<p>Share your experiences ...</p>
<p>lots of people at my school are just plain annoyed with them..for example quite a few girls find them hillarious and the makes some US guys jealous.</p>
<p>How is it with western european students?
I assume it's not such a big culture shock, but it may differ a bit..</p>
<p>I would assume we'll just stop gaping at things and accept them as a part of life.</p>
<p>My ex-boyfriend still calls chocolate milk "like... hot chocolate but cold?" It's a running joke among us because I've heard him say it several times since we met and it's still sort of funny to me. I probably shouldn't laugh, but he is more than well-adjusted in other areas. He speaks rather fluent English, better grammar than me, and he corrects mine alot, lol. I would think as long as you have a decent grasp of the language, it shouldn't be too hard to pick up what's "normal" and what's not if you keep your head down and aren't like, "Look at me, I'm a crazy foreign person who doesn't know anything about America!" Which, Americans are more likely to do that in other countries than other people are to do that here, but eh. It happens sometimes. But I think if it's apparent you're making an effort and there's something you just don't understand, most people would be happy to help you.</p>
<p>I know a lot of them tend to form their own cliques and socially isolate themselves. Heck, there are those who've been to Canada for a few years and they still can't speak English semi-fluently.</p>
<p>i suppose northern europeans and germans fit right in because most americans are of that region. but, the english, spanish, french and other southern europeans along with some asians and africans they stand out.</p>