Too be honest, I doubt you know that many chicks, don't take that the wrong way either.paynexkiller said:
Also, you managed to stereotype an entire group of people, again. 2/3rds of our population are hicks and rednecks? Cute.
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Also, you managed to stereotype an entire group of people, again. 2/3rds of our population are hicks and rednecks? Cute.
So in other words this is just another "Why are we English so superior to Americans?" thread with a misleading name?Galli said:
Obligatory comment about something that happened 500 years ago: Then why did you add extra vowels to your words to impress them? =PNickolai77 said:
i would just like to say, the English stereotype is very linear.
most English people are straight up normal people. not wig's and monocles and top hats, thats just the rich ones.
its such a shame that the American media represents us in such a light.
its similar over here though, although not as bad, because a lot of our TV is American, but American's get shown as hill billies too often, trash talking, incest driven folk that live in shacks. but we know this isnt the case (or most of us do).
most English people are straight up normal people. not wig's and monocles and top hats, thats just the rich ones.
its such a shame that the American media represents us in such a light.
its similar over here though, although not as bad, because a lot of our TV is American, but American's get shown as hill billies too often, trash talking, incest driven folk that live in shacks. but we know this isnt the case (or most of us do).
Screw that guy/gal, England is a bloody marvelous place. He/she was just too ignorant to know that. We have top hats after all.
Nah, you've forgotten the entire eastern and western seaboards. Californians sound like stereotypical surfers, while the northeast is full of all sorts of obnoxious variants on the same root accent. You've got your New York accent, Boston, Jersey, Maine (Lobstah)... Plenty of variations in there. Oh, and don't forget Cajun down in Louisiana.paynexkiller said:
To be honest, I think the reason that Britons and Americans don't like each other very much is because of how America came in to being. Which was basically the two nations killing each other for a while until Britain decided they'd had enough and just went back home, and I think there is a kind of subconcious feeling of resentment in there from both parties.
Which is stupid, to put it as politely as I feel I can.
Which is stupid, to put it as politely as I feel I can.
Here, lemme give you the skinny.Galli said:
I like England, overall. You've a great form of human, you gave us Doctor Who and Blake's 7, The Beatles and Queen, and so much more. I want to go over there at some point in my life. (Alright, I want to go to ALOT of places, but that's one of them.)
The thing about England is that my dad, much as he irritates me sometimes, tends to be right about some of his rants. We're Irish here and we know that England and Ireland have quite a history. I'm willing to do the bygones routine myself, but it's always true that there will be people within a nation who are crap. That is why there are opinionated Americans, and that's why there will be opinionated people all around the world.
No.paynexkiller said:
To the OP - As others have said already, it's a YouTube comment. I'd say take it as a grain of salt, but even that is giving it more leverage than it's worth. YouTube comments are about as worthless as Fox News.
Tbh, i think adding the u to such words makes them sound more accurate. I read Color and it could be pronounced the same way as "coller", or if you decide to put emphasis on the o, coloor, which sounds stupid. Colour, which the u just sounds more correct on paper.mr_rubino said:
Add them? we didn't have standardised spellings until 1755 when Dr Johnson released his dictionary in Britain, Webster (who removed the 'u's and such) released his in 1806/25.mr_rubino said:
They are my closest neighbouring country, hell you guys are damn good by me, been to England many times and it's always been a fun time.
really depends on the indivduals I'm from canada and I know people who went to the states for school and came back just because of the prejudice against them got to be not worth the effort any longer.
I know a guy who wanted to come home to celibrate thanksgiving a holiday about celibrating cultural diversity and getting along but his teacher wouldnt let him take a exam early n just said sucks to be canadian little rude in my opinion but hey its all the idividuals ive been down there too n it seemed normal enough to me outside the retarded amount of american flags everywhere
I know a guy who wanted to come home to celibrate thanksgiving a holiday about celibrating cultural diversity and getting along but his teacher wouldnt let him take a exam early n just said sucks to be canadian little rude in my opinion but hey its all the idividuals ive been down there too n it seemed normal enough to me outside the retarded amount of american flags everywhere
Lets be honest, no one really likes the French. They helped us out pretty extensively during our bid for independence and gave us one of our most enduring symbols as a country (Statue of Liberty) and we helped liberate them from Nazi occupation and we still don't really like each other.Vippy said:
In all fairness I spent a day in France with my mom and everyone was extremely nice despite the fact that I don't speak a word of french and my mom was going off of two years she'd learned in high school.
The British... we're the pros. We've got hating the French down to a fine art. And the Germans, even ignoring the wars.