American Expressions That Still Confuse You After All These Inane Years Here ?

Started by mongers, June 14, 2011, 05:15:09 PM

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Quote from: Monoriu on June 21, 2011, 05:07:50 AM
And, are things really that bad?  I mean, there must be quite a large number of relatively poor whites.  It is a bit hard to believe that they all participate in incest  :unsure:
That's mostly an unjustified stereotype.  Inbreeding is extremely rare, and also extremely illegal.  Even cousin marriage is illegal in many US states.
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