talking to americans

Sometimes it's a lot of fun living in the cultural mosaic that is Bangkok's foreign community. Last week, I was over at my friend S's house, and her daughter and mine were dancing around to selections from S's iPod. As the final notes of a classic Springsteen track played, S's daughter suddenly said, "Mom, I need to hear the baseball song!" S and her family are from the US, so I assumed that I'd soon be watching the little girls rock out to "Take Me Out to the Ballgame". A little seventh-inning stretch for the playdate, so to speak. My friend wandered over to her iPod and remarked, "Laura, you are going to laugh so hard when you hear that she calls the baseball song!"

She was correct. I burst out laughing as soon as I heard the opening notes of Queen's "We Will Rock You". "S," I said, "that's the HOCKEY song!!! Everyone knows that!"

Funny the difference that a silly border can make, and that I discover this whilst on the other side of the planet.

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[jesser]

Heheh. I would have called it the football song when I was a kid ... hehe. But I still knew what she meant immediately. ;)