I have long believed that the one phrase an American needs to learn when visiting a foreign country is, "I do not speak your language. I am Canadian." On Tue, 2004-12-14 at 13:22, Philip Hart wrote: > Noted in part because the idea has a vaguely Vladiad feel: > > Some years ago, one Ethan Mollick created the I Can Eat Glass Project, > which he described thus: > > The Project is based on the idea that people in a foreign country have > an irresistable urge to try to say something in the indigenous tongue. > In most cases, however, the best a person can do is "Where is the > bathroom?" a phrase that marks them as a tourist. But, if one says > "I can eat glass, it doesn't hurt me," you will be viewed as an insane > native, and treated with dignity and respect. > > http://www.geocities.com/nodotus/hbglass.html >