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[JAWINSEOUL]

The following are passages taken from Mark Twain��s The Innocents Abroad. This was published in 1869 and the some of his thoughts are still being repeated on ESL today.

Perceived avoidance of other foreigners
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��We wanted something thoroughly and uncompromisingly foreign – foreign from top to bottom – foreign from centre to circumference – foreign inside and outness – nothing to remind us of any other people or any other land under the sun.��

American��s perceived advertisement of their patriotism
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��It is not pleasant to see an American thrusting his nationality forward obtrusively in a foreign land��

Frustration regarding what I call putting the English brakes on
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��Oh, the rare happiness of comprehending every single word that is said, and knowing that every word one says in return will be understood as well.��

The book start slow, but will make you itch to see Europe.

[Ya-ta Boy]

I read it last year and fully agree.