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A blog I found interesting, and thought others might, too: Separated by a common language
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I have a suspicion that the water issue is not purely linguistic. Waiters prefer guests to order drinks other than water. Sometimes the lack of understanding may be subconscious, sometimes not. And we have an old standing joke about an American couple sitting down and ordering "a glass of water for two".
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