Monday, October 03, 2005

Sometimes I Wonder...


taste tester
Originally uploaded by primalktc.
Actual conversation heard outside of the University of Michigan School of Social Work:

Student 1: So the ones that run around here all the time, they're chipmunks?

Student 2: No, they're squirrels, chipmunks are smaller.


Now I would have totally understood if there was even the slightest detection of an accent from either student, because language/word clarification would have been an obvious reason for the question. But if you're from the US, who doesn't know the difference between a chipmunk and a squirrel? Am I wrong to be appalled here?

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