SC - sugar

[Philip & Susan Troy]

Stefan li Rous wrote:
> 
> Cairistiona commented:
> > Anyway, thanks for the info about making golden syrup, etc.  Is there any
> > comparison list available?  I mean, I can get golden syrup easily enough in
> > Oz, but what do I look for in a country which prefers American expressions?
> 
> Interesting. Is English a second language in Isreal? Maybe I shouldn't be
> surprised since we give them IMHO an outrageously large amount of foriegn
> aid.

My personal opinion is that you're right, given that they have not
always acted like our allies, but there would be a massive outcry from
many Americans if the money stopped flowing. But that's neither here nor there...

English, actually, is almost a first language in Israel, since although
many Israelis speak Hebrew, many speak Arabic and Aramaic dialects as a
primary language, also German, Polish, Russian, and just about any other
language you could name. Also, painful as it is to relate, another
aspect is that a good-sized chunk of Israeli citizens were once
Americans, because American Jews weren't decimated, or more than
decimated, in the Holocaust. English is a sort of common denominator.
I'm not addressing the question of whether this is a good or a bad
thing, it's just how it is, I think.

Adamantius
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