Boy d

Ah yes, so lets add diversity.....

not sure Canada embraces the US but given the relations between the 2 it has a profound impact on the place...good and bad. Yes Canada is diverse....and culturally it's many things to many people. There are many things that unite us. Each area has its own Culture certain to that region.Granted we are young and are still defining our identity, which can be elusive...perhaps that is our identity.....figuring out what we are....if we feel we need to that is.

With respect to how certain things impact daily lives....can it not be said that the same applies to everyone and everywhere...did n't see any castles in my bit of the UK, nor all the pomp and pagentry that we do so well...in fact it came down to fish and chips, footy (which i loathe), pubs and corrie....that was my collective culture.....I get we have shared history etc that unites us...but day to day...is it not the case of same shit different pile?

Can't say i felt anymore culturally enriched in the UK than here. Don't get me wrong I love our history etc, but I equally love what there is here...it's.,well different.....

So I challenge you then....what precisely is culture?

lmartin999

Everything you can't find here.

Boy d

Typically British smug sarcyness of no use.....i guess we won't find that here will we now......

lmartin999

I'm Canadian. I don't understand the rest of your post though.

Boy d

there can certainly be more High Brow Culture found in the UK rich in the arts, history etc, although i'd hardly say that all of the UK is rich with it. Most industrial areas of the UK are hardly steeped in the stuff although granted it can be found close at hand with relatively little effort.....

I have a chuckle to myself when I think of a bunch of Millwall fans or toursits in Ibiza.....I hardly doubt they are cultural ambassadors for all things British......my old man has never been to London, never been to a theatre or an art gallery.....doesn't drink fine wines or listen to Mozart.....typically working class British sharing such cultural traits as he swills Newcastle Brown Ale and partakes in tripe and the occassional fish supper.....ah to be British.....

Boy d

Really, by birth or by choice....as am I. Still, if one has spent time in the UK, British sarcyness rubs off does it not? Just like your command of our language has:

http://britishexpats.com/forum/showt...27#post9471527

christmasoompa

Let's not stoop to personal insults eh? Welcome back btw.

edmontonian

Oh definitly , I lived about 15 miles from Birmingham and know a few people from there. Great shopping just wouldnt like to be there after dark.
Love the market, get some great bargins from the Oasis. Sigh come to think of it I dont need West edmonton mall with is 850 shops and pubs and every kind of food you can think of, plus multi cinemas and a wave pool that hold 2000 people, plus much much more oh not to forget the indoor amusment park. Bugger it Im coming back to the UK!

note to wife if your reading this, dont get ya knickers in a twist, Im only joking, you will be able to still come and shop till ya drop hun.

Tuppence

A bit like "Hristmasoompa C" or "Uppence T"?

Boy d

Please enlighten one.....where was the insult? I was pointing out a typically British trait in the context of a thread about culture. No insult intended at all. Happen you should switch your perspective.

thanks for blowing my cover

Almost Canadian

Your post on rainfall in BC did that

iaink

Blowing your cover?

Boy d

since i simply switched the d with a b ....i'd hardly say it was not obvious....i was of course being sarcy....

christmasoompa

Or........by the way.

Alan2005

Yes, welcome back mate.