19 Dec 2019, 4:30 pm
kraftiekortie wrote:
I don't feel any annoyance towards British people at all----and trust me, I made a grand effort to evoke annoyance 
Maybe THIS can help! Englishman John Cleese demonstrating his talents for...irritating people!
19 Dec 2019, 5:19 pm
i think it's horrible that george v betrayed his cousin and left him and his family to die. i hope it haunted him for the rest of his days.
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20 Dec 2019, 8:15 am
MaxE wrote:
It's my general impression as an American that British and Americans, in practice, get along well with each other. Each is willing to admit to their faults as a people. In contrast to Canadians who prefer bringing attention to others' faults. At least I've always gotten along well with most British people I've known personally.
One thing in particular that I can't help remarking on, to be perfectly honest, is that it seems to me that, traditionally, the amount of alcohol consumed by the typical middle-class Briton (of all ethnicities) would cause them to be seen as "problem drinkers" in the US as well as much of the Continent. As a drinker myself, that has always made me somewhat fond of the culture. Sorry if that offends anybody.
I guess what sometimes irks me is the attitude many Americans seem to have towards the British, which is to think them more "cultured" than Americans, whatever that means. To me it means those Americans don't appreciate their own culture. In contrast, British seem to me to greatly appreciate American culture, something of which Americans ought to be more aware.
One thing in particular that I can't help remarking on, to be perfectly honest, is that it seems to me that, traditionally, the amount of alcohol consumed by the typical middle-class Briton (of all ethnicities) would cause them to be seen as "problem drinkers" in the US as well as much of the Continent. As a drinker myself, that has always made me somewhat fond of the culture. Sorry if that offends anybody.
I guess what sometimes irks me is the attitude many Americans seem to have towards the British, which is to think them more "cultured" than Americans, whatever that means. To me it means those Americans don't appreciate their own culture. In contrast, British seem to me to greatly appreciate American culture, something of which Americans ought to be more aware.
Americans in general have no animus towards Brits.
Americans DO seem to have the notion that ALL Brits are like the characters in Dowton Abbey. Or the "Upstairs" people in "Upstairs, Downstairs" when the number of Brits who are blue collar slobs (like the Downstairs folks, or like the cast of East Enders) is much greater, and more typical of the British population than the microscopically small number who resemble the Dowton Abbey characters.
But yes...Brits seem to be more uninhibited about consuming alcohol than are Americans. A Sixty Minutes feature about the BBC showed how ….every aspect of running the BBC seems to involve behind the scenes consumption of libations!
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20 Dec 2019, 8:29 am
naturalplastic wrote:
MaxE wrote:
It's my general impression as an American that British and Americans, in practice, get along well with each other. Each is willing to admit to their faults as a people. In contrast to Canadians who prefer bringing attention to others' faults. At least I've always gotten along well with most British people I've known personally.
One thing in particular that I can't help remarking on, to be perfectly honest, is that it seems to me that, traditionally, the amount of alcohol consumed by the typical middle-class Briton (of all ethnicities) would cause them to be seen as "problem drinkers" in the US as well as much of the Continent. As a drinker myself, that has always made me somewhat fond of the culture. Sorry if that offends anybody.
I guess what sometimes irks me is the attitude many Americans seem to have towards the British, which is to think them more "cultured" than Americans, whatever that means. To me it means those Americans don't appreciate their own culture. In contrast, British seem to me to greatly appreciate American culture, something of which Americans ought to be more aware.
One thing in particular that I can't help remarking on, to be perfectly honest, is that it seems to me that, traditionally, the amount of alcohol consumed by the typical middle-class Briton (of all ethnicities) would cause them to be seen as "problem drinkers" in the US as well as much of the Continent. As a drinker myself, that has always made me somewhat fond of the culture. Sorry if that offends anybody.
I guess what sometimes irks me is the attitude many Americans seem to have towards the British, which is to think them more "cultured" than Americans, whatever that means. To me it means those Americans don't appreciate their own culture. In contrast, British seem to me to greatly appreciate American culture, something of which Americans ought to be more aware.
Americans in general have no animus towards Brits.
Americans DO seem to have the notion that ALL Brits are like the characters in Dowton Abbey. Or the "Upstairs" people in "Upstairs, Downstairs" when the number of Brits who are blue collar slobs (like the Downstairs folks, or like the cast of East Enders) is much greater, and more typical of the British population than the microscopically small number who resemble the Dowton Abbey characters.
But yes...Brits seem to be more uninhibited about consuming alcohol than are Americans. A Sixty Minutes feature about the BBC showed how ….every aspect of running the BBC seems to involve behind the scenes consumption of libations!
Modern Britain was built on foundations of drinking - both tea and beer
20 Dec 2019, 9:34 am
Biscuitman wrote:
naturalplastic wrote:
MaxE wrote:
It's my general impression as an American that British and Americans, in practice, get along well with each other. Each is willing to admit to their faults as a people. In contrast to Canadians who prefer bringing attention to others' faults. At least I've always gotten along well with most British people I've known personally.
One thing in particular that I can't help remarking on, to be perfectly honest, is that it seems to me that, traditionally, the amount of alcohol consumed by the typical middle-class Briton (of all ethnicities) would cause them to be seen as "problem drinkers" in the US as well as much of the Continent. As a drinker myself, that has always made me somewhat fond of the culture. Sorry if that offends anybody.
I guess what sometimes irks me is the attitude many Americans seem to have towards the British, which is to think them more "cultured" than Americans, whatever that means. To me it means those Americans don't appreciate their own culture. In contrast, British seem to me to greatly appreciate American culture, something of which Americans ought to be more aware.
One thing in particular that I can't help remarking on, to be perfectly honest, is that it seems to me that, traditionally, the amount of alcohol consumed by the typical middle-class Briton (of all ethnicities) would cause them to be seen as "problem drinkers" in the US as well as much of the Continent. As a drinker myself, that has always made me somewhat fond of the culture. Sorry if that offends anybody.
I guess what sometimes irks me is the attitude many Americans seem to have towards the British, which is to think them more "cultured" than Americans, whatever that means. To me it means those Americans don't appreciate their own culture. In contrast, British seem to me to greatly appreciate American culture, something of which Americans ought to be more aware.
Americans in general have no animus towards Brits.
Americans DO seem to have the notion that ALL Brits are like the characters in Dowton Abbey. Or the "Upstairs" people in "Upstairs, Downstairs" when the number of Brits who are blue collar slobs (like the Downstairs folks, or like the cast of East Enders) is much greater, and more typical of the British population than the microscopically small number who resemble the Dowton Abbey characters.
But yes...Brits seem to be more uninhibited about consuming alcohol than are Americans. A Sixty Minutes feature about the BBC showed how ….every aspect of running the BBC seems to involve behind the scenes consumption of libations!
Modern Britain was built on foundations of drinking - both tea and beer
That's pretty much the whole history of the entire British Empire in a nutshell!
Tea and beer (and "rum and the lash").
You all commandeered the subcontinent of India, so that you could get their tea, by making the Indians a captive market for your India Pale Ale!
20 Dec 2019, 11:52 am
naturalplastic wrote:
That's pretty much the whole history of the entire British Empire in a nutshell!
Tea and beer (and "rum and the lash").
You all commandeered the subcontinent of India, so that you could get their tea, by making the Indians a captive market for your India Pale Ale!
I don't believe IPA was intended for consumption by Indians.
20 Dec 2019, 6:05 pm
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22 Dec 2019, 5:33 am
Nice picture of the shambles area of York
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