German food is pretty much any type of food but in insanely large portions. Paradoxically German women are among the best looking in the world.Guitar Gamer said:
Do you consider Britain to really be a part of Europe?
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like Chinese then? (admit it there's a similarity!)Spaceman_Spiff said:
and for the second part of that post from what I've seen I couldn't agree more:
now where ever you come from I don't know but around here when we think german "drunken" isn't the first thing that pop's up though beer maids usually is, I mean, it's been 60 years!
Whether the Brits or others like it or not people are going to think of Britain as European until they actually move it somewhere else and this is one of the cases where perception generally matters more than data so that's that.
Russia is a tricky one the capital is in europe but the majority of the land mass is in AsiaJ-Alfred said:
The last time Britain had a "European Invasion" was in 1066, since then, being an island we have been fairly separate from Europe. However, throughout history we have always been intervening in Europe, with the 100 years war and the Napoleonic wars, but back home, these wars usually had little effect on British day to day life. In the 19th century with Britain as a super power Britain's attention was largely focused on the Empire and Europe was overlooked until the rise of Germany, the fact that Britain was never conquered by the Nazi's reinforced this mental "separateness" from mainland Europe. In the mid-20th century there was a big debate wherever Britain's future was in Europe or the Commonwealth. In the end we chose Europe.syntrix said:
As you can imagine this island mentality means that many Brit's are suspicious of the continentals, in particular the French and the German's. A big part of the of this suspicion is probably fueled by xenophobia, and mixed in with national pride (As Britain does have a few things to be proud off) however national pride also goes hand in hand with arrogance, which leads some Brits to think that somehow or other where "better" than the Europeans, and be deathly suspicious of the EU. Many Brit's would want Britain to pull out of the EU, which is rather stupid as it would be economic and political suicide for us. The people who advocate this are following their xenophobia and irrational fear of "them bloody forginers" rather than reason- which strongly recommends we work with Europe.
Really we are just like any European country- we have a long and bloody history fighting other European's, we have good beer, good food, had an Empire, directly involved in the World War's, and posses a deep and unique culture. Our language is a combination of French, Latin and German, racially we are a cross between Anglo-Saxon's, Norman's, Viking's and native Celtic Briton's, we where under the Roman Empire like most of Europe was, and we suffered during the world wars, like any European nation we have our fair share of national hero's, evil king's, famous inventors and made our contribution to Western Civilization, while Italy has produced famous sculptures, France famous artist's, Germany famous philosophers and composers, Britain's forte is in the written word- with people like Shakespeare, Wordsworth, and Dickin's. We actually have more authors per head in the UK than any other country i think, and produce more books per head than any other nation apparently. Anyway, my point is that where as European as any other European out there, and that's a good thing, Europe has made the world, however most Brit's will just deny this association with Europe though.
My point was that they are seperate islands but under the same rule, thats all. P.S not all of us want a united ireland.Maraveno said:
Ofcourse, silly question.
Half the EU countries are less european then the UK (and turkey? yeah piss off)
Half the EU countries are less european then the UK (and turkey? yeah piss off)
I see your point, but I can't say it's a universal concept here. A lot of people I encountered are, like me, wary of legislation from what is essentially a foreign power, and that we've had no say in whether we want this or not pretty much makes it invasion and subjugation by any other name.syntrix said:
As an English Brit, I have no gripe with other Europeans or being identified as one (though I would prefer English, as that is what I am). Matter of fact, I love Europe, and would dearly love to see as much of it as possible. I just personally feel that complete involvement in the EU would not be good for us (I don't object to favourable trade agreements or ease of crossing borders, as they are clearly good ideas), but it would seem to bring a lot of regulations, which a lot of us have had enough of already. It's not all entitlement as much as it is a desire to be left to live our lives without interference from anyone, be it Brussels or our very own Westminster.
But that's how I see it. Pick this apart at your leisure.
I have this argument with my girlfriend all the time.
She's Italian, and does not regard the British Isles as being European.
I believe that, being as the BI are part of Europe, that automatically makes them European.
It's like saying that Japan isn't part of Asia because it's an island.
Crazies.
PS: I'm from Or-Stray-lee-ah.
She's Italian, and does not regard the British Isles as being European.
I believe that, being as the BI are part of Europe, that automatically makes them European.
It's like saying that Japan isn't part of Asia because it's an island.
Crazies.
PS: I'm from Or-Stray-lee-ah.
thankyouJenova65 said:I think you meant Britonlaura3lizab3th said:
Briton -
'British people, citizens of the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands, or of one of the British overseas territories' (from well known online 'dictionary'/font of knowledge)