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7/3/03:

A lesson from an interview with D A Blyler, author and expatriate (who once had one of the funniest cush English teaching jobs ever) -

While overseas, Blyler makes an effort to embrace the local culture and not be content to hang out with the other expatriate Americans, whom he often feels have no respect for the new social environment. ?I meet expatriates who don?t know about the country (they?re visiting or living in), they?re not there to learn anything about the world around them,? Blyler said. ?I start learning the language and go around with my dictionary. I?m not some arrogant westerner who thinks everybody should speak English.?

The rest of the inteview is sharp rants on seeing American from all the many outsides.

Blyler's first effort Steffi's Club is certainly on my list.

posted by jeremy @ 8:52 PM

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