Actually, we don't say that in Britain

[SyphonX]

People always seem to forget just how large the United States is, and how culturally diverse it is within the myriad of states.

You can virtually fit all of Europe, the Netherlands, (the populated areas of Australia; lol) and still have plenty of room for others, inside the US. The US population is well over 300 million and that isn't counting the deviants running around without passports or legal papers.

Canada, is roughly 10 million people, just to give an idea how large the United States is (No pun intended; Okay, there are a lot of fatties here, lol). Not everyone in the US thinks alike, at all. Not everyone in the US carries a gun or is a bible-toting religious nut. It is so diverse, we actually thumb our noses at other states for being different. I live in New England, Maine to be exact (Where Stephen King lives, and where he bases 90% of his novels), and absolutely despise the southern New Englanders. Massachusetts in particular, or Massholes as we like to call them, *Shakes his fist*. It's only a 1-2 hour drive to go to New York from Maine, and it's like flying to another planet. It's that different.

You could put the UK in the US about 40 times, give or take a nook or cranny, here and there.

So, no.. not everyone in the US stereotypes the Brits. I guess is the main point I'm trying to nail home.

 

[Nivag the Owl]

So I was watching Family Guy earlier and came across one of their rips at the British, which are usually pretty damn funny. But this one just annoyed me. Some guy who was supposed to be a stereotype referred to his bottom as his fanny. But yeah, in Britain, "fanny" kinda means "vagina". So I did get an extra laugh out of a man threatening to expose his vagina, but if you're going to take a rip at a stereotype, at least get it right

Don't worry, I do have a follow up question, I'm not just aimlessly posting Family Guy quotes. What's your favourite (or funniest) English (UK) / English (US) mix-up?

fanny actually means butt

That's funny, because I was under the impression that the English language was from England. I don't think you understand the topic. Its definition is not equal in the UK & US. Therefore it doesn't actually (as in 100%) mean either, unless you only consider one dialect.

yes but the show is made and produced in the US so we can safely assume he means the US version of the word which is butt.

But we're talking about a British stereotype. And in no way does fanny ever mean butt in that scenario.

 

[EviladeBlazingDemon]

I'm British, and I had tea and crumpets for breakfast. I don't even like crumpets. Anyway, these jokes on Family Guy don't offend my because they're so hideously wrong it confuses me about who they're making fun of. Also because they're only jokes, and some of them are rather amusing.

 

[kurupt87]

So I was watching Family Guy earlier and came across one of their rips at the British, which are usually pretty damn funny. But this one just annoyed me. Some guy who was supposed to be a stereotype referred to his bottom as his fanny. But yeah, in Britain, "fanny" kinda means "vagina". So I did get an extra laugh out of a man threatening to expose his vagina, but if you're going to take a rip at a stereotype, at least get it right

Don't worry, I do have a follow up question, I'm not just aimlessly posting Family Guy quotes. What's your favourite (or funniest) English (UK) / English (US) mix-up?

A simple use of the word "arse" would get the point across just as well and reinforce the stereotype more because of accuracy. If the average yank doesn't know that arse = bum though, then bottom or bum would be better than fanny, accurate while being posh upper class (twat).

 

[rees263]

People always seem to forget just how large the United States is, and how culturally diverse it is within the myriad of states.

You can virtually fit all of Europe, the Netherlands, (the populated areas of Australia; lol) and still have plenty of room for others, inside the US. The US population is well over 300 million and that isn't counting the deviants running around without passports or legal papers.

You could put the UK in the US about 40 times, give or take a nook or cranny, here and there.

So, no.. not everyone in the US stereotypes the Brits. I guess is the main point I'm trying to nail home.

Why have you seperated the Netherlands from the rest of Europe out of interest?

Just thought I'd continue your point about fitting the UK into the USA. I think you're right about 40-ish times, but to spin it another way consider this:

The Uk's population-to-land area ratio is the equivalent of the entire population of the US living in just the states of Texas and California. Scary thought huh?

 

[Legend of J]

What about the famous irish rip Because i have irish blood in me there for i have to be drunk off my ass all the time. Do they not understand that i know more english, american and french alcholics than i do irish XD.

Its because we invented a very potent alchaholic beverage which for the love of me i cant rmember the name of we sold it to the forengers laughing when they got pissed adn fell into rivers harsh or what

I thats good enough lol

 

[not_the_dm]

Aww I see. Haha, would you nominate someone to be your Obama? If so, who?

The Late, Great, Screaming Lord Sutch. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screaming_Lord_Sutch]

Didn't he leave the party to his cat?
God, his party manifesto is one of the funniest I've ever read.

Of course, that cat got run over. So now they have a new cat at the helm and the promise that if they ever get in, they are going to introduce cat crossings on every road.

Vote MRL Party. Vote for the 99p coin!
[sub][sub]99p coin? That's either blody brilliant are completely bonkers...[/sub][/sub]

 

[MadMechanic]

Isn't this technically classed as threadmancy? 17 April - 2 June?
[sub]big machine no likeee threadmancy...[/sub]

@NTD - Inoculations and injections for kids at school - all nurses are ot be given shotguns which tranq. darts and the injection needles, put in a jeep, and driven around the playground - saves time, avoids the problem of needle phobia and, most importantly, gives the nurses a dam jolly good time!

 

[clairedelune]

Two funny stories while I was in France (I'm American):
1. A man asked me how many guns I owned, because he believed that every American owns at least one. Uh, sorry, I'm not from fucking Texas.
2. Another man asked me if I liked Bush, but he said it in French, "Tu aimes Bush?" In French the word bouche is mouth, and he was pronouncing Bush the same way, so I thought he was rather aggressively asking me if I liked mouth, which I took as some sort of innuendo for oral... it was really uncomfortable until I realized what he meant.

Also, stop complaining about how we can't get any British accents correct and we only know about cockney and posh, because when I hear British people fake American accents all they can come up with is valley girl and a VERY strange country/southern accent. Yeah. We have a lot of accents too. No one cares.

 

[Sigel]

People always seem to forget just how large the United States is, and how culturally diverse it is within the myriad of states.

You can virtually fit all of Europe, the Netherlands, (the populated areas of Australia; lol) and still have plenty of room for others, inside the US. The US population is well over 300 million and that isn't counting the deviants running around without passports or legal papers.

Canada, is roughly 10 million people, just to give an idea how large the United States is (No pun intended; Okay, there are a lot of fatties here, lol). Not everyone in the US thinks alike, at all. Not everyone in the US carries a gun or is a bible-toting religious nut. It is so diverse, we actually thumb our noses at other states for being different. I live in New England, Maine to be exact (Where Stephen King lives, and where he bases 90% of his novels), and absolutely despise the southern New Englanders. Massachusetts in particular, or Massholes as we like to call them, *Shakes his fist*. It's only a 1-2 hour drive to go to New York from Maine, and it's like flying to another planet. It's that different.

You could put the UK in the US about 40 times, give or take a nook or cranny, here and there.

So, no.. not everyone in the US stereotypes the Brits. I guess is the main point I'm trying to nail home.

Very nicely stated. I have always felt the same way. I have also lived in many different states and none of them are alike. I'm currently living in Florida, would prefer to living in Northern California or Illinois. and could/would never live in Maine(too cold and weird, no offense). Also would never live in Nebraska. One of my favorite quotes sums it up "Nebraska is proof that Hell is full, and the dead walk the earth"-Liz Winston.

 

[SirCannonFodder]

I'm just sick of people asking if I like tea the moment they find out I'm British.

I personally can't stand the stuff, though I do like me a good beer.

Well you did get a country of several hundred million people addicted to opium and had two wars over it, so I think people could be forgiven for thinking that tea is Kind of a Big Deal to all Brits.

At least your stereotype doesnt look like

Spoiler: THIS

or a nazi

And what they talk like in brit/american shows...owwwwww so, we all gotta live with jokes about our nations, thats ok, they wont be accurate but, well, if you can't laugh about yourself you miss the best jokes of your life eh?

Actually, the chap driving this [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMQnPWjK5pE] car is usually how Germans are portrayed nowadays.

 

[Fetzenfisch]

I'm just sick of people asking if I like tea the moment they find out I'm British.

I personally can't stand the stuff, though I do like me a good beer.

Well you did get a country of several hundred million people addicted to opium and had two wars over it, so I think people could be forgiven for thinking that tea is Kind of a Big Deal to all Brits.

At least your stereotype doesnt look like

Spoiler: THIS

or a nazi

And what they talk like in brit/american shows...owwwwww so, we all gotta live with jokes about our nations, thats ok, they wont be accurate but, well, if you can't laugh about yourself you miss the best jokes of your life eh?

Actually, the chap driving this [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMQnPWjK5pE] car is usually how Germans are portrayed nowadays.

WOw... i just don't know what to say about that one......
Well could be worse than beeing seen as some kind of Jakob von Bond