Any English people?

mrssparkle

Why would you want to live in England? The weather is ****, the food is bland and the people are mostly racists and homophobic and theres a class system and the divide between the groups is only getting bigger. It's not very nice.

You could always emigrate! Sorry but you make too many generalisations. The English people you know may be homophobic, racist and class ridden but not everyone is like that. On the MFP web site alone there are lots of people from different cultures etc.. we are not all so quick to prejudge as you seem to be. Yes, perhaps you do not want to be seen as "the quintessential English person" decribed in the thread that does not mean you have to lamblast what was said so vehemently, the poor girl who started the thread must be sorry she ever wrote it. And no I don't live in a cottage etc but I will accept what she said with good grace!!!!

clarech

I'm a Canadian living on the Isle of Wight just off the south coast of England. I live in a modern townhouse in a village. There is a castle within walking distance of my home. The weather is mostly very good, and I can ride my motorcycle year round. The food is excellent, not bland at all, and the beer is superb. Most of the people I've met since moving here are wonderful. The area has problems with unemployment, but that can be said about a lot of places at the moment. I like where I live. It is physically very pretty, and if you like cycling, hiking, or other outdoor pursuits it's a great place to be. I have zero complaints about the NHS or our local hospital, and my doctor is a great guy. He happens to be German. I'm the one with an accent here, and I'm told it's 'charming' or 'sexy'. I'm occasionally mistaken for an American, but that's ok.

I love the iow go there on my fiances bike whenever someone will have the kids it has some great biking roads we hope to be able yo move there sometime as we love it so much

RoadDog

Your English when in the living room.

In the bathroom European.

susiewusie

Why would you want to live in England? The weather is ****, the food is bland and the people are mostly racists and homophobic and theres a class system and the divide between the groups is only getting bigger. It's not very nice.

You could always emigrate! Sorry but you make too many generalisations. The English people you know may be homophobic, racist and class ridden but not everyone is like that. On the MFP web site alone there are lots of people from different cultures etc.. we are not all so quick to prejudge as you seem to be. Yes, perhaps you do not want to be seen as "the quintessential English person" decribed in the thread that does not mean you have to lamblast what was said so vehemently, the poor girl who started the thread must be sorry she ever wrote it. And no I don't live in a cottage etc but I will accept what she said with good grace!!!!

Well said , I was thinking the same why stay here if she hates it so much ???

just_silk

Glad to be found charming, many thanks :flowerforyou:

fteale

Your English when in the living room.

In the bathroom European.

Sitting room.

LeviFit

Miss Marple is fictional. We just imagine that the grass is greener on the other side (of the pond) but in reality, people are the same where ever you go. Has any one watched the British and American versions of "Shameless".
I rest my case.

danacho

apart from our birth certificate what qualities make you English?

danacho

apart from our birth certificate what qualities make you English?

Mines sarcasm i never leave home without it :-)

Ocarina

LOL! I'm not from England nor my family; they claim to be mostly English and part Irish, but had to step in and say this thread has been a very entertaining read! I plan on visiting the UK one of these days.

brittanyscherich

I went to america once, I hated being called charming. Firstly because I'm not..my accent does not make me charming, secondly because when I think of charming I think rich bellend being a bit smarmy trying to win you over, yuck.

In high school, I had a friend with an English accent, and whenever she cussed, we'd all start laughing. I think it's just the accent that gives the allusion of charm and elegance. But I love it!

brittanyscherich

I'm English but I hate to disappoint you, we don't all live in lovely cottages in the countryside! lol
Px

haha I know! But I think they're adorable!

brittanyscherich

I'm an anglophile

Besides getting to my goal weight and my reward for that my biggest dream is to live in England someday

Aw that awesome! I'd love to visit someday. But I'd never move out of the U.S. I love America (except the government LOL) and its diversity and all the sites.

brittanyscherich

i'm english... from East Sussex by the sea. sorry i've never lived in a cottage but i would love to!! I have some tall family members tho and quite frankly they would just keep hitting their head in a little tudor cottage LOL

one of my posts recently was how 'chuffed' i was that i had lost weight. didn't realise how British that sounded til it was pointed out to me by an American friend lol. was quite honoured that she said she may well use the word in her future!!! think she may confuse a few people tho. sure i can think of some more british -isms too to confuse our friends across the pond :-)

I love those British words! I'm a cashier in a tourist city, and a nice couple came in the other day and asked me where the loo was.

brittanyscherich

Why would you want to live in England? The weather is ****, the food is bland and the people are mostly racists and homophobic and theres a class system and the divide between the groups is only getting bigger. It's not very nice.

But on the other hand, there are no monsoons or true droughts; there is a great national health service; the government isn't massively corrupt; most of the police can be relied upon to do their job; the justice system, although not perfect, is a lot better than in the majority of the rest of the world; statistically, you are unlikely to be raped or murdered (or both), stolen from, beaten up etc; there is very little poverty here (although there *are* homeless people and folk living on the breadline); the postal system works (generally!); the church doesn't try to interfere too much; this is a great climate for growing food; there is a shedload of history; there's loads of great theatre; this is a wonderful multicultural melting pot of diverse cultures (and despite what the media would have you believe, racism *is* on the decline). And there is very little dangerous wildlife (unless you count the chavs)!

Go to Bangladesh and see how people live there - Britain is a paradise by comparison. When amato mio went out there a couple of years ago, he was moved to tears. The class divide is astounding - makes Britain seem devoid of it. In fact, I'm not really aware of a true class divide here - I think it's a bit of a myth, really!

However, it's true that there are pockets of many of the things that Needleknievel mentioned above but I think you'd get that anywhere. I have to agree about the food though! In general, British food sucks! Fortunately, thanks to the aforementioned cultural diversity, it's pretty easy to find good and interesting food.

Despite missing Italy every day of my life, the UK really is not a bad place to live...I do wish it were warmer though!

Oh, and my MIL lives in a cottage in the country (and she *does* speak like the Queen!)! We used to have a cottage too, until we decided to move to a town and bought a converted Victorian shoe factory in 2006! :happy:

I've heard it takes a long time to see a doctor over there! A lot of internationals come to the U.S. for emergency medical care because although it's expensive, you get amazing care. Also, I think a lot of poverty exists and other issues in the U.S. because we always have to recue everyone. We always donate the most when any disaster happens. We're in multiple wars. I feel like the U.S. should focus more on its own people. Because some of us need our own government to help us! Just look at Hurricane Katrina. My husband was there, and had to move from Mississippi bc it was so bad down there.

brittanyscherich

Goktor I disagree strongly with the majority of your points, I am shocked you see the NHS, postal service, police, crime rates and the government in such a good light. As for the class system, once you're at the bottom of it looking up you soon realise how big the divide is - granted its not as bad as other countries but a little bit of a bad thing does not make it right or acceptable.
I don't need to go to Bangladesh to see it there, that's like saying if I had a broken arm go and visit somebody with terminal cancer and see how good I've got it. I don't need to see somebody worse off than me to realise I've still been dealt crap cards.

It has been brought home to me recently how grateful we should be to have the NHS. I have seen topics on here from Americans who do not have health insurance, and they cannot afford to even go to the doctor for a simple check up on something that MAY be minor, but MAY be fatal. I would far rather live in a country where I don't have to put a price on my health lihe that.

If they don't go to a doctor, it's their own choosing. Hospitals and doctors let you do payment plans. It's law that hospitals can not deny you service just because you can't pay. And there's a form in every state you can fill out, stating that you can't pay, then you don't have to pay We had a healthcare bill, similar to your system, pass and should take effect in 2014. A lot of the country is trying to reverse it.

brittanyscherich

Shall I compare thee to a Summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And Summer's lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And oft' is his gold complexion dimm'd;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd:
But thy eternal Summer shall not fade
Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest;
Nor shall Death brag thou wanderest in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou growest:

So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

And of course, the UK has Shakespeare too! :bigsmile:

And we have Elvis Presley! We win

clarech

apart from our birth certificate what qualities make you English?

Sarcasm definatly (love it when people don't get your being sarcastic lol) and I have to say drinking tea which I drink by the bucket load I'm trying to cut down but I love it so much. Oh and you have to talk and moan about the weather at least once a day I think its the law!

brittanyscherich

Why would you want to live in England? The weather is ****, the food is bland and the people are mostly racists and homophobic and theres a class system and the divide between the groups is only getting bigger. It's not very nice.

You could always emigrate! Sorry but you make too many generalisations. The English people you know may be homophobic, racist and class ridden but not everyone is like that. On the MFP web site alone there are lots of people from different cultures etc.. we are not all so quick to prejudge as you seem to be. Yes, perhaps you do not want to be seen as "the quintessential English person" decribed in the thread that does not mean you have to lamblast what was said so vehemently, the poor girl who started the thread must be sorry she ever wrote it. And no I don't live in a cottage etc but I will accept what she said with good grace!!!!

I'm not sorry I wrote it! I didn't mean to generalize that everyone lives in a cottage. Just meant that I think the cottages are lovely. I live in a tourist town and the English are among my favorites. They're so nice and pleasant. They're just great to talk to, always so happy. When it comes to rudeness, I've only met a few rude Canadians. But most of the mean people are from the U.S. A lot of the wealthy people think they deserve everything, and that they're better than everyone just because they have money. I've been cussed out, and that's only happened with Americans. I'm ashamed by a lot of things my fellow citizens do.

brittanyscherich

Why would you want to live in England? The weather is ****, the food is bland and the people are mostly racists and homophobic and theres a class system and the divide between the groups is only getting bigger. It's not very nice.

You could always emigrate! Sorry but you make too many generalisations. The English people you know may be homophobic, racist and class ridden but not everyone is like that. On the MFP web site alone there are lots of people from different cultures etc.. we are not all so quick to prejudge as you seem to be. Yes, perhaps you do not want to be seen as "the quintessential English person" decribed in the thread that does not mean you have to lamblast what was said so vehemently, the poor girl who started the thread must be sorry she ever wrote it. And no I don't live in a cottage etc but I will accept what she said with good grace!!!!

Well said , I was thinking the same why stay here if she hates it so much ???

I think that should be the rule with any place. If you don't like living here, then get out! We certainly won't miss you lol. We get a lot of snow where I live, and a lot of tourists complain that it's so crappy and the worst place and I just want to yell at them to leave, then. I love where I live. It's so beautiful (at least in the summer ) haha.