Things Americans do that 'Brits' hate.

[FuriousFox46]

http://thechriswhitingshow.wordpress.com/2013/08/28/culture-clash-things-americans-do-that-brits-hate/

 

 

 

 

 

 

I've written a new blog - also, I thought this was quite a fun, interesting topic for everyone to share their own. Purely tongue in cheek of course

 

 

[Rocket-Ron]

Call us "Brits"

[pSinatra]

Take a perfectly good language & bastardise it........or should that be bastardize?

[Danizen]

Over simplify the debate on gun control.

[Steven]

Invade other countries and expect British soldiers to die to promote US geo-political ambitions.  

[leicsmac]

One word: "soccer".

[Smudge]

Mind The Gap

[Jace]

Create idiots like this guy who calls Brits racists for using the term 'Red Indian' even though they are allowed to use the term themselves for their own sports teams

http://www.foxestalk.co.uk/forums/topic/90041-red-indian/

[johnny the fox]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_Orange    well they are the experts on chemical weapons.   and the only country to drop "the big one"

[FuriousFox46]

Call us "Brits"

 

 

I don't like it either. It's meant to be tongue in cheek/more accessible to an American reader

[DANGEROUS TIGER]

Breathe!

[Fatty Arbuckle]

Take a perfectly good language & bastardise it........or should that be bastardize?

I've only quoted your post as you mentioned perfectly good language, but the following line from the blog had me baffled....

 

"We don’t all live in London and why’ll we’re on the subject, we’ve never met the Queen either."

 

I have never, ever seen that one before anywhere!!

[Zingari]

Dear Uncle Sam

Please tell your citizens to stop loving our royal family .

Every time there is a debate about abolishing them , someone chirps in that they bring in lots of tourists from the USA  and how much you love all of them , as if this is even relevant .

 

Other than that I suppose you're OK (apart from financing the Germans in the last big skirmish) 

[Guest MattP]

The World Series is actually called so because the first national baseball competition was sponsored by a newspaper called "The World"

 

It has nothing to do with geographical reasoning and the Yanks absolutely love pulling anyone up who mentions it.

 

 

 

And I love American sport and the way they love our accent, go to a bar and start up a conversation with an American girl and soon as she hears you you'll well away already without any effort at all.

[Out Foxed]

the complete mangling of phrases and lack of geographical knowledge.

[Ford Super Sunday]

Was going to say that the first person to say 'they call football soccer' is a massive, ignorant thundercvnt but leicsmac got in their first

[FuriousFox46]

I've only quoted your post as you mentioned perfectly good language, but the following line from the blog had me baffled....

 

"We don’t all live in London and why’ll we’re on the subject, we’ve never met the Queen either."

 

I have never, ever seen that one before anywhere!!

 

Oh dear!

How embarrassing - I should probably learn my lesson and proof read. What a horrendous error. 

Although, I would contend that's more to do with the laziness of the writer and time when I wrote it more than the language itself.

[Finnegan]

COULD CARE LESS.

[leicsmac]

Was going to say that the first person to say 'they call football soccer' is a massive, ignorant thundercvnt but leicsmac got in their first

 

Don't get me wrong, I love Americans. Most of them I've encountered have been top people. Far more friendly and polite than other nationalities.

 

But please, please, I know the word "soccer" is derived from "association football" but it just sounds shite. 

[FuriousFox46]

The World Series is actually called so because the first national baseball competition was sponsored by a newspaper called "The World"

 

It has nothing to do with geographical reasoning and the Yanks absolutely love pulling anyone up who mentions it.

 

 

 

And I love American sport and the way they love our accent, go to a bar and start up a conversation with an American girl and soon as she hears you you'll well away already without any effort at all.

That's always been disputed. 

Regardless, it's not sponsored by them now.

[ADK]

Things I don't like about Americans:

 

Their arrogance.

Obsession with the military.

Their political views (generally much more right wing than any over civilised country).

How we seem to import masses of trashy American culture and phrases.

[Steven]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_Orange    well they are the experts on chemical weapons.   and the only country to drop "the big one"

 

..... and don't forget Depleted Uranium

[Manwell Pablo]

Their Geographically stupid outside of their own continent, that can be said about a lot of British people as well.  

[Fatty Arbuckle]

Oh dear!

How embarrassing - I should probably learn my lesson and proof read. What a horrendous error. 

Although, I would contend that's more to do with the laziness of the writer and time when I wrote it more than the language itself.

I didn't mean to sound like I was criticising/criticizing (are we speaking American or British here?  ) by the way, I had just never seen that particular mistake before. I can't even begin to imagine how you came up with it. I like it though!

 

Plus, at least it shows I read with interest. It was a good read actually, I enjoyed it.

[Guest MattP]

Their Geographically stupid outside of their own continent, that can be said about a lot of British people as well.  

 

Just a bit.

 

http://www.direct-travel.co.uk/travel-insurance-news/millions-of-brits-cant-locate-their-holiday-destination-on-a-map-801628295

 

Amazes me how our people call the Americans thick, a lot fo them are no better these days.