When were you in the Bijenkorf? I was there at the end of October and saw those decorations! Maybe we passed each other. :D
Interesting what you say about Portuguese - I can tell pretty much with written English if the person is British or American. Australian/ New Zealand is harder to spot because it's closer to British English. Canadian written, I can't really distinguish, but spoken I can, although I lived in Canada for a couple of years.
I have to say that you fooled me with your written English Ligia - at first I thought you were a native speaker! :D
I do find since I joined the Board that I've picked up a lot of Americanisms though! :shock: Batting instead of wadding, for example. BUT I still write 'centre', 'metre' and 'colour' even though my spell check underlines them in red! :lol: