The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-08-26

per cent OF the British don't look
upon Americans favorably."
True, this wasn't an adverse ma
FORTY, but it was a rather dis
agreeably stable fraction. II wash I
implied. either, that even the %
per cent mentioned feeling any out
right hostility toward us; we SIM
ply CRATE on their nerves.
Mrs. X. c. Hunt, squadron officer
In the British Women's Auxiliary
Air Force, who has been on duty
in this country since early in the
war and who disagrees wholly with
her home folks grumpy IS per cent,
advances the interesting theory
that our respective languages are
too identical without sounding ex-
actly alike. as we mutually speak
EN-. We Americans resent English
broad novels. as afectations OF
superiority, and our nasals fret our
English cousins, as liberties taken
with a collection Of pronunciations
tnht tney invented.
Mrs. Hunts opinion Is that two
countries which must study back
and forth, TO understand one an
other. presently should get so that
they DO understand one another.
Superficial Understanding
On the other hand. we and the
British, because we initially under
stand each other specifically,
never became basically well &C
quainted.
That's Squat Hunts reasoning,
anyway.
(Squaff is an English abbrevia-
ton Of Squadron Officer of the
Women's Air Force It's compar-
able to Waacs in our own service)
Perhaps linguistics do figure in
our relations with ths English,
Northern Irish and Australians.
An American officer can go to
China, disapprove of the fashion in
which Generalissimo Chang Kali
shek is conducting his campaign
and make some slurring remark
about it without being comprehend
ed a syllables worth. He can do 1t
in Russia also. But let him drop
some snippy remark in London or
North Erin and he's due to be
quoted all over the British islands.
On his own part, HE knows It If
he visits Australia and some An
Yak drops an observation to the
effect that Uncle Sam doesn't seem
to him to be making an about eff
fort in the Southern Pacific. It's
been alleged, too; the Anzaks feel
that they've been considerably
neglected.
Canada and the United States
are. for fact, frst-class partners
The truth is that the Canadians
growi about Londons inef,ciency
more audibly than We do, on this
side Of the border hear their
spokesman doing it, here in Wash
ington. Their reactions are The
same as ours. on general principles.
but they're more candid in express
ing EN-. Our inclination is for a
certain amount Of politeress about
II; their sentiment is that they be
long" and are entitled TO be as
critical as they choose to be.
There are some other things IN
volved in the situation, however.
Britain is tremendously more
tightly pinched than we are.
Jealousy Inevitable
Our doughboys and blue jackets
get over TO the other side and
swish their Yankee money around
ad libitum. II simply browns out
the local crowd and it's natural Of
EN- to feel a bit Jealous.
Then, again, our gang is a ro-
mantle crew.
There are reports that they've
made a hit with the gals. TO an ex-
tent to disorganize British court
ships.
There was one OF these cases In
Northern Ireland recently.
The accused doughboy was &C
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