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A BBC journalist, Jon Sopel, wrote a book about the USA, specifically during the Trump presidency, called If Only They Didn't Speak English. His point was that non-US English-speakers automatically assume that the same language means the same assumptions, beliefs and presuppositions, which he has found not to be the case at all.

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And your beautiful name is a case in point. If only you'd moved to the UK, South Africa, Australia, NZ etc, where we use arse and donkey, you'd have been fine.