Why do Brits have such an inferiority complex with the U.S.?

[Terrywoodenpic]

Reading through a little of this thread demonstrates one clear fact.
It is that Americans seem to be preoccupied with the British and all things British
Perhaps as a way of trying to give them self a false credibility.

 

[Comprehend]

Reading through a little of this thread demonstrates one clear fact.
It is that Americans seem to be preoccupied with the British and all things British
Perhaps as a way of trying to give them self a false credibility.

oh please! that is the exact opposite of what is going on. Do Americans sit around watching british TV all day? NO, the brits sit around watching American TV (and our movies).

Do US newspapers report all about what is going on in the UK all the time? NOPE, but UK newspapers report all about what is going on in America.

American culture is all over the UK because the brits are obsessed.


Feel free to keep telling yourself whatever you want to believe though, you should be easy to fool as you are british.

 

[SoyLeche]

oh please! that is the exact opposite of what is going on. Do Americans sit around watching british TV all day? NO, the brits sit around watching American TV (and our movies).

Do US newspapers report all about what is going on in the UK all the time? NOPE, but UK newspapers report all about what is going on in America.

American culture is all over the UK because the brits are obsessed.


Feel free to keep telling yourself whatever you want to believe though, you should be easy to fool as you are british.

To be fair - I do look forward to watching "Doctor Who" every week.

 

[Terrywoodenpic]

oh please! that is the exact opposite of what is going on. Do Americans sit around watching british TV all day? NO, the brits sit around watching American TV (and our movies).

Brits do not chose to watch American TV It is just that they cost so little for the broadcaster to buy that they flood us with them.
I can not think of an American programme I watch... but they are certainly transmitted. Parliament is trying to restrict the percentage that transmitters can put out. Americans including those who post on these forums seems to very regularly quote the BBC. and you watch many spinoffs from our old established programmes such as the office and antiques road show... some even think they were American shows to start with.

Do US newspapers report all about what is going on in the UK all the time? NOPE, but UK newspapers report all about what is going on in America.

You have that wrong, we get a lot of world news a small part of which sometimes covers America. We are not at all insular.

American culture is all over the UK because the brits are obsessed.

I have yet to meet these people who follow American Culture.. Ok it is mocked a lot on our culture programmes and indepth news programmes, but not to the extent of being obsessive one way or the other.

Feel free to keep telling yourself whatever you want to believe though, you should be easy to fool as you are british.

we are of course free to believe what we like. We do not need pundits to tell us what to believe, we tend to think for ourselves

 

[Don Penguinoini]

Yeah but heroes is great.

 

[mcteethinator]

Do US newspapers report all about what is going on in the UK all the time? NOPE, but UK newspapers report all about what is going on in America.

As opposed to US newspapers, which barely report on anything not American or related to America.

and you watch many spinoffs from our old established programmes such as the office and antiques road show... some even think they were American shows to start with.

As a fan of the original British Office, that saddens me.

Americans like stealing British shows and then claiming it as their own I've noticed.

we are of course free to believe what we like. We do not need pundits to tell us what to believe, we tend to think for ourselves

:yes:

 

[Mike182]

i feel the need to point out that they created an alternative ending for the recent film "Pride and Prejudice" so that the americans could understand it... *giggles*

 

[Smoke]

Do Americans sit around watching british TV all day?

Not all day. I mean, other than World News Today and all the Britcoms and Robin Hood and Dr Who and Graham Norton and EastEnders and Hotel Babylon and Planet Earth and Blue Planet and Life on Earth and Living Planet and The Private Life of Plants and The Naked Chef and Bob and Margaret, it's hard to think of much British programming I've really enjoyed.

Nothing to compare to great American shows like Hope and Faith, right?

 

[Quagmire]

...Monty Python, Benny Hill, Masterpiece Theater,...

And of course, those three little words that should put this debate to rest once and for all...


Catherine Zeta-Jones.

http://uk.gizmodo.com/czj6.jpg


:drool:

 

[Mike182]

Not all day. I mean, other than World News Today and all the Britcoms and Robin Hood and Dr Who and Graham Norton and EastEnders and Hotel Babylon and Planet Earth and Blue Planet and Life on Earth and Living Planet and The Private Life of Plants and The Naked Chef and Bob and Margaret, it's hard to think of much British programming I've really enjoyed.

Nothing to compare to great American shows like Hope and Faith, right?

not a QI fan then? oh well, you can't appreciate everything i guess

 

[Don Penguinoini]

At least english people soung good when they say dandy and spiffy, do you?

 

[Quagmire]

At least english people soung good when they say dandy and spiffy, do you?

I've never really thought about it but you're right, by Jove!

 

[Don Penguinoini]

Oh yarse, how spiffy i say old boy.

Oh yes, what a dandy old lad.

Oh yarse, what jolly good shot old chap!

 

[Quagmire]

Well spoken, old man!

Good form I should say and what's all this then?

Hmmm..It may be time to move the telly out of my flat.

 

[Comprehend]

To be fair - I do look forward to watching "Doctor Who" every week.

I must admit, I have a TV but no TV service so I wouldn't know "Doctor Who" from a hole in the ground... I'm really just saying stuff to keep the brits going....

 

[Comprehend]

Not all day. I mean, other than World News Today and all the Britcoms and Robin Hood and Dr Who and Graham Norton and EastEnders and Hotel Babylon and Planet Earth and Blue Planet and Life on Earth and Living Planet and The Private Life of Plants and The Naked Chef and Bob and Margaret, it's hard to think of much British programming I've really enjoyed.

Nothing to compare to great American shows like Hope and Faith, right?

Wow, you watch a lot of TV...

 

[Comprehend]

I've never really thought about it but you're right, by Jove!

I'll also admit that I really liked reading Sherlock Holmes as a kid but it took a Brit on Coke to come up with that good stuff.

 

[Smoke]

At least english people soung good when they say dandy and spiffy, do you?

Nope. I don't say dandy and spiffy. I'm just a ***; I'm not Vivian Vance.

 

[Valjean]

A *** in the British sense, or the American?

 

[lilithu]

At least english people soung good when they say dandy and spiffy, do you?

Nobody sounds good saying dandy or spiffy. You Brits just think you do.