Are you a snob?
Jan 19th 2009, 4:05 am
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Re: Are you a snob?
Well, yes it was a loaded question as I've admitted, but I don't think it's any less troll-like than the stock responses doled out to pretty much any question on this forum by the usual suspects. It's something that's been bugging me for a while now. People like yourself and most of the other people who've popped up out of the woodwork to reply to this thread are so unrelentingly negative - you (group you, not you in particular) come across as a pack of bullies.
I wondered to myself, what would an outsider make of it all. And the conclusion I came to was that they'd think you all sounded like a load of post-colonial snobs without a good word to say about anything or anyone, unless it was draped in the Union Jack. The sort of people who talk loudly to Spainish waiters to help them understand 'English' or who'd head for the Rose and Crown pub in Cyprus to experience authentic local nightlife.
Just my two cents.
I wondered to myself, what would an outsider make of it all. And the conclusion I came to was that they'd think you all sounded like a load of post-colonial snobs without a good word to say about anything or anyone, unless it was draped in the Union Jack. The sort of people who talk loudly to Spainish waiters to help them understand 'English' or who'd head for the Rose and Crown pub in Cyprus to experience authentic local nightlife.
Just my two cents.
That was worth a
Jan 19th 2009, 4:22 am
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Re: Are you a snob?
mmmmm interesting, so I guess this site should really be called British Immigrants? I like it!
Jan 19th 2009, 5:46 am
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Jan 19th 2009, 5:49 am
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Re: Are you a snob?
If so, sign me up.
Jan 19th 2009, 5:51 am
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Re: Are you a snob?
Come on in. You'll find plenty of company round these parts, please don't leave your xenophobia and ignorance at the door - we want to hear *all* about it.
Jan 19th 2009, 5:56 am
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Re: Are you a snob?
Nah - not expat - hate that word. An expat's someone who moves to a country on a temporary basis, lives in a ghetto-style enclave of fellow countrymen, makes no effort to fit in and refuses to accept that they're actually in another country, and slags off anything local, before hopping on a plane 'home' a year or two later.
I'm an immigrant.
I'm an immigrant.
Jan 19th 2009, 5:57 am
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Re: Are you a snob?
Well, yes it was a loaded question as I've admitted, but I don't think it's any less troll-like than the stock responses doled out to pretty much any question on this forum by the usual suspects. It's something that's been bugging me for a while now. People like yourself and most of the other people who've popped up out of the woodwork to reply to this thread are so unrelentingly negative - you (group you, not you in particular) come across as a pack of bullies.
I wondered to myself, what would an outsider make of it all. And the conclusion I came to was that they'd think you all sounded like a load of post-colonial snobs without a good word to say about anything or anyone, unless it was draped in the Union Jack. The sort of people who talk loudly to Spainish waiters to help them understand 'English' or who'd head for the Rose and Crown pub in Cyprus to experience authentic local nightlife.
Just my two cents.
I wondered to myself, what would an outsider make of it all. And the conclusion I came to was that they'd think you all sounded like a load of post-colonial snobs without a good word to say about anything or anyone, unless it was draped in the Union Jack. The sort of people who talk loudly to Spainish waiters to help them understand 'English' or who'd head for the Rose and Crown pub in Cyprus to experience authentic local nightlife.
Just my two cents.
Jan 19th 2009, 6:00 am
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Re: Are you a snob?
Absolutely. But then if we're going to get pedantic, not everyone who posts on here is British, either. If you know of a forum where the posters don't wallow in it, kindly enlighten me - this place is more depressing than the Xmas edition of Eastenders.
Jan 19th 2009, 6:02 am
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Re: Are you a snob?
The fact that you watched the christmas edition of Eastenders is probably more depressing than the christmas edition of eastenders.
Jan 19th 2009, 8:51 am
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Jan 19th 2009, 8:52 am
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