How Americanzed is The U.K?

RihannaRoyalty · 22/10/13 - 02:54

Tbh I don't see much different apart from we don't have thanks giving and accents

Jane Doh! · 22/10/13 - 02:55

RihannaRoyalty wrote: »

Tbh I don't see much different apart from we don't have thanks giving and accents

Some of us don't have their spelling either.

RihannaRoyalty · 22/10/13 - 02:56

Jane Doh! wrote: »

Some of us don't have their spelling either.

What ??

MoreTears · 22/10/13 - 02:56

RihannaRoyalty wrote: »

Tbh I don't see much different apart from we don't have thanks giving and accents

You have accents -- a lot of different ones.

TheTruth1983 · 22/10/13 - 02:58

The UK is more like the US than it's people care to admit. I guess that comes with being their faithful ball licking lapdog.

BelfastGuy125 · 22/10/13 - 02:59

I dunno why people on here care as much as they do about American things. If you mention Halloween or "proms" etc, you get an ear bashing.

Leewich · 22/10/13 - 03:00

I don't really know to tell the truth. What does confuse me is why people hate Americans so much.

When there is a thread on here about a possible 'Americanisation' creeping into British speech, the vitriol that is written about it is astonishing.

muggins14 · 22/10/13 - 03:01

In the UK we have many different accents, from the obvious Scottish, Welsh and Irish accents (and, I can imagine that many people in those countries also have different accents) to Geordie, Yorkshire, Lancashire, West Country, London, and many many other accents here in the UK.

We don't have Thanksgiving no, America doesn't have Boxing Day or Guy Fawkes.

TheTruth1983 · 22/10/13 - 03:02

Leewich wrote: »

I don't really know to tell the truth. What does confuse me is why people hate Americans so much.

When there is a thread on here about a possible 'Americanisation' creeping into British speech, the vitriol that is written about it is astonishing.

I think people tend to lump the whole population in with the loonies we hear about and the government which is not fair. The vast majority of Americans are decent folk.

sweh · 22/10/13 - 03:03

lulz no accents.

TheTruth1983 · 22/10/13 - 03:03

muggins14 wrote: »

In the UK we have many different accents, from the obvious Scottish, Welsh and Irish accents (and, I can imagine that many people in those countries also have different accents) to Geordie, Yorkshire, Lancashire, West Country, London, and many many other accents here in the UK.

We don't have Thanksgiving no, America doesn't have Boxing Day or Guy Fawkes.

In Northern Ireland, each county has it's own distinct accent. Some counties even have multiple accents.

BelfastGuy125 · 22/10/13 - 03:04

TheTruth1983 wrote: »

I think people tend to lump the whole population in with the loonies we hear about and the government which is not fair. The vast majority of Americans are decent folk.

I think he means on here specifically and not the people he is talking about, more anytime American "concepts" are talked about on here you get some little Englander jumping down someone's throat saying things like "keep that over there we dont do that crap here".

TheTruth1983 · 22/10/13 - 03:07

BelfastGuy125 wrote: »

I think he means on here specifically and not the people he is talking about, more anytime American "concepts" are talked about on here you get some little Englander jumping down someone's throat saying things like "keep that over there we dont do that crap here".

Ah right, I don't pay much attention to the little Englander types, they tend to have little of interest to say.

Give me a gun toting Yank any day

Toby LaRhone · 22/10/13 - 03:08

MoreTears wrote: »

You have accents -- a lot of different ones.

Absolutely!
When I was a teenager I could distinguish a whole range of accents just within my county - a 20 mile circumference of my home.

Edit: agree entirely with posts 9 and 11 :cool:

Serial Lurker · 22/10/13 - 03:14

Some real winners in this thread.

NX-74205 · 22/10/13 - 03:16

Toby LaRhone wrote: »

Edit: agree entirely with posts 9 and 11 :cool:

In a thread about the US? It's a bloody conspiracy! That's what it is, a bloody conspiracy!

lotsobear · 22/10/13 - 03:40

Funny the OP started a thread like this! Me and my uncle were just discussing earlier on tonight about one of the ways in which the UK has become like the US, and he reckons the "compensation culture" is one very prominent example of "Americanization" in the UK.

stoatie · 22/10/13 - 03:43

Spelling "Americanisation" as "Americanization" is Americanisation.

Voynich · 22/10/13 - 03:46

Ha! Yes spelling is different for some words. That should not change in the near future anyway.

McMahauld · 22/10/13 - 03:47

We have many cowboys... and Indians.

Voynich · 22/10/13 - 03:49

Their bums are tramps and our bums are fannies.

stoatie · 22/10/13 - 03:49

Our republicans tend to be on the left.

Toby LaRhone · 22/10/13 - 03:54

I've travelled extensively in the last 15 years and I've only ever found that the "ordinary" people of all nationalities are friendly, helpful, curious, gracious and warm.
The authorities who govern them are another matter.
I have a nephew who was overwhelmed by the hospitality and warmth shown to him whilst backpacking abroad. He speaks with great affection of the people who insisted on offering him shelter and food in Iran.

KMKYWAP · 22/10/13 - 03:57

Voynich wrote: »

Their bums are tramps and our bums are fannies.

That doesn't make any sense.

flower 2 · 22/10/13 - 03:59

does to me.

Jane Doh! · 22/10/13 - 04:07

stoatie wrote: »

Spelling "Americanisation" as "Americanization" is Americanisation.

Thank goodness! I thought it was just me.

Hey there!

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