It does sound like somthing you would name a cat. Thats a really good example because muggle is pretty much the harry potter equivilant of ******.concrete89 said:
Anyone else hate British cuteness?
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'Cute' is definately NOT the term you are looking for.I think the term you are looking for is 'nickname'. To which case the British have many and most are insults. The word 'muggle' from Harry Potter in real life terms is about as polite as calling a Black man a '******' and the book says as much.irrelevant83 said:
Also I don't understand what you mean by 'I hate British naming of Fantasy things'. The British have been naming 'fantasy things' for a few hundred years now, or do you have something against Excalibur, or Bugbears or Jabberwockies or Lewis Carrol, Tolkien,Shakespear or Jeffery Chaucer for that matter.
Incidently why do you feel that Mystical things should sound Asian or Middle Eastern? What about Gaelic - Druids were pretty damn mystical I always thought - about Greek, Latin, Old English, Russian and Norse?
This is just bizarre; I've heard of cuteness as a cultural thing in Japan, but not in Britain. My mother is British and she never cutesified things; hell, she liked to stomp on cute things for fun (metaphorically, of course).
Now that's just wrong!DSK- said:
You wouldn't name a dog "Mittens" or "Honourable Chairman Miao", just like you wouldn't name a cat "Poncho" or "Woofington". For christs sake, there a clear and simple rules on the different rythms and/or levels of hillarity present in animal names and they should be enforced, damnit!
Forgive me if someone already pointed this out but I think the OP is using 'cute' when they are straining for the adjective 'Twee' or otherwise 'quaint'.
which is a definite part of English culture, and that of Britain, but it is really not much different to the Mid-western Americana and that Frontiersman mentality that is still somewhat prevalent in US culture.
Both are kinda embarassing but still essential to defining that nation.
which is a definite part of English culture, and that of Britain, but it is really not much different to the Mid-western Americana and that Frontiersman mentality that is still somewhat prevalent in US culture.
Both are kinda embarassing but still essential to defining that nation.
I'm not even sure where he could get an idea like that, modern British film/ TV is generally dark and bleak.
PS: I am neither British nor offended, just confused.
PS: I am neither British nor offended, just confused.
I thought I did but then I realised I wandered into Silent Hill instead, lucky escape there! Phew!TimeLord said:
I have no idea what the OP is talking about either, my friend Dave is so cynical someone said he should have a sticker on him that says 'Warning Corrosive' and he is the most British guy I know.
We can be 'quaint' but that's up until the point some fable-esque farmer tells you 'Don't you go down there that's a baaaaaad place.' And you stare down the previously delightful sunny country lane that is now completely pitch black and possibly wandered by giant black dogs that kill you if you look at them.
Yay British mythology.
Whhhhaattt? Have you been over there? There is nothing cute for miles except for the miles and miles of Japanese and Korean tourists.
Hmm must have missed the cuteness after 25 years living there one word muggles which isn't really cute it sounds rather derogatory and we are all cute now....
yeah no idea what you are on about...
yeah no idea what you are on about...
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I think he thinks freedom automatically means quality. His sentence then nearly makes grammatical sense. Otherwise, its just sort of hilarious. We don't have an official right to freedom of speech, because we are more relaxed about that kind of thing. THEN you have to consider the fact that the previous post did actually make sense, so he just speed-read the OP and made up his own thing. I love that kind of guyAirsoftslayer93 said:
OT: As a man who is about as English as you can get (I can say 'For king and country' in the same way spies did in Red Alert without trying to put on an accent), I have to say, cute is not us. You've got to bear in mind, the books were written for 6-11 year olds, then the audience grew older with the books. Even then, as others have pointed out, muggle begins as more derogatory then childish. These wizards didn't consider magic-less to be little children to be petted and played with. They were persecuted and loathed by many families, and even the better ones just ignored them
Something else to consider - about 40% of the population, it transpires [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.298471-Poll-Escapists-Where-are-you-from], is from the UK and Ireland. So this isn't some harmless UK-bashing, you've got people up in arms about this.
Congratulations.
OFF TOPIC: The best film (I enjoyed all the books roughly equally) has got to be Prizoner of Azkaban, because it is by Alfonso Cuarón, who also did the AMAZING Children of Men.
I don't have a bollocking, wanking clue what you're on about. British advertising is anything but cute.
I'm actually not sure what you're on about. The Harry Potter series has literally only one good book (The Prisoner of Azkaban, the rest are terribly written). Also the cuteness thing confuses me as well, especially when something is meant to be considered cute I just don't care, but we don't really have anything cute.