(Her Maj can't have your head chopped off on a whim now),
DAMN! I was hoping she'd have the Dubs from London Bethel rounded up and promptly beheaded
Dansk
What Do The Americans, Canadians And Australians Think Of The British?
by Englishman 39 Replies latest jw friends
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Prisca
What strikes me about the British is how exceedingly polite they are! Even when they are upset, they speak in the most politest (is that a word?) terms. Simon used to be this way (he's become more direct, haha). When things got unruly on the board, he say "Please be civil". Now, he says "Shut up, or I'll smash your heads in". Ok, he doesn't quite say it like that, but I bet he wishes he could!!
The weather is the worst thing about Britain. But then, the UK wouldn't be as lovely and green and lush without it.
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Jayson
Oh the British people are so sweeet they are sooo great they are so smart they are so tall and they are soooo great at everything and they are so nice and they are so perfect just like all the really smart nice sweet perfectly understanding real funny people of Europe that are never smug condencending arogant SOB's!
Oh ya and they are not American so this thread is just peachy and we can all just talk real nice to each other
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expatbrit
Maybe it's time for a thread on "why are the Americans jealous of the British?"....lol
Expatbrit
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Wolfgirl
This American loves the English. In fact, I married a wonderful Englishman.
I've been to England many times, and it feels like home to me, more than the US ever did. Boring diet? Please...whoever thinks that the English have a boring diet has just been around people who don't know how to cook. My husband cooks for me nearly every night, and it's all delicious.
Anyway, I've never been to the rest of the UK, but I love England and its witty people.
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minimus
I like the Brits except for one thing-----their cheapness.
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ThiChi
A Tribute to a distant relative:
In spite of their hats being very ugly, Goddam! I love the English. [Fr., Quoique leurs chapeaux sont bien laids, Goddam! j'aime les anglais.] - Pierre Jean de Beranger
Oh, to be in England, Now that April's there, And whoever wakes in England Sees some morning, unaware, That the lowest boughs and the brushwood sheaf, Round the elm-tree bole are in tiny leaf While the chaffinch sings on the orchard bough In England--now. - Robert Browning, Home Thoughts from Abroad
England is a paradise for women, and hell for horses: Italy is a paradise for horses, hell for women. - Robert Burton, Anatomy of Melancholy (pt. III, sec. III, memb. 1, subsect. 2)
Bind her, grind her, burn her with fire, Cast her ashes into the sea,-- She shall escape, she shall aspire, She shall arise to make men free; She shall arise in a sacred scorn, Lighting the lives that are yet unborn, Spirit supernal, splendor eternal, England! - Helen Gray Cone, Chant of Lover for England
Without one friend, above all foes, Britannia gives the world repose. - William Cowper, To Sir Joshua Reynolds
England! my country, great and free! Heart of the world, I leap to thee! - Philip James Bailey, Festus (sc. The Surface, l. 376)
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Jayson
I guess I am guilty of the age old American crime. When it comes to forigners, and their opinions, frankly dear "I don't give a damn."
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dubla
i think they are even more addicted to the intenet than we are...and thats saying a lot ..........
i posted this simuntaneously on another thread......but it was just so absurd, i thought id post it here too.
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undercover
I've been to England, Scotland and Wales. I've also been to Ireland. Did not make it to Northern Ireland(they wouldn't let us take the rental car over the border). I loved all of it. Scotland was my favorite though. Edinborough was great. The Highlands were beautiful. In England I had to spend a day in Liverpool of course. Went to the roundabout on Penny Lane, Strawberry Fields(couldn't get in though) and the rebuilt Cavern. London is one of the top cities in the world. Glad I made it before they imposed the driving fee to drive into downtown. Even though I'm American, I got a thrill standing outside the Palace. To think of the Royalty and the history that place has.
As far as the people: All were friendly and accomodating to us foreigners. The Scottish loved us the most I think. They wanted to join us in the pubs and have a pint or two. The English were a little more proper(I guess that would be the best word). The Irish would be suspicious at first but then would warm up to us and we would buy each other pints. Over all everyone was friendly, treated us nice, welcomed us and hoped for us to come back. Coming from English/Scottish roots I have always had a soft place in my heart for them and I finally got to see those places in person.