How many languages do you speak?
My girlfriend claims she can speak at least half a dozen languages. English and Chinese of course.Also Japanese: sushi, sashimi, amaebi, hamachi, etc.
Korean: bebimbop, bugulki, kimbob, etc.
Spanish: tequilla, burrito, etc.
French, Italian... well you get the idea. It is all about the food. We Americans may not have traveled the world or taken formal classes, but we know how to order in the resturants from around the world. And I think that is one of many great things living in the U.S. You are inevitably exposed to so many different cultures even if it is only their diets. It is arguable that nothing is more essential, and therefore more closely reflrect the essence of, ones culture than what one eats. To accept another's food and cuisine might seem a small gesture, but it signifies that you are accepting a large portion of other's culture. Well, some would consider ingesting fried insects or alcohol-chased snake gall bladder not small gesture at all.
posted by hedgehog @ 11:42 AM
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