To my UK friends: don't lump all us americans together.

[UtopiaV1]

Isn't there some stallions you need to be taming so you can fight those injuns? Get off the internet and go back to 'military school' or whatever it is...

HA, just kidding mate. We (the UK) have got nothing against you, it's just... well, your country doesn't exactly have the best reputation. We (the UK) used to rule the world, and now we're pissed cos our ex-colonists are ruling it these days. Don't take it personally, we're just bitter and enjoy complaining.

Also, we're English. We speak English. You are American. You speak American. There is no overlap.

 

[Trebort]

Oh stop being a drama queen, it's not like we just don't like you, America, we pick on Australia and France too hehe

 

[ace_of_something]

EDIT: I in no way am claiming Americans don't do this. They do the Hell out of it. I'm also aware of all the irony in this entire post. Don't bother pointing it out

If your aware Americans are just as guilty of this as the English are and the irony of it, why not ask for it to be locked rather than let it rub people up the wrong way?

Because I wanted to discuss it on a forum? Calling my friends who live on the isles is terribly expensive. So I figured an internet forum was fine choice. I am admittedly not a very good writer and not that good a debater so I didn't know how to phrase all this without the irony bursting out of it's every puncuation mark.

Americans don't spell some words correctly... I.E Water. And that annoys me...

Calumon: I don't understand whats going on... so... I'm going to dance...

wtf? How do you guys spell Water? I wasn't even aware of that one.

 

[Danzaivar]

You kind of lump us all together: It seems that most in the UK think the USA has two cultures
?The South?: Which is anyone raised in a small town or rural community regardless of geography.
Or
?Yanks? which is pretty much everyone else.

To be fair, Americans seem to think everyone in England comes from London.

And you can't honestly say "Don't stereotype us Americans, you lot all do that." without being aware of the blatant hypocrisy on display, surely?

And asking brits to not judge and be bitter is like asking an american to not be a wide-eyed optimist. You cant just crush national character like that...

 

[Insideout Ink Demon]

Americans don't spell some words correctly... I.E Water. And that annoys me...

Calumon: I don't understand whats going on... so... I'm going to dance...

I've seen a few of your posts with "Calumon: words words words"
Whats that all about?lol

 

[Valkyira]

It annoys me when most American's class us all as British. And say British accent, there is no such thing.

 

[RhombusHatesYou]

Oh stop being a drama queen, it's not like we just don't like you, America, we pick on Australia and France too hehe

You pick on Australia? That was picking on us? We thought you were just being your usual whinging pommy bastard selves.

 

[ace_of_something]

Oh stop being a drama queen, it's not like we just don't like you, America, we pick on Australia and France too hehe

I suppose a good joke is a good joke.
Ya know, I had one fellow in Scotland ask me "oh you're Canadian?" I said "No, American" he said "Oh so like a Canadian except you can fight!?" this was met by raucous laughter in the small pub so I didn't want to ask what the hell that meant.
To this day that still confuses me.


I think it might?ve been some sort of veiled joke about my height.

 

[Silva]

This thread is hilarious. Half the posts involve making generalisations about people from other countries who make generalisations.

The OP is guilty of this too. You're trying to teach the British to "understand" your feelings about how you were treated in your journey. But how do you know that anyone on this forum, in the audience, actually needs to be taught this? I'll tell you how: by making generalisations as big and as false as those you are accusing of mistreatment were guilty of.

Oh stop being a drama queen, it's not like we just don't like you, America, we pick on Australia and France too hehe

You pick on Australia? That was picking on us? We thought you were just being your usual whinging pommy bastard selves.

Too right, mate. Bloody true blue, fair dinkum. Streuth!

Ahem. Thank goodness it's my country or I'd feel terribly guilty about writing like that.

 

[ace_of_something]

To be fair, Americans seem to think everyone in England comes from London.

Now that's simply not true... We know the Beatles are from Liverpool. Which is in London right?

 

[Legion]

I am afraid correcting people for being idiots in British culture is a big no-no. You have to smile and agree with them no matter how moronic they are, or else you're the asshole.

Wouldn't that be arsehole?

Yes, but I hate how that word sounds. Certain insults sound really bad in an English accent.

To be fair, Americans seem to think everyone in England comes from London.

Now that's simply not true... We know the Beatles are from Liverpool. Which is in London right?

Very good.

When I was younger and like Eminem I saw a concert live in Milton Keynes, he repeatedly said "It's great to be in London!" it was quite disturbing that with all the PR people and so on, nobody decided to show him a map of where he was.

Ya know, I had one fellow in Scotland ask me "oh you're Canadian?" I said "No, American" he said "Oh so like a Canadian except you can fight!?" this was met by raucous laughter in the small pub so I didn't want to ask what the hell that meant.
To this day that still confuses me.

I think it's the joke about Canadian's being "pussies" (God I hate that word).

 

[Pilkingtube]

Oh stop being a drama queen, it's not like we just don't like you, America, we pick on Australia and France too hehe

I suppose a good joke is a good joke.
Ya know, I had one fellow in Scotland ask me "oh you're Canadian?" I said "No, American" he said "Oh so like a Canadian except you can fight!?" this was met by raucous laughter in the small pub so I didn't want to ask what the hell that meant.
To this day that still confuses me.


I think it might?ve been some sort of veiled joke about my height.

Not a joke about your height, don't worry
Either way I saw the post and even though you said not to point out the irony of it...
Oh my god, how ironic was that post. Also I personally don't do this but pretty much every American i've been on vent with or something (on universal servers) seems to make assumptions based on my accent =/

 

[Camembert]

I suppose a good joke is a good joke.
Ya know, I had one fellow in Scotland ask me "oh you're Canadian?" I said "No, American" he said "Oh so like a Canadian except you can fight!?" this was met by raucous laughter in the small pub so I didn't want to ask what the hell that meant.
To this day that still confuses me.


I think it might've been some sort of veiled joke about my height.

It sounds like it was a joke about Canadians more than about you. Maybe he's making fun of Canadians for being incompetent in war (to be clear, I have absolutely no clue about Canada's military history).

 

[Insideout Ink Demon]

EDIT: I in no way am claiming Americans don't do this. They do the Hell out of it. I'm also aware of all the irony in this entire post. Don't bother pointing it out

If your aware Americans are just as guilty of this as the English are and the irony of it, why not ask for it to be locked rather than let it rub people up the wrong way?

Because I wanted to discuss it on a forum? Calling my friends who live on the isles is terribly expensive. So I figured an internet forum was fine choice. I am admittedly not a very good writer and not that good a debater so I didn't know how to phrase all this without the irony bursting out of it's every puncuation mark.

Fair doo's - I was about to rant about the hypocrisy of your post until I saw your edit. What would you think would be a way to get away from stereo typing and generalisation as a person who both hates it and does it.

 

[RhombusHatesYou]

Too right, mate. Bloody true blue, fair dinkum. Streuth!

I see you've taken Introduction to Strine.

 

[RhombusHatesYou]

When I was younger and like Eminem I saw a concert live in Milton Keynes, he repeatedly said "It's great to be in London!" it was quite disturbing that with all the PR people and so on, nobody decided to show him a map of where he was.

Yes but how exactly do you break the news to someone that they're in Milton Keynes?

 

[Jack and Calumon]

Americans don't spell some words correctly... I.E Water. And that annoys me...

Calumon: I don't understand whats going on... so... I'm going to dance...

I've seen a few of your posts with "Calumon: words words words"
Whats that all about?lol

Soon I shall tell everyone, and just link them that Thread... but for now... Calumon remains a Mystery as I am tired of Explaining it...

Calumon: Jack Rescued me from a PlayStation 3.

Hell, If I'm lucky the Escapist Might feature it as an RP story similar to Reliable Source! Hahaha... As if...

Now I leave you with Calumon looking cute

Spoiler: Sooooo CUTE!

 

[Phenakist]

Frankly I get insulted when people say I'm from England or saying I'm Irish.

I'm from NORTHERN IRELAND, there's some huge differences and just because Ireland happens to be on the same bit of landmass doesn't mean it's the same thing.

For an American analogy it's like comparing North and South Dakota.

But anyway, I've grown up with a strange mix of a Strong country and strong City accent and it sounds almost American some say, but oddly enough I don't feel as insulted being called American than English or Irish... I mean being called English feels like being dropped in the same box as ASBO Chavs, and that's unacceptable.

If anyone says to me they're from America I just take it as such, I don't have some general stereotype, just "Ok you're from America, fair enough, lets get to know what type of person you are rather than judging you from where you're from and stick a big label on your head"

Now you just did it too! :-S I am English live in the south and am not anything like an 'ASBO', chav, nor are my teenage kids, my husband or anyone else in my family, neither is MOST of England. So you are stereotyping a nation for one very small insubstantial part of it!
Don't get me wrong you are what you are and I understand you being offended because you aren't English, but am annoyed that you seem to assume we are all chavs!
This kind of double standard is what perpetuates stereotyping.

Apologies, I didn't explain myself properly, I was referring to how other people see me, the general stereotype for English (or people they think are English) Teenagers tends to be the drunken chav with an ASBO hanging around the council flats. I know that doesn't apply to many people and those that it applies too are the equivalent of leeches or mosquito's. Personally I don't go around assuming people are the stereotype their country provides. But what I meant was I am insulted by what other people assume I am.

 

[TheBritish]

In defense of the Brits, I remember when a Valve guy posted that Brits don't talk enough... I was shocked at how many Brits responded with how stereotyped they felt and how offended they were.

There are some things about almost all Americans -I have met- that bother me. The biggest one is that Americans, -in my personal experience- have always claimed that they "bailed out" Europe during the World Wars, without realising how offensive this is to people.

Also, I say Aluminum not Aluminium even though Aluminium is the "British" way You invented it. You could call it Yankium if you liked and I'd call it that

Oh and... if you listened to your average Brit talk, you'd realise that so few of them use "Her Majesty's English" no matter how pompus they are Cockney Rhyming Slang is so ingrained in our language that a lot of people don't even realise that's where words have come from. So don't let any Brit pretend that Brits by genetics speak better English than Americans.

 

[RhombusHatesYou]

Maybe he's making fun of Canadians for being incompetent in war.

Doubtful if they knew any military history. Canada has proven itself quite competent at war if somewhat less eager to take part in it than certain of it's neighbours... although they did show up for both World Wars on time.