New Rough Guide to England book

[nightfish]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7391776.stm

Are you English? Does this sum us up? Have you visited England? Are we like this?

 

[Cousin_IT]

exxagerated but not wrong is what id say.
Id nitpick when applying to myself personally but not disagree with as a description of the place as a whole

 

[Iffypop]

I suggest we take out that old English tactic on the writer and BROADSIDE HIM!

On a serious note... I do agree with some of those points, the celebrity obsession is enough to make me want to eat my TV.

 

[cleverlymadeup]

parts of that is true about ANY country, i could change england for canada or united states and it would fit

but yeah some of the statements about the places are true, like bath is a darn cool place and so was stonehenge tho it had just closed when we got there and sadly i was too young to see over the bar to enjoy england to the most

the one thing i did notice tho was we got treated a lot nicer once they found out we were canadian, especially in france, asked them if they could speak english, some would say no, showed them our canadian passports, they gave it a try if they couldn't already

 

[nightfish]

I hope there's a mention in that book somewhere about how hardy we English folk are. Living in a country where it rains every other day really does toughen one up.

you mean how 'northern' people are hardy right?

bitter, mild, coal mines etc

 

[Totallyfolked]

I hope there's a mention in that book somewhere about how hardy we English folk are. Living in a country where it rains every other day really does toughen one up.

you mean how 'northern' people are hardy right?

bitter, mild, coal mines etc

Meh I'm a southern pansy born and bred, currently living in sheffield, and all the locals give me funny looks when I wander around in december in shorts and a T-shirt.
But yeah that's pretty accurate on the whole, especially the bit about essex.

 

[lightbulbthief]

eh how can it make a generalisation in one paragraph then talk about how diverse we are, it makes no sense

 

[cleverlymadeup]

In fact, if I was to come up with what I think is the worst aspect of Britain, it would be the bloody media.

you mean it's even worse than the welsh?

and sides aren't you guys all about wayne rooney and billie piper?

 

[fix-the-spade]

Newcastle is "Vibrant", well that's one way of putting it...

Most of it seems fair, although no mention is made of the Northern Git, a creature impervious to logic, rain, cold and ale.

They forgot the rain. You can't talk about the UK and not mention rain...

 

[Rolling Thunder]

*Perpares to knife, garrote, crush and set j-e-f-f-e-r-s on fire, until realising that without j-e-f-f-e-r-s, there will be one less trollslayer.*

Hmmmm.... I shalt forgiveth thee for thy mention of she-who-will-named-at-thy-peril-anywhere-above-the-pennines, though only this once.

 

[nightfish]

here a question...

they say in the guide that there is 'warmth in our humour'

your thoughts fellow forumers. I always thought English humour was weird not warm - why a lot of people don't get it.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

English humour rarely attacks; we're a Nation that has to be goaded into a mean stare; so a lot of our dark thoughts come out in our humour (That and the rain of course).

There is this clipping though
"A spokesman for the company said he believed would-be visitors would recognise that the comments were "tongue-in-cheek"."

That's the one thing about the English, never quite take them at their word. We love exaggeration and sarcasm.

Hence Newcastle being 'vibrant'; but Derby is a hole.

 

[nightfish]

Cleverly, despite what you may think, not everyone here in England reads OK Magazine.

Indeed, I read Woman's Weekly

its is all about home and family and the things in life that really matter

 

[Melaisis]

eh how can it make a generalisation in one paragraph then talk about how diverse we are, it makes no sense

Yeah. The report seems really poorly written. I mean, the book probably covers a broad range of topics in a much more structured and fluent way, but the way the report just skips about from topic to topic is really unprofessional and poorly edited.

Derby is a hole.

It really is. I'm from Leeds and I visited there during summer. Its a God damn pit infested with little more than short scene children and diverse accents to break up the scenery between the next church.

 

[Anarchemitis]

British are cool. I like their Rail systems and cars. Never thought negative of them, because Canada is one of those few countries that got autonomy without starting a war.

 

[nightfish]

British are cool. I like their Rail systems and cars.[/i].

Could I ask you why Canadians holds the UK in such high-esteem? When I was there last so many shops had a picture of the Queen in a prominent position. Even people in the UK don't do that. hehe

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

I like their Rail systems

*faints*

Uh...so it would be alright for you to travel 100 miles at the lowest cost of $83.20?