard to do - we are not linguistically challenged all the time like a lot of the rest of the world is. We travel state to state (roughly the equivalent of going country to country through Europe) and the language and majority of the culture is the same...
@0v7: The soda should help with the digestion. The vitamin C should help "grab" the nasties and hopefully help you get rid of it without additional trouble.
@Wildfire: the longest plane ride I've been on was to Malta so idk about transatlantic travel. They wouldn't let you open the window cover?
oh wow, it sounds like a real melting pot of cultures. It sounds like London tbh, though warmer and with more theme parks.
@sunny: It is definitely a melting pot, and I'd have to say that most of us are nice and would try to help somebody who came here without really knowing the language. Expanding out of Florida for a moment, there are a lot of pockets of Italian and Portuguese (etc.) in the northeast US. There's a fair number of Indian/Hindu here (FL) too. And the parks, to their credit, do try to hire bilingual people (but it seems most of these people are not American - probably for the reason I mentioned above (difficulty maintaining another language)). People come to fish, to scuba dive, to camp, etc. It is really a great place to visit (or to live) tbh... as long as you like the heat.
I would LOVE to go to London. And visit much more of Europe. If I could, I'd take a couple of years, rent an apartment somewhere (maybe in England just because of the language thing; give myself a break! ;) ) and roam around...
@Wildfire: wow it sounds lovely tbh, definitely the sort of place I'd like to visit. Though I don't usually have to worry about being welcomed to places, being White and English, but it's still nice to know :) do you get much chance to practise your Italian in the wild?
@sunny: If you get the chance, you should come :)
No, there's not much Italian in Florida. I should have learned it when I lived in the northeast US, where there are heavy Italian descendant populations, but, I'm not sure it would have helped much. The Italian spoken here always struck me as "memories" of the actual language; grammatically incorrect, "Americanized", and basically, bastardized. I learned French while I was living up there and tried finding people to speak with, but they spoke mostly the Canadian French, which is distinctly different from the Parisian French that I learned... which is different from the Cajun French that I'm likely to find in the south US.
No, there's not much Italian in Florida. I should have learned it when I lived in the northeast US, where there are heavy Italian descendant populations, but, I'm not sure it would have helped much. The Italian spoken here always struck me as "memories" of the actual language; grammatically incorrect, "Americanized", and basically, bastardized. I learned French while I was living up there and tried finding people to speak with, but they spoke mostly the Canadian French, which is distinctly different from the Parisian French that I learned... which is different from the Cajun French that I'm likely to find in the south US.
@0v7: I know you're not in Florida, but what do you think - do you think the US is fairly multicultural?
@Wildfire: wow that sounds confusing. I can imagine I would get quite culture shocked, but it does sound so interesting. I definitely want to visit the US one day, not least because I have so much many friends there.
@sunny: Culture shock is to be expected. *I* got culture shock coming back to the US after spending only a week in Rome. :3
@Wildfire: lmao I can imagine. I got a bit culture shocked too after 6 months in Italy. It opened my eyes to a lot of things about my culture that I had never considered before.
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@sunny: Rome suits me better in some ways than my native country. I'd love to see more of the rest of the world and experience the different cultures. Here, yes, I can visit some of the "cultural pockets" that are everywhere, but often the culture is a generation or two (or more) removed from its source, and ultimately, it's still American...
@Another Movie Addict: Hmmm... let's see... who has hot chocolate? me? no... Sunny? Sunny, do you have hot chocolate??
;)
@Another Movie Addict: Hmmm... let's see... who has hot chocolate? me? no... Sunny? Sunny, do you have hot chocolate??
;)
@Wildfire: hmm yes, that is one of the drawbacks to living in one of the biggest countries, on a continent with like one other country. The US seems quite isolated in that respect.
@Wildfire: I could have some hot chocolate, if I wasn't already in bed.
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@sunny: Yes, the US is fairly isolated because of its sheer size. Canada mostly "doesn't count" as a different culture since we have so much in common culturally as well as historically. Mexico is definitely a different culture, but the connection points between it and the US are limited. Then there's Cuba, which is its own entity entirely. The Caribbean islands are interesting and diverse because of their history and various mish-mashed cultures, with still some influence from Europe. Then we're in to Central and South American countries, which frankly, we don't usually have too much interaction with (or so it seems, but maybe I'm just sheltered or something)
@another movie addict: What do you think - is the US multicultural?
Also, I can't remember the last time I had hot chocolate... two or three years ago, Christmastime maybe?
@another movie addict: What do you think - is the US multicultural?
Also, I can't remember the last time I had hot chocolate... two or three years ago, Christmastime maybe?
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