[Overly broad project topic filter] Works of fiction or scholarly articles on American places? Help me find a work about or set in an American place that was written at the time. [more inside]
posted by BusyBusyBusy on Nov 14, 2009 - 19 answers

Is it worth it for a foreign parent to squeeze his budget to manage very expensive undergraduate educations for his children in elite American schools? [more inside]
posted by Mo Nickels on Apr 17, 2009 - 28 answers

In "What Did I Do to Feel So Black and Blue," what does Louis Armstrong mean when he sings, "Cold empty bed / Springs hurt my head / Feels like old Ned"? [more inside]
posted by josh on Dec 6, 2006 - 6 answers

I'm looking for bars or restaurants in the United States that serve Canadian food. [more inside]
posted by stst399 on Jan 15, 2006 - 44 answers

In the US, the first syllable of "privacy" rhymes with "eye." In the UK, it rhymes with "give." So why, when listening to an audiobook, did I hear a British reader (with a standard British dialect) pronounce it the American way? Was the reader just being weird, or is the pronunciation of "privacy" becoming Americanized? Are there any other common Brit-pronunciations that are migrating across the pond? [more inside]
posted by grumblebee on May 8, 2005 - 22 answers

How difficult would it be for an American to fake their own death? How would it be done?
posted by cmonkey on Nov 23, 2004 - 30 answers