From: "Phil Payne" 

> Oh, and I noticed this myself, too, in London last fall. A few times I was
> asked "are you American?", with the tone suggesting some
sort of verbal
> bashing being on the way.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/04/16/wtour16.xml&sSh
eet=/news/2006/04/16/ixworld.html

"The reputation of the "Ugly American" abroad is not,
however, just some cruel stereotype, but - according to the American
government itself - worryingly accurate."

Yeah.  There's a couple of hundred thousand "ugly Americans" in
Iraq right now.  They could all do with reading the tips and taking them to
heart.

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