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re: What Do The British Think of America/Americans?
Posted on 1/25/16 at 3:01 pm to OMLandshark
Posted on 1/25/16 at 3:01 pm to OMLandshark
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They think we suck at making cars
I mean, they're right. The Germans and Japanese can make a much better car than we can.
It's almost as if you didn't know that the British make cars. Like the best cars on this planet and like to remind people of it.
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Posted on 1/25/16 at 3:03 pm to Cdawg
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Like the best cars on this planet and like to remind people of it.
I had an aunt with a mid-80s Jag. We will have to agree to disagree here.
Posted on 1/25/16 at 3:12 pm to CadesCove
mid 80's or 90's. But point well taken. I mean Jaguar is like the chrysler of British cars.
Posted on 1/25/16 at 4:13 pm to StormTiger
Thanks for the response. I figured marriage was the fast track.
Do you have dual citizenship?
Do you have dual citizenship?
Posted on 1/25/16 at 4:23 pm to Poncho
About America....
Huge place, full of amazing national parks, beaches.
Culturally, America seems 100 years behind western Europe.
American food is a mish mosh of world cuisine, which in some cases creates something remarkably unique (creole).
In other cases the original gets bastardized and ruined (pizza).
Thankfully over the 20 or so years I have lived in the U.S. the beer choice has improved. Bud
About Americans...
Americans are often viewed as brash, loud, impolite and full of themselves, especially when abroad.
It's a sad fact that the USA is one of the most obese in the world. 66% are obese or overweight.
It definitely impacts the view others have of you.
Socializing with Americans is usually a good time.
Talking shite about football, politics (Trump....really!!!), playing pool at a local bar is fun. Most Americans have a decent sense of humor from my experience, but there are times when I crack a good line and my friends just blankly stare.
Social events like Mardi Gras and college football at Death Valley are amazing events.
Questions?
Huge place, full of amazing national parks, beaches.
Culturally, America seems 100 years behind western Europe.
American food is a mish mosh of world cuisine, which in some cases creates something remarkably unique (creole).
In other cases the original gets bastardized and ruined (pizza).
Thankfully over the 20 or so years I have lived in the U.S. the beer choice has improved. Bud
About Americans...
Americans are often viewed as brash, loud, impolite and full of themselves, especially when abroad.
It's a sad fact that the USA is one of the most obese in the world. 66% are obese or overweight.
It definitely impacts the view others have of you.
Socializing with Americans is usually a good time.
Talking shite about football, politics (Trump....really!!!), playing pool at a local bar is fun. Most Americans have a decent sense of humor from my experience, but there are times when I crack a good line and my friends just blankly stare.
Social events like Mardi Gras and college football at Death Valley are amazing events.
Questions?
Posted on 1/25/16 at 4:32 pm to Poncho
They think we are fat and lazy.
They are correct.
They are correct.
Posted on 1/25/16 at 4:36 pm to BritLSUfan
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66% are obese or overweight.
seems a little low TBH.
Posted on 1/25/16 at 4:44 pm to BritLSUfan
Just had dinner with 7 folks from uk.
Fascinated by our ownership of guns, they love Shepard pie, refer to us as yanks and they think America is the biggest place in the world.
Also talked about socialism and why the have nots are leeches and are going to be the death of us all.
I think they view us all as a bunch of mondern day John Wayne's which is perfectly acceptable for this country boy from Louisiana.
Oh and a cigarette is called a fig.
Fascinated by our ownership of guns, they love Shepard pie, refer to us as yanks and they think America is the biggest place in the world.
Also talked about socialism and why the have nots are leeches and are going to be the death of us all.
I think they view us all as a bunch of mondern day John Wayne's which is perfectly acceptable for this country boy from Louisiana.
Oh and a cigarette is called a fig.
This post was edited on 1/25/16 at 4:46 pm
Posted on 1/25/16 at 4:48 pm to Poncho
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I can't help but think when I meet an Englishman how much they missed out on by treating us like shite and then losing the war.
We literally don't care about the war
Posted on 1/25/16 at 5:00 pm to engvol
I like the British a lot, but I don't quite get the obesity thing, at least from their perspective. The UK is getting to be pretty fricking fat as well (62% obese and overweight compared to 66% for the US). They are the fattest people in Europe. It kinda of stuck out to me last time I was there, especially in comparison to other parts of Europe.
Posted on 1/25/16 at 5:01 pm to AbuTheMonkey
I've seen numerous fat fricks live and on tv since I've been here.
Posted on 1/25/16 at 5:10 pm to BritLSUfan
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This post was edited on 5/4/23 at 8:56 am
Posted on 1/25/16 at 5:19 pm to Poncho
Posted on 1/25/16 at 5:21 pm to Poncho
The ones I know love us. They view is as brotherz
Posted on 1/25/16 at 5:23 pm to upgrayedd
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He claims that they also celebrate te 4th of July, because they finally got rid of the undesirables.
You should remind him that Winston Churchill was on the phone begging Franklin Roosevelt to save Britain as the Germans were blitzkrieging the frick out of it. Matter of fact, all Europeans should be grateful to Japan, without them bombing Pearl Harbor, they'd all be under Germany still....
Posted on 1/25/16 at 5:24 pm to Poncho
Apparently the general consensus in Europe is that the UK is European only by geography. Both the UK and other European countries consider it to be pretty culturally and politically distinct from the rest of the continent and possibly more closely related to the US. For example, I've heard Brits and Irish talking about trips they've taken "to Europe."
Posted on 1/25/16 at 5:27 pm to Poncho
They like to pass the American Revolution as arbitrary bc they think "we were busy with other shite, that was merely a footnote" (their schools don't teach much on it). That sense of looking down on us has carried over with the years.
Posted on 1/25/16 at 5:27 pm to Mufassa
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I've heard Brits and Irish talking about trips they've taken "to Europe."
"The Continent"
Posted on 1/25/16 at 5:28 pm to engvol
quote:Southerners can't comprehend this.
We literally don't care about the war
Posted on 1/25/16 at 5:30 pm to Mufassa
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