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What are some peculiarities of American culture which are not easily understood by foreigners?

12th October 2010

My answer to What are some peculiarities of American culture which are not easily understood by foreigners? on Quora

US flags on /everything/ (the biggest ones seem reserved for used car sales lots though). In the UK it’s actually pretty rare to see a UK flag on anything—they come out for big international sporting events, but other than that they are usually ever only seen on government buildings.

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