{"id":108,"date":"2007-02-15T11:33:01","date_gmt":"2007-02-15T11:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nawbus.co.uk\/?p=108"},"modified":"2007-02-15T11:37:32","modified_gmt":"2007-02-15T11:37:32","slug":"london-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.nawbus.co.uk\/?p=108","title":{"rendered":"London, England"},"content":{"rendered":"
I find it very amusing during American film or TV series, that whenever they show a new city, they always caption the city's name and state e.g. Los Angeles, CA.<\/div>\n
However, when somewhere outside the USA is mentioned, the caption is 'London, England' followed by pictures of Big Ben, Tower Bridge etc. Now I know most Americans don't know much about the outside world, but you'd have to be fairly thick to assume that London<\/a> referred to London, Ontario <\/a>(that's Canada<\/a>!) or London, Minnesota<\/a>!
But I guess Hollywood has to make things as idiot proof as possible!<\/div>\n
When Carol and I were in Canada, they showed foreign news on the TV. They made a point of showing the Special Olympics which were on at the time. In America, the only foreign news was Iraq and sod all about the Special Olympics. Says a lot really! <\/div>\n

I find it very amusing during American film or TV series, that whenever they show a new city, they always caption the city's name and state e.g. Los Angeles, CA. However, when somewhere outside the USA is mentioned, the caption is 'London, England' followed by pictures of Big Ben, Tower Bridge etc. Now I know … <\/p>\n

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