International view of the English?

[dontcallmemuffin]

i like the english, good country, nice people, not a big fan of there royalty, excluding the ones in power over the last 60 years

 

[Mechsoap]

i consider them charming and with the worlds best use of english, and is cool to hear them talk

 

[ottenni]

Do you want to know what i really think or do you want the most over the top stereotype used by Australians?

Personally i quite like the English. I like the rivalry we have in the sporting realm. Such as the Ashes.

 

[Trebort]

I'm English and I hate the fact that a ridiculous amount of us seem to believe that we're still the leaders of a big fuck off Empire. What the fuck?? We're a small, pretty insignificant island! We have nowhere near that amount of power anymore and we need to come to terms with that fact, pronto. I'm sick of being America's lapdog and thinking we're cool because of it.

I hate that people think we're too good for the EU too. Like we wouldn't immediately go into collapse if we left it. Fucking morons.

We're hardly insignificant, we're in the G8 so we are still a major world power. Also don't criticise those who hate the EU when you clearly don't have any information about it. Most aren't opposed to the idea, what annoys people is that a bunch of foreigners are making laws that we cannot change, without them ever having been to Britain or knowing how these laws will affect the population. In no way would we collapse if we left the EU since our strongest ally is the US and not any European nation. No offence but if you don't know anything about politics, don't comment.

Dude, you think he US knows more about us than the EU? America doesn't give a fuck about us! We're just a little country that wants to be them! As our own country, we have a tiny amount of say on the world stage and the sooner people like you come to terms with that, the better.

Our strongest ally is the EU because we actually have a say in what the EU does. We get so much out of the EU that people like you who talk politics out of your arse have no idea about. Politics isn't all about wars and who's the strongest, it's about negotiating the best deals. Do you honestly think that the US will consider our views? The EU will because it has to as a democracy. How dare you bust in and make ridiculously shitty comments and then accuse me of knowing nothing about politics!

At least you've given me some practice for my fucking politics exam on Monday, thanks man.

Well the Queen is the most powerful head of state in the world still, and she is Head of the Commonwealth and also is hugely respected by leaders the world over. We still kinda are leading an unofficial gang of countries ^_^

Haha sorry to ruin your little parade, but we no longer have need for the Head of State. They're just there for convention and tourism ;D The Commonwealth? We don't actually have any say over them as an organisation you know??

You know what pisses me off? How stupid we are about sports. Take the world cup - I've had so many people telling me I'm an idiot or a pessimist because I insist that England will not win. This is just how things are. We are not very good, we only just squeaked through the group stage. We won last night by the skin of our teeth, yet everyone I was at the pub with kept telling me it was a brilliant game, and that we were really on form. No. Just...no. If we can barely pull off a 1-0 win against bloody Slovenia then we are not at the top of our game. You can apply the same stupid optimism to anything; cricket, tennis, whatever. People are always totally convinced that we're going to win, and surprised when we don't.

I'm no fan of the EU though. I don't like the fact that I'd have to obey laws that were passed in Brussels.

But we get so much from the EU! So much money, so much power, so much culturally. I just can't understand why everyone hates it so much. But maybe that's also because I'm an English person who hates England and our shitty culture haha

Fuck I wanna live anywhere but here!

Did you get a pineapple caught in your vagina? You seem really miserable. (You are franking ruining the happy vibe I've been working on during my mornnig nap) Britain is one of the better places in the world to live. I'll stay here thanks, and look sympathetically on people who don't live here.

Also, I'm very pro EU, I enjoy the protection it gives me, my favourite being the use of any EU member's Embassy in a country where Great Britain has none, as they are sworn to protect me.

By god woman, you know nothing about politics. With the type of constitution the UK has, it's like a scrap book, when new law is made, it gets sellotaped in. When precedent is set in a court, more sellotape is used to stick that in. We need a Head of State. The government manages the country on behalf of the Monarch, without her, Parliament could not function, thus the government would be broken. You know it's illegal for parliamentarins to try and make law in the Houses of Parliament until the Queen opens it? Hehe...

Also, she's Commander in Chief of each of our armed services, they all swear an oath of loyalty to her, as do the police and civil servants. She's quite important. She's not just a figurehead, she has very real power, quite a bit of it too. What she does however is remains politically neutral, so she does not voice an opinion in public.

Just coming back to your love for the EU. It's brilliant, in theory, but we have the balance just right. We are not a member of the Eurozone, so we don't have to use that horrible currency. The pound is one of the strongest currencies on the planet, so it's a brilliant idea to get rid of it and use the Euro, right? Wrong.

The EU is in a hole, a hole they are trying to plug with money. Money nobody has. Each country is throwning money at Greece, stupid money and we don't have to because we are not using the Euro. Awesome. That saved us a few billion there *cheer*.

Back to your hatred of England, calling us insignificant and what not. We had the biggest empire in earth history, we still maintain the longest running peace treaty in history (with Portugal *waves to the allies*), we still today have the second largest and most powerful navy, we have MI6 (James Bond - Woo!!! How cool are we?) the UK are founding members of the UN, NATO, the EU and pretty much every other organisation on the planet. We are permanent members of the UN Security Council and one of the 5 recognised nuclear states. 3 or the 5 largest banks on the planet are British and London is one of the biggest financial centres on the planet. That's why this recession was a big kick in the daddy bags.

You know countries like Cyrpus would not be here without us? We really do a lot on the world stage, calling us insignificant is just plain rude. You should be taken out and shot, or if I were Prime Minister, I'd have you flung in to the sea and told to bugger off and live in Europe.

P.S

Back to the Queen. I sleep wonderfully in my bed at night knowing a little old grandmother is in charge of our army. Can you imagine her out in a tank with some generals? A big flowery tank with a picture of a corgi on it? ^_^

P.P.S

Back to the EU now I thought of something else as I was walking away. You can't blame people for hating it. They do make some pretty stupid laws, such as until it was recently destroyed, supermarkets were banned from selling deformed vegatables and fruit, even though I always buy the deformed ones because I feel bad for them. They cost us quite a bit of money too. But don't kid yourself love, if we left the EU, we would not really change at all, the only thing that might change would be cheap flights to Euro countries and immigration would go down.

Also, another one of their creations. We can't buy normal lightbulbs anymore, we all have to use those silly environmental ones, even through they flicker like mad and give me a massive headache. . That's just stupid considering they are just as bad for the environment as normal lightbulbs.

 

[E-Hybrid]

As a Welshman, we can't stand them but we will take their money

Only Joking I have a few friends who are English, nice people

 

[Soxafloppin]

Drunken football hooligans, this is largely due to when they go on holiday though!

 

[tricky_tree]

We're hardly insignificant, we're in the G8 so we are still a major world power. Also don't criticise those who hate the EU when you clearly don't have any information about it. Most aren't opposed to the idea, what annoys people is that a bunch of foreigners are making laws that we cannot change, without them ever having been to Britain or knowing how these laws will affect the population. In no way would we collapse if we left the EU since our strongest ally is the US and not any European nation. No offence but if you don't know anything about politics, don't comment.

Dude, you think he US knows more about us than the EU? America doesn't give a fuck about us! We're just a little country that wants to be them! As our own country, we have a tiny amount of say on the world stage and the sooner people like you come to terms with that, the better.

Our strongest ally is the EU because we actually have a say in what the EU does. We get so much out of the EU that people like you who talk politics out of your arse have no idea about. Politics isn't all about wars and who's the strongest, it's about negotiating the best deals. Do you honestly think that the US will consider our views? The EU will because it has to as a democracy. How dare you bust in and make ridiculously shitty comments and then accuse me of knowing nothing about politics!

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You seem to be basing your view on a political alliance (us and America) on a few idiot's youtube comments. The US isn't in the habit of airing it's discussions with us and nor is David Cameron so unless you're part of either government, you don't know how it's working.
Almost nobody likes the EU, I know French, Germans, Spanish, Italians, and Austrians, all of them hate it. Lets not forget that Ireland voted against it, as would we if we were given the choice.
And our say in it is minimal. An example, recently they passed a law saying member countries could not ban the burkha. Whatever your feelings on the matter this is wrong. Everyone knows France are discussing it, the Swiss like the idea, the Belgians have (I think) and in Italy a woman was fined for wearing one in a public place. So despite 2 of the most powerful countries in the EU supporting a ban, they have decided to ignore their views completely, with no debate, no 'well if we look it at from their point of view...' don't tell me this is anything other than a failed attempt at uniting a continent that has been at war with each other since recorded history.

 

[darkonnis]

Being english, as a rule. I find us to be either the most helpful polite people in the world who exclaim "how terrible" when something unfortunate happens to someone we dont know or the most obnoxious horrible bunch of mugs going. Unfortunately the country is slowly sliding down the pan as it has been for the last 10/15 years, we shall see what light this new coalition brings i suppose and as every brit has before us, go on with a stiff upper lip, a complaints form and a giant queue to wait in to put said form in the box. Might i add only to have it returned for not filling out section 53a, section C and accompanying it with form 987 from H.M ministry of giveadamn

 

[GrinningManiac]

SNIP

It's good to see some patriotism, but I have to interject and say that the Queen has literally NO POWER

She has less rights than the average person in Britain as well, as she can't vote.

Every decision 'she' makes is made by her parliament and ministers, and she simply 'symbolically' announces things and signs laws

If she refused to sign a law, she'd face massive opposition and anti-monarchist feeling. Plus, the law would pass anyway, as she literally means nothing on an administrative level

 

[Irridium]

People must be able to tell a cockny accent from a very posh accent, it stands to reason. One is a murder of the british language and the other is a "we are better than you" feel to it.

Well I can usually pick out a posh accent.

I suppose it's an outside point of view. It's like one of us saying all American accents sound the same or all French accents sound the same etc. Actually living in the country you notice a huge difference in accents between people from different regions. i.e in Britain, someone from... say... Manchester will sound a lot different than someone from London or the south east. Even an outsider can hear it.

I can rarely tell the difference, and I know I'm not alone >_>

Its like a Boston/Rhode Island/New York/New Jersey accent. To tell the difference you need to live in the area for a while.

You've never been to Liverpool have you?, which the Brits call "Scousers"

Typical east LANDAN town accent.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBQxU8K1uJw

Scouse accent;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIhFwLjsQug

I have not. And yeah, I can tell the difference between those. But thats because I saw them right next to each other. If I watched one early, and the other a lot later, I'd think they were the same accent.

Which confuses the hell out of me. The UK is not like America, where most regional accents sound the same. We have such a wide variety of accents that it is possible for people from different parts of the country to be completely unable to understand each other. Have you seen Hot Fuzz? Remember the scene where the main character needs two translators to talk to a farmer with a strong accent? We have people who actually talk like that.

Yes people have really, really thick accents. Hell when I went to Texas I met someone I couldn't understand for crap...
I'm just saying to an outsider, when you talk to an English person who doesn't have a thick accent its very, very hard to tell where they're from.

I assume your all boiling with anger or something due to me not being able to tell accents apart, so I'll just leave this here:

Spoiler

The English are feeling the pinch in relation to recent terrorist threats and have raised
their security level from "Miffed" to "Peeved."
Soon, though, security levels may be raised yet again to
"Irritated" or even "A Bit Cross."

The English have not been "A Bit Cross" since the blitz in 1940 when tea supplies all but ran out. Terrorists have been re-categorised from "Tiresome" to a "Bloody Nuisance." The
last time the British issued a "Bloody Nuisance" warning level was during the great fire of 1666.

The Scots raised their threat level from "Pissed Off" to "Let's get the Bastards" They don't have any other levels. This is the reason they have been used on the frontline in the British army for the last 300 years.

The French government announced yesterday that it has raised its terror alert level from "Run" to "Hide." The only two higher levels in France are "Collaborate" and "Surrender." The rise was precipitated by a recent fire that destroyed France's white flag factory, effectively paralyzing the country's military capability.

It's not only the French who are on a heightened level of alert. Italy has increased the alert level from "Shout loudly and excitedly" to "Elaborate Military Posturing." Two more levels
remain: "Ineffective Combat Operations" and "Change Sides."

The Germans also increased their alert state from "Disdainful Arrogance" to "Dress in Uniform and Sing Marching Songs." They also have two higher levels: "Invade a Neighbour" and "Lose".

Belgians, on the other hand, are all on holiday as usual, and the only threat they are worried about is NATO pulling out of Brussels .

The Spanish are all excited to see their new submarines ready to deploy.
These beautifully designed subs have glass bottoms so the new Spanish navy
can get a really good look at the old Spanish navy.

Americans meanwhile are carrying out pre-emptive strikes on all of their allies, just in case.

New Zealand has also raised its security levels - from "baaa" to "BAAAA!".
Due to continuing defense cutbacks (the air force being a squadron of spotty teenagers flying paper aeroplanes and the navy some toy boats in the Prime Minister's bath), New Zealand only has one more level of escalation, which is "Shit, I hope Australia will come
and rescue us".

Australia, meanwhile, has raised its security level from "No worries" to "She'll be alright, mate". Three more escalation levels remain, "Crikey!," "I think we'll need to cancel
the barbie this weekend," and "The barbie is cancelled." So far no situation has
ever warranted use of the final escalation level.

 

[DigitalSushi]

You've never been to Liverpool have you?, which the Brits call "Scousers"

Typical east LANDAN town accent.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBQxU8K1uJw

Scouse accent;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIhFwLjsQug

I have not. And yeah, I can tell the difference between those. But thats because I saw them right next to each other. If I watched one early, and the other a lot later, I'd think they were the same accent.

Pretty much, I can't tell the difference between one russian accent and another, but a russian could.

I assume your all boiling with anger or something due to me not being able to tell accents apart, so I'll just leave this here:

Not really, funny message you put up.

 

[Smits090]

this whole thing makes me wonder what people think of Canadians

Otherwise: I find the English to be fine, the head chef at the restaurant i work at was English (he's gone now) but he cool!

although he did make fun of me almost every chance he could get ... mind you the whole kitchen is kinda like that ...

 

[Gabanuka]

Every teen in America wants to fuck someone with a English accent. I went on a trip to Philly, I got mobed.

 

[Trebort]

SNIP

It's good to see some patriotism, but I have to interject and say that the Queen has literally NO POWER

She has less rights than the average person in Britain as well, as she can't vote.

Every decision 'she' makes is made by her parliament and ministers, and she simply 'symbolically' announces things and signs laws

If she refused to sign a law, she'd face massive opposition and anti-monarchist feeling. Plus, the law would pass anyway, as she literally means nothing on an administrative level

That's just silly. Why the hell would she vote for her own Government? Capitalising thing does not make them true you know. She has Royal Prerogative and Reserve Powers, the fact that she has not used them yet is moot, they are still available to her. To say she has no power is just dumb.

Please bear in mind we don't have a constitution. The Crown is the ultimate authority over everything and Law is infact as worthless as the paper it's written on until it's granted Royal Accent by the Monarch, the fact she has not put down a Law yet, is of no consequence.

We live in a Constitutional Monarchy. She does not rule directly and stays out of government business. It's not quite a republic, but better, much cooler, and foreigners love her. It's win win.

The Queen also happens to be one of the hardest working people in the country. If I happened to be Monarch, I'd not do the disgusting amount of public engagements. To top that off, the poor old dear is patron of over 600 charaties....

Just a couple of quotes I love...

Anyone who imagines that they [weekly meetings between the Queen and the PM] are a mere formality or confined to social niceties is quite wrong; they are quietly businesslike and Her Majesty brings to bear a formidable grasp of current issues and breadth of experience.
- Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher

The Queen is the most powerful woman in the world. If she were to say something was not being done when it should have been...the world would sit up and listen.
- BBC News contributor James O'Shea, New Ross, Ireland

P.S

Apart from the common sense of her not voting for her own government, she can in fact vote for the EU Parliament, and even run for office in that Parliament, but on the advice of her Government, she stays on her high horse of political nautrality by not voting, or running.

P.P.S

Every teen in America wants to fuck someone with a English accent. I went on a trip to Philly, I got mobed.

I need to get me a Passport.

One last thing, because I'm busting for a pee...

The Queen is a big Dr Who fan, so how can people not love her? She once requisitioned DVDs from the BBC for her summer holiday viewing pleasure. ^_^ Go Queeny!

 

[The Austin]

I like the English, it does seem like the general consensus is that ALL Americans are redneck dolts though.

No, no, no!
Only the SOUTH are the dolts, except for Florida, which are nothing but old people.


OT: Anyway, I kinda see the English as just normal People, but with accents and a love for fish and chips.

Florida = Bournemouth, in the same way as San Francisco = Brighton.

England is similar to USA except on a really REALLY small scale.
If you want to know where I think I come from, I would say something like Iowa, farms and more farms around here.

Iowa be pertater' country.

Lot's of small farms, lot's of potatoes, and some wheat.

 

[Dags90]

Every teen in America wants to fuck someone with a English accent. I went on a trip to Philly, I got mobed.

It's true, we love us some English accents. Well, as long as it's not Leeds or too Cockney. Mancunians are great.

Popular conception of Brits breaks into two prominent stereotypes. Young hooligans and older gentlemen who steal our women-folk until we win them back with our brash masculinity.

 

[Pariah87]

We have chavs, as a result we are a prime candidate for nuking.

Bill Bailey sums up the English the best in my opinion.

"I'm English, as such I crave dissapointment."

"Welcome to Britain, we have prevailing south-westerly winds and 52% of our days are overcast so as a nation we are infused with a whistful melancholy, leading to mild eccentricity, binge drinking and casual violence. Breakfast is served 7 til 9, and not a minute later! Or you shall be cast out."

"We have no natural preadators, erm, a badger might give you a nasty nip. Four hedgehogs feeding from a beehive may fall in your eye. A wasp might get inside your coke can, sting you in the mouth, you ring the operator, she thinks you're a pervert, get arrested, sent to a secret Mars penal colony where you slowly gain the trust of the workers, start a rebellion and shake off the shackles of oppression!"

It's funny because it's true.

 

[Holy_Handgrenade]

I'm english so I think were great but I was actualy wondering if only people from england can tell the different accents?

Except for scouser that's just noise.

EDIT:

I'm English and I hate the fact that a ridiculous amount of us seem to believe that we're still the leaders of a big fuck off Empire. What the fuck?? We're a small, pretty insignificant island! We have nowhere near that amount of power anymore and we need to come to terms with that fact, pronto. I'm sick of being America's lapdog and thinking we're cool because of it.

I hate that people think we're too good for the EU too. Like we wouldn't immediately go into collapse if we left it. Fucking morons.

Treason that is, you'll be strung up for that! We bloody ruled the world we did.