Ok, despite that title, this is not going to be dirty.
The thing is, Americans are nice. I mean, even here, where people aren't as just plain friendly as in the midwest, they are so light years beyond the English in terms of what my momma used to call "common courtesy" it's quite refreshing.
I'm sure it will be annoying in a few weeks. If for no other reason than they're really not less inept than the service industry in the UK, they just feel bad about it.
And of course there's the children.
I have to say, between the English pretending that you don't have children and the Chinese habit of walking away with your child to take photos with them (you know, before the nose gets too big), I'd have to vote for the American randomly saying nice things about your kids. [If you've been to America with your kids and no one has told you how beautiful or well-behaved they are, I'd worry.]
Again, enjoyable . . . for now.
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Based on your comments it seems to me that Ireland is closer to the US, in this aspect, than either the UK or China. By the way, big fan of the way you slipped in the observation that China is a more liberal country than the US - LOL - I know (having lived it) that the Bush's America seemed to be a pendulum swing away from Bubba's America, but less liberal than China...controversial! Would it not be more accurate to portray the US as having moved much closer to China's model of governmental powers and limited civil rights?
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