Just for the record: I am an American who frequently thinks of leaving
the US and moving to France.  I also have nothing against females or Virgos.

Marie-Noelle Little wrote:

>At the liquor store,
>I was told that in New York they are taking French wine off the shelves
>as fast as they can.
>
>At the college,
>my chairman hearing me speak French to one of my students from Kenya,
>told me (again): "Speak American, you are in America!"
>
>In class,
>a student told me that she really didn't want to go to France on an
>internship, and she got upset finding out that she would'n't even be
>able to buy American cheese there.
>
>On the Pound list,
>I found out that French philosophers may be "roundly hated just because
>they're French"
>and that "anti-French sentiment is powerful" in the US.
>
>In conclusion,
>I wondered if it would be at all possible that the time Pound did spend
>in Paris affected him in such negative ways that he eventually ended up
>at St. Elizabeths?
>
>But how would I know?
>I am not a Pound scholar
>I am not American
>I am a female
>and my sun sign is Virgo!
>
>Marie-Noelle
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