What are the British Like
Oct 7th 2007, 11:01 am
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Oct 7th 2007, 11:02 am
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Re: What are the British Like
Oct 7th 2007, 11:05 am
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Re: What are the British Like
it really hasn't ever bothered me one way or the other until this was brought up on expats but thinking about it the americans need to move on...if they were born here then they are american. on meeting someone i don't want to know all about their heritage for goodness sake....they were born american and that's it, end of story for me.
Oct 7th 2007, 11:11 am
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Re: What are the British Like
I was commenting on the fact that it seems to bother you when Americans express their ethnic identity. I don't see it being any different in the UK.
The Irish-Americans see themselves as American first. I'm not so sure many of the newcomers see themselves as Brits first, even second generation.
Oct 7th 2007, 11:14 am
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i have already said in a previous post that it doesn't bother me about the american's ethnic identity ...however i have stated my views as the subject was mentioned on here.
Oct 7th 2007, 11:23 am
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Your point is true - funny slightly off topic story for you. My grandfather's side of the family was Swedish - but the family has been here since the 1800's - so there's not much of a tie obviously. (And I don't call myself a Swedish-American
) My grandfather did speak Swedish however, he'd learned it growing up as a boy from his community and family. He was privileged enough to meet some Swedish royalty when they came to San Francisco a few decades ago (he was part of some welcoming committee or similar - obviously I'm sketchy on the details). He spoke to the Swedes in Swedish, and later asked how well he spoke.Well, they told him, it's how we spoke about 100 years ago.
I always thought that was a great story.
Oct 7th 2007, 11:29 am
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I was just teasing you TruBrit.
Your point is true - funny slightly off topic story for you. My grandfather's side of the family was Swedish - but the family has been here since the 1800's - so there's not much of a tie obviously. (And I don't call myself a Swedish-American ) My grandfather did speak Swedish however, he'd learned it growing up as a boy from his community and family. He was privileged enough to meet some Swedish royalty when they came to San Francisco a few decades ago (he was part of some welcoming committee or similar - obviously I'm sketchy on the details). He spoke to the Swedes in Swedish, and later asked how well he spoke.
Well, they told him, it's how we spoke about 100 years ago.
I always thought that was a great story.
Your point is true - funny slightly off topic story for you. My grandfather's side of the family was Swedish - but the family has been here since the 1800's - so there's not much of a tie obviously. (And I don't call myself a Swedish-American
) My grandfather did speak Swedish however, he'd learned it growing up as a boy from his community and family. He was privileged enough to meet some Swedish royalty when they came to San Francisco a few decades ago (he was part of some welcoming committee or similar - obviously I'm sketchy on the details). He spoke to the Swedes in Swedish, and later asked how well he spoke.Well, they told him, it's how we spoke about 100 years ago.
I always thought that was a great story.
Oct 7th 2007, 11:48 am
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Re: What are the British Like
I was just teasing you TruBrit.
Your point is true - funny slightly off topic story for you. My grandfather's side of the family was Swedish - but the family has been here since the 1800's - so there's not much of a tie obviously. (And I don't call myself a Swedish-American ) My grandfather did speak Swedish however, he'd learned it growing up as a boy from his community and family. He was privileged enough to meet some Swedish royalty when they came to San Francisco a few decades ago (he was part of some welcoming committee or similar - obviously I'm sketchy on the details). He spoke to the Swedes in Swedish, and later asked how well he spoke.
Well, they told him, it's how we spoke about 100 years ago.
I always thought that was a great story.
Your point is true - funny slightly off topic story for you. My grandfather's side of the family was Swedish - but the family has been here since the 1800's - so there's not much of a tie obviously. (And I don't call myself a Swedish-American
) My grandfather did speak Swedish however, he'd learned it growing up as a boy from his community and family. He was privileged enough to meet some Swedish royalty when they came to San Francisco a few decades ago (he was part of some welcoming committee or similar - obviously I'm sketchy on the details). He spoke to the Swedes in Swedish, and later asked how well he spoke.Well, they told him, it's how we spoke about 100 years ago.
I always thought that was a great story.
In the US, Tangier Island, not so far from Britvic, has a native population that still speak in Elizabethan accents.
Our ancestors,” said James Russell Lowell, “unhappily could bring over no English better than Shakespeare’s.” Shakespeare died in 1616; the Pilgrims landed four years later; Jamestown was founded in 1607.
No doubt the Spanish spoken in Mexico and the Spanish spoken in Puerto Rico have evolved differences as well.
Oct 7th 2007, 12:02 pm
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Re: What are the British Like
That is also fairly common with the French in Quebec vs French in France. The French in France consider the language in Quebec to be archaic. I suppose the same would be true of any country that the people left to settle elsewhere.
In the US, Tangier Island, not so far from Britvic, has a native population that still speak in Elizabethan accents.
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In the US, Tangier Island, not so far from Britvic, has a native population that still speak in Elizabethan accents.
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Oct 7th 2007, 12:17 pm
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