[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: VE Day

[Kathryn]

Geoff:
My apologies. I did misinterpret your comments as coming from the
other side of the pond. As a member of the group, I for a couple of
years, I now tend to think that a majority of contributors are from
that large country well to the west of us(!)
 

K

I have no idea how to phrase this so as not to offend our American friends
so I'm just going to plough ahead regardless and asume they're adult enough
to not take offense, but several people on different lists have got that
impression about me recently and I'm beginning to get a complex! Perhaps I
should add a line to my sig proclaiming my Britishness. I don't want to be
mistaken for an American - any more than I'm sure most Americans would want
people to think they were British or French or German or any other
nationality. Last time it happened was of course my own fault as I was
discussing the British legal system (in relation to HP but not around here I
think) and my vocabulary failed me and I could not for the life of me think
what we call the Crown Prosecution Service and referred to them as DAs - but
that doesn't make me American , it just makes me a hopeless addict of US
crime dramas, especially Law and Order ;)

And I must admit I have a tendency of assuming other posters are American
since about the only person whose location I can remember is Shaun and that
s mainly because his posts so often refer to Australian issues and povs. I
tend to check what time something was posted to get a vague idea about where
people come from if it is relevent but since I personally tend to post in
the early hours of the morning I know that's not foolproof.

K 

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