During Mark's teaching here in Newcastle he introduced me and told the audience who I was and after the teaching was over I got stopped by these two young adult guys.  After they stopped me I heard the greatest sentence I could have ever heard spoken to me in England.  I had only ever heard this sentence said in movies like green street hooligans.  So, these two guys got my attention as I was walking past them and I turned to the one closest to me and he utters these words.....  "So your the Yank!!??"   It was hilarious!!  I just burst out laughing.  :-)