Thanks, Giok, for your kind comments. The article is being discussed now on a forum of American ex-pats living in England. A few say that they have experienced anti-americanism similar to what this woman describes, some say that they have experienced nothing of the sort and have been welcomed, and most say they have had a lot of teasing and remarks about our politics, out tendency to be fat, our accents, etc. (which they admit sometimes gets tiresome)but they usually take it in stride. I think it must have a lot to do with how you react to the "teasing". Personally I would be the first to laugh at a joke about Bush - as a matter of fact he's one of my favorite targets. I think one would also have to discount any incident that happened because someone was drunk, or somewhat loony.   I do tend to associate with the "folk" community and, as Joe Offer said, they couldn't be nicer, and of course these are people with whom I share a common iterest. Did you read one of the comments in the article that said "If you are English and move to Scotland you will get the same kind of treatment"????