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[eichorn at CLUB.LEMONDE.FR]

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As another American transplanted to the UK, I second Larry's emotion.

Did you know they actually replaced the middle segment of many "Teletubbies"
 episodes with Americanised bits?  Apparently the American distributor was
 afraid the voices of 3-year old Brits would frighten, corrupt, or confuse
 American toddlers.  And why are British programs relegated to the highbrow
 ghetto of PBS, and Canadian/Irish/Australian/NZ programmes not seen at all?  No
 wonder Americans think they've got the best country on earth----they're
 blissfully unaware of the rest of the world.  No wonder
American teenagers have no clue how to conjugate the pluperfect mediopassive
 subjunctive.

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