Anti-American Attitudes in the UK
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Re: Anti-American Attitudes in the UK
The couple arrived shortly after us, he was a little older than me, she immediately struck me as the quiet and dutiful wife who I now know has likely endured decades of being married to the boorish oaf she was with............
I concluded that this little performance was all for my benefit, the "American" in the room, especially as it went on and on.
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Re: Anti-American Attitudes in the UK
Something seems extremely familiar about this guy...especially the attitude to women.
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Re: Anti-American Attitudes in the UK
Not exactly unheard of.
A Point of View: The British and their bizarre view of Americans
For me, I find it curious that the opposite is rather, well, the opposite;
Aside from the backlash from extreme right-wing Americans about Piers Morgan's famous anti-gun debates, the yanks generally don't have all that much to say about Brits, let alone something negative. Still, what the yanks do have to say seems to be pretty innocuous or express some sort of charming "endearment", but little to suggest they feel the same sense of "rivalry".
What Americans think about Britains is revealed in survey | Daily Mail Online
A Point of View: The British and their bizarre view of Americans
For me, I find it curious that the opposite is rather, well, the opposite;
Aside from the backlash from extreme right-wing Americans about Piers Morgan's famous anti-gun debates, the yanks generally don't have all that much to say about Brits, let alone something negative. Still, what the yanks do have to say seems to be pretty innocuous or express some sort of charming "endearment", but little to suggest they feel the same sense of "rivalry".
What Americans think about Britains is revealed in survey | Daily Mail Online
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Re: Anti-American Attitudes in the UK
So you realised early on he was a boorish oaf, and that the whole performance was done for your benefit.......yet you feel that its typical of the overall view of Brits towards Americans? its even crazier than the thread currently in the Aus forum trying to convince Brits in Aus that all Australians hate us
The initial post in this thread should be nominated for some kind of award...
Last edited by Giantaxe; Feb 9th 2015 at 4:50 am.
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Re: Anti-American Attitudes in the UK
Oh well, looks like you guys have taken an unfortunate set against me so no hard feelings, and the advice and thoughts I got in the other threads did turn out to be very helpful.
There's definitely a lot of good info in some of these threads but I'll just lurk and refrain from posting henceforth, it's never good when an auditor comes across as a liar, I obviously need to work on my "florid" writing style.
Adios and thanks again.
There's definitely a lot of good info in some of these threads but I'll just lurk and refrain from posting henceforth, it's never good when an auditor comes across as a liar, I obviously need to work on my "florid" writing style.
Adios and thanks again.
#29
Re: Anti-American Attitudes in the UK
Oh well, looks like you guys have taken an unfortunate set against me so no hard feelings, and the advice and thoughts I got in the other threads did turn out to be very helpful.
There's definitely a lot of good info in some of these threads but I'll just lurk and refrain from posting henceforth, it's never good when an auditor comes across as a liar, I obviously need to work on my "florid" writing style.
Adios and thanks again.
There's definitely a lot of good info in some of these threads but I'll just lurk and refrain from posting henceforth, it's never good when an auditor comes across as a liar, I obviously need to work on my "florid" writing style.
Adios and thanks again.
And it wasn't long before you descended into insulting people...
Do enjoy the West Coast of Phoenix.
Last edited by Hotscot; Feb 9th 2015 at 6:25 am.
#30
Re: Anti-American Attitudes in the UK
Seems that we have have few trollbuster wannabes.
Congratulations it seems you've managed to scare him off. Give yourselves a pat on the back.
Thread closed.
Congratulations it seems you've managed to scare him off. Give yourselves a pat on the back.
Thread closed.