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What do Americans find strange about the UK? 对美国人来说，英国的哪些方面很奇怪？ 来自@Stephanie Garcia的回答： I grew up in California but have spent about four years living in various parts of the UK – South, Midlands, and North. 我是在加利福尼亚长大的，但是在英国生活了4年，南部、中部、北部都住过。 The first thing I noticed was that my West-Midlands host family did not sound like the queen. 我注意到的第一件事就是：我房东这一家人（中西部人）讲话的口音和女王完全不一样。 I’ve since learnt that accents change every five miles or something insane . 之后我才知道，英国的口音每隔5公里甚至更短就会变。 As far as America goes, I can tell the West Coast from The East or the South, but I couldn’t tell you a state, much less a county. 而在美国，我能分辨出西岸、东部和南部的口音，但我判断不了他们具体来自哪个州，更不用说哪个郡了。 And Americans often find it difficult to know if the person they’re talking to is even American, or if they’ve come down from Canada! 而且美国人在交谈的时候，甚至都不敢肯定对方是不是美国人，他们有可能是从加拿大南下的！ The next thing I found a bit bizarre was the quiet, stare ahead norm of public transportation – if you talk to somebody on the Tube, you’re probably a serial killer (or a lost tourist, which to a Londoner seems to be just as bad). | 
