to this self-possessed young woman with the rapid-fi re dialogue. At once she began to wave her arms and point and talk even faster. I could barely understand one word in four, but I thanked her, grateful for the free coff ee, and leſt , determined to fi nd an American who spoke slowly, as if to the infi rm or deaf. Now, back in the 60s my Dad, the bush
Millersylvania State Park in Washington.
pilot, sometimes used to navigate by fl ying with his belly close to the ground looking for igloos so he could land and ask the Inuit hunters there how to get to Frobisher
Bay. If the hunters he found didn’t speak English he’d take off again looking for the next igloo. Truth is, a lot of pilots used this navigation technique. Dad said if you found an English- speaking hunter you had it made in the shade because an Inuit man in his own territory was never lost. I’d been unable to comprehend the fi rst set of directions, so I determined to use the same technique as my father. “Honey,” I told my husband as we climbed into the van with
two hot cups of coff ee, “Drive back up this road. We’re looking for either a sign to get us on the Interstate, or a slow-talkin’ American.” A block down the road we found a lumber store where we
stopped to ask directions. T e teller I spoke to drawled, bless her heart, and the sales assistant she called over spoke slowly enough that I could comprehend every single word. T ough we were obviously not there to buy lumber, they were as helpful as they knew how. T ey sent us back in the direction we’d come and told us to look for green highway signs. Soon we were speeding along the Interstate, heading south. I
took a sip of my coff ee. Delicious. “You know,” I told John, “T ough I’m having some trouble
with the language, I think Americans are as kind and positive people as you can fi nd anywhere. T ey’re not rude at all – some of them just wave their arms and talk fast.” I took another sip of coff ee. “And I’m not sure, but I may actually be dumber than I though, eh?” e
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