Originally Posted by Toilet & Bowels

ok, what about that episode of the soprano's where tony and pauly went to italy and the difference between them and italians gave rise to humour?
or for example my cousin who has grown up in spain, he speaks english with an english accent but the way he speaks sounds outdated because he's grown up only speaking english to his parents and so he speaks like they do. his outlook on life and mannerisms are not like an english person at all either, he's much more like a spaniard, yet both his parents are british and he holds a british passport. what i'm getting at is that even though one may be able to legitimately be able to claim heritage to one culture or another, it doesn't mean you're really a part of that culture unless you grow up in it.
i.e. expat nationals often don't bear much of a resemblence to the peoples of their "home" nation after having spent a significant amount of time elsewhere, particularly if that time was during their formative years