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Some unusual things I found in my 5th grade textbook. How do you like the depiction of nationalities? For the lesson on eye and hair color – was is necessary for the black kid to stick his ears out and the girl to stretch her eye lids? And notice the standards that're set for girls and careers. …...these books.....

A few different meaningless expressions compared: If someone calls for you from a distance, we respond with “Yeah / Huh / What!”, but here they say “Ow!” But then our painful “Ow!” is “Ai!” here. Our “Oh boy / Geez / Oh my” is “Oi bai!” here. If someone expresses mild surprise or indirect disapproval, like if you show your dad some worms you found or are cooking an unknown meal, we say an un-enthusiastic “Ohhhh / Ai yai yai”, but here it's “Mehhhhhhhh”. I often hear Oi bai, Mehhh, Ow, and Ai.