Do you ever approach fellow British people in the US?
Aug 29th 2008, 3:35 pm
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Re: Do you ever approach fellow British people in the US?
So I just took a drive from my garden to the beach. I stopped at a very busy crosswalk near the beach, there's lot's of bars, tourists, kids on skateboards, strollers etc. I wanted to take care that no one crossed at the green light before I made a right turn. Someone drove up behind me and laid heavily on their horn before I safely proceeded with my right turn.
After pulling next to me she wound her window down and an older lady in her mid 50's screamed out of her passenger window "Stop bloody posing" in an English accent. I guess because I was driving my convertible Jaguar. Ironically she was driving a newer ( and cheapo) X-type Jaguar.
Must be my week for meeting British arseholes.
I drove off before she detected my accent and screamed BEEEEEEMMINGHUUUUUUM
After pulling next to me she wound her window down and an older lady in her mid 50's screamed out of her passenger window "Stop bloody posing" in an English accent. I guess because I was driving my convertible Jaguar. Ironically she was driving a newer ( and cheapo) X-type Jaguar.
Must be my week for meeting British arseholes.
I drove off before she detected my accent and screamed BEEEEEEMMINGHUUUUUUM
Aug 29th 2008, 3:44 pm
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Aug 29th 2008, 3:53 pm
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Re: Do you ever approach fellow British people in the US?
Aug 30th 2008, 1:34 am
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Re: Do you ever approach fellow British people in the US?
yes....but thats because I never shut up talking...
and to hear another english accent, well thats just like saying "talk as fast as you can in your mother tongue" because they'll understand me...
and to hear another english accent, well thats just like saying "talk as fast as you can in your mother tongue" because they'll understand me...
Aug 30th 2008, 4:31 am
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Re: Do you ever approach fellow British people in the US?
I left in August of 2003 and drove my 2002 S-Type across the country. I thoroughly enjoyed that car but didn't have much cause for it in Maine. Being a Jag snob worked perfectly well in SoCal but didn't mean a damn thing to New Englanders and was completely impracticle in a Maine winter. Got rid of it and bought a Ford F150 super cab 4 x 4! Works much better in the snow
Aug 30th 2008, 7:54 pm
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Re: Do you ever approach fellow British people in the US?
It's so true that you can tell Brits by their looks! I can't quite put my finger on why though - is it dress sense - or is it peoples' faces? Maybe it's just intuition.
Mrs tonrob's German - and we can spot her fellow countrypeople a mile off too - even if their armpits are covered!
Mrs tonrob's German - and we can spot her fellow countrypeople a mile off too - even if their armpits are covered!
Aug 31st 2008, 2:42 am
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Re: Do you ever approach fellow British people in the US?
LOL - I spend a lot of time in an area of Spain which attracts people from all over the world, not just Europe, and my favourite game is guessing the nationality. It's definitely about dress sense, rather than skin tone - although the Germans do seem to have their own special shade of sun tan brown!
Aug 31st 2008, 12:58 pm
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Re: Do you ever approach fellow British people in the US?
in an ideal world, a crowd would spontaneously drag that driver from their car and depants them. people who honk for no reason are the worst. they're such inconsiderate jerks.
Aug 31st 2008, 1:36 pm
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Re: Do you ever approach fellow British people in the US?
You should have seen the mug on it. Like a bulldog licking piss off a nettle.................... of course I thought of that insult after she wound her window up, after she called me a poser :curse:
Aug 31st 2008, 2:35 pm
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Re: Do you ever approach fellow British people in the US?
LOL - I spend a lot of time in an area of Spain which attracts people from all over the world, not just Europe, and my favourite game is guessing the nationality. It's definitely about dress sense, rather than skin tone - although the Germans do seem to have their own special shade of sun tan brown!
Sep 2nd 2008, 4:47 am
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Re: Do you ever approach fellow British people in the US?
I hear at least one British accent around 50% of the time that I am out. It's nice to hear and used to surprise me in the middle of Texas but not so much these days. I never approach them though, but a few come and say hi 
Sep 2nd 2008, 5:42 am
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Re: Do you ever approach fellow British people in the US?
Hey! Hey!...Dey don't do dat do dey .....visions of young Melly being surrounded by men with curly hair, moustache's and brightly coloured shell suits 
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/image...usetrio203.jpg
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http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/image...usetrio203.jpg
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I'm sorry, I just have to post this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBYlXfjKru4
We live in the arse end of nowhere, but there's a National Monument in town and we do get tourists.
