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What makes Americans fascinated with England?
I just wanted to get an English kiddos opinion on this, because a lot of my buddies and just about every1 I know has a strange fascination with Europe/England. What makes it so different from America, I mean come on instead of football games you prolly go to soccer games on Friday nites rite? So whats the allure.
Oh yea, and this is NOT a forume for american dissing. It's hurtful to us and a lot is predudice.
Oh yea, and this is NOT a forume for american dissing. It's hurtful to us and a lot is predudice.
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curryADD
I just wanted to get an English kiddos opinion on this, because a lot of my buddies and just about every1 I know has a strange fascination with Europe/England. What makes it so different from America, I mean come on instead of football games you prolly go to soccer games on Friday nites rite? So whats the allure.
Oh yea, and this is NOT a forume for american dissing. It's hurtful to us and a lot is predudice.
Oh yea, and this is NOT a forume for american dissing. It's hurtful to us and a lot is predudice.
Its the fact that we are the motherland! I mean sure, lots of other cultures have been added to america. I mean, every culture except the original americans (because you killed them all) has arrived at some point.
I think you'd probably find the New orleans peeps, and canadians no doubt look at france in a similar light.
Also theres the same but different argument, and the fact that we have real history. Wheras an old building in America may be 200 years old, an old one in Britain can often be many centuries old.
J
I thought Americans just wanted to live on their land, treating nature right with a fairly peaceful life. Then all these Europeans came along and started killing them and plundering the land for profit.
I always thought of it like this:
The US is a pretty big country
Countries in Europe are relativley small compared to it.
You could easily fit a large chunk of mainland Europe into America.
Yet because those countries are all seperate, there's much more diversity in the culture, language etc.
Weird, I know, but that's how I've always thought about it. Also Europe has more history or to be more accurate we know a lot more about it's history.
The US is a pretty big country
Countries in Europe are relativley small compared to it.
You could easily fit a large chunk of mainland Europe into America.
Yet because those countries are all seperate, there's much more diversity in the culture, language etc.
Weird, I know, but that's how I've always thought about it. Also Europe has more history or to be more accurate we know a lot more about it's history.
They think football is crap.
jediknight007
They think football is crap.
Where did the name soccer come from? Did they invent the name so they could claim the name football for their own.
Conspiracy I tells ya
J
foolfarian
Where did the name soccer come from? Did they invent the name so they could claim the name football for their own.
Conspiracy I tells ya
J
Conspiracy I tells ya
J
Totally agree. They want to speak English and when they f*ck up our words, they claim it to be the correct form. American football is sissy and involves skinny or average build guys with huge padding underneath while rugby is the real sport. Other than that, the US is a lovely country and I wouldn't mind going back there again.
I think Americans like Britishness - things like:
posh, pomp, tradition, history, elitism, establishment, royalty etc...
'cos they either don't have it there, or have it less 'in ur face' than we do.
Just look at how many Americans come down to see Buck palace etc... loads of em! But as a repulican, stay away! You're an excuse to still keep 'em in
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posh, pomp, tradition, history, elitism, establishment, royalty etc...
'cos they either don't have it there, or have it less 'in ur face' than we do.
Just look at how many Americans come down to see Buck palace etc... loads of em! But as a repulican, stay away! You're an excuse to still keep 'em in
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pkonline
I think Americans like Britishness - things like:
posh, pomp, tradition, history, elitism, establishment, royalty etc...
'cos they either don't have it there, or have it less 'in ur face' than we do.
Just look at how many Americans come down to see Buck palace etc... loads of em! But as a repulican, stay away! You're an excuse to still keep 'em in.
posh, pomp, tradition, history, elitism, establishment, royalty etc...
'cos they either don't have it there, or have it less 'in ur face' than we do.
Just look at how many Americans come down to see Buck palace etc... loads of em! But as a repulican, stay away! You're an excuse to still keep 'em in
.Yes this is true - Americans like pomp, elitism and royalty because they do not have it. This is a nice thing to look at but I doubt that most Americans would want it in their own country. The original states broke away precisely to get away from the British system, developed their own codified, entrenched constitution to protect their rights, and based their country and practises upon democracy rather than tradition. Yes, America has its problems and in many ways elitism is now a bigger problem there than it is here, but I believe it established itself upon honourable core values and that should be respected. At least it has a clear constitution which is largely immune from political manipulation, unlike the jumble of tradition, ancient documents, legal precendence and European legislation which forms the mess which is the British constitution.
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foolfarian
Where did the name soccer come from? Did they invent the name so they could claim the name football for their own.
Conspiracy I tells ya
J
Conspiracy I tells ya
J
Actually the word soccer is an english invention. In the olden days, with public schoolboys playing rugby and football, you had Association Football and Rugby Football, which the rich toffs abreviated to 'rugger' and 'soccer', ie "im playing rugger tonight, rather, and soccer tomorrow, once my father has come back from pillaging india of their tea"
elpaw
Actually the word soccer is an english invention. In the olden days, with public schoolboys playing rugby and football, you had Association Football and Rugby Football, which the rich toffs abreviated to 'rugger' and 'soccer', ie "im playing rugger tonight, rather, and soccer tomorrow, once my father has come back from pillaging india of their tea"
Ahhhhhh see, you learn something everyday. That's some random knowledge I can now fish out when banter gets a bit smelly in formal.
Did you know the badger is the most dangerous native british animal.
brilliant
J
elpaw
i would have thought it was frank bruno!
Tad insensitive don't ya think?
What are you a sun reader?
J
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