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**UnduttRit** · 03-18-2008, 03:00 PM

Lots and lots of stuff.

The British - About half of the British would be really angry at being called European, so that should provide an apt starting point. The main beef with the Brits is that they’re considered the lapdog of the U.S., and are anti-European because the U.S. tells them to be so. They are considered polite, but maybe a bit two-faced (hence “Janus Britain”) and snobby. The Scots and Welsh are tolerated and liked, inasmuch as that no one really knows too much about them outside the UK, but the English are those that bear the brunt of negative sentiments among other Europeans. After all, London is in England.

Jeez Kenzan - I hope you cut and paste this stuff otherwise you have no life at all

I think you under-estimate mon ami! About 95% of Brits would be angry at being called European. But, of course, being Brits, we wouldn't tell get angry about it. We'd just mumble and mutter and get down to the pub to plan our next holiday - in Europe.

The European Union keeps on trying to get us to be more like each other but the best thing about Europe is being different to each other - and that is something to celebrate. When I go somewhere foreign I want it to be different and not like Birmingham. Vive la difference, sage-ich!

03-18-2008, 03:00 PM	#6
UnduttRit Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 368 Senior Member	Lots and lots of stuff. The British - About half of the British would be really angry at being called European, so that should provide an apt starting point. The main beef with the Brits is that they’re considered the lapdog of the U.S., and are anti-European because the U.S. tells them to be so. They are considered polite, but maybe a bit two-faced (hence “Janus Britain”) and snobby. The Scots and Welsh are tolerated and liked, inasmuch as that no one really knows too much about them outside the UK, but the English are those that bear the brunt of negative sentiments among other Europeans. After all, London is in England. Jeez Kenzan - I hope you cut and paste this stuff otherwise you have no life at all I think you under-estimate mon ami! About 95% of Brits would be angry at being called European. But, of course, being Brits, we wouldn't tell get angry about it. We'd just mumble and mutter and get down to the pub to plan our next holiday - in Europe. The European Union keeps on trying to get us to be more like each other but the best thing about Europe is being different to each other - and that is something to celebrate. When I go somewhere foreign I want it to be different and not like Birmingham. Vive la difference, sage-ich!
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