25 Americans You’ll Meet Abroad

The Faux-European

She’s only been to Paris once for three days, but she will talk about that one coffee at that one cafe until the day she dies. Toss in the odd French word, and she’ll definitely correct your pronunciation.

He only studied abroad for a month, but he’s keeping his fake British accent for the rest of the year. Forget representing America — he’s ready to represent the United Kingdom wherever he travels!

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