What did I do?
I can't teach what I don't know.

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I can in general understand the thread opener's problem.
It's a general problem in contact with most people from the U.S., though.

The relative isolation and the illusion that the anglophone world is big enough (=all that counts) allowed for a set of assumptions, myths, points of view that can easily collide with their non-anglophone counterparts.

On top of that, anglophone people are typically numerically superior on their (anglophone) turf and numerical superiority can easily mislead in regard to correctness of claims and views.


It's almost a hobby of mine to provoke cracks in their assumptions, myths, points of view...
I have a troll (or two) on my blog's comments section who calls me anti-American for it.