[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Americans & Brits

[chanteuse thalia chaunacy]

to wit, seattle is a unique american enclave that tends to house 
a 'cosmopolitan, intelligent feel' unlike *many* other american 
megalopolises (how on earth is that properly spelled when plural?).  i 
grew up in the seattle area, then went off to college in the los angeles 
area, which suffice to say is very, very different. (not intending to 
insult anyone; i personally hated it unendingly.)  my point is -- the usa 
is so blooming big and complexly diverse that to say It is any one Thing 
will always be highly inaccurate.  i daresay, based purely on size, one 
can hazard such things about england a bit more fairly (with the 
necessary disclaimers about stereotyping and whatnot).

cheers and gumdrops
thalia 'first posts are always better when they piss people off' chaunacy

"Ah, music. A magic beyond all we do here!"  -Albus Dumbledore

DumbleDad wrote:

"As an Englishman living in the USA my opinion may not be typical of
other Brits, but I find adult Americans well mannered, well educated, and 
far from arrogant. This will partly be where I live: Seattle seems full 
of a rich variety of people and has a cosmopolitan, intelligent feel.

But many many English people do think of Americans as arrogant. In my 
opinion this is because we once ruled the world and resent the fact that 
we don't any more, you do. All the mistakes and excesses Britain made in 
its empire phase America seems to be making now, and rather than 
recognise that Brits tend to be bitter about it."