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Old 19-02-2012, 02:57 PM #1
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Lol, sorry but you really have no idea what you're talking about....
Yes, yes I do.
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Do you mean English people?
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Do you mean English people?
Well, no, really, because they seem to be under the impression that all British people are like that.
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Well, no, really, because they seem to be under the impression that all British people are like that.
I'd say they have a pretty good idea what Scottish and N.Irish are like. Not sure about the Welsh.
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Well I think it's mainly to do with wanting the masses to understand any foreign accents. It's pretty insular but not many Americans travel outside of their own country on holiday and the producers of said shows seem to think they won't understand any regional dialects so it's best to keep it crisp and clear like the Queen.

Adele said when she appeared in Ugly Betty they made her put on a fake accent when speaking, she was so embarrassed she'd never do it again. lol. And Jaime Murray was told she didn't sound British enough for the audience so had to do a fake one even though she has a relatively posh accent anyway.

The number of forums I've been on for shows like Lost etc aswell and the American posters are talking about "that British chick" or whatever and she was actually Australian just shows how ridiculous it is.
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Personally, I hate it. Every time I switch on an American television show, they seem to stereotype British people as having posh accents and being, well, camp. Anyone else hate it?

would you like fries with that and go large for 20 cents more lol
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tbf we stereotype them back, if not more harshly haha!
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tbf we stereotype them back, if not more harshly haha!
LOL...you've just reminded me of the movie 'In Brugus' with the stereotyped 'large, loud and brightly dressed American tourists' who Colin Farrell was being rude to...I don't know if you've watched the movie.....but LOL, yes we stereotype them
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The stereo tyeo works when it comes to people
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Out of all the stereotypes, it's one of the better ones.
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I don't care if they sterotype us, we do it also and not just with Americans. I love our American cousins, a lot of their humour is way superior to ours, and they are probably not far off the mark with some of us I only get peed off with those idiots from TOWIE making it seem like those of us from Essex are all a bunch of TOWIEs
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Personally, I hate it. Every time I switch on an American television show, they seem to stereotype British people as having posh accents and being, well, camp. Anyone else hate it?
Would you rather be thought of as common illiterate peasants?
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Would you rather be thought of as common illiterate peasants?
Why are we then?
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The Irish stereotypes are a lot more crude, IMHO.
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The Irish stereotypes are a lot more crude, IMHO.
What do you reckon the Irish stereotypes are like? .... wait no, you're not thinking of the old englishman, irishman, scotsman type jokes are you..
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What do you reckon the Irish stereotypes are like? .... wait no, you're not thinking of the old englishman, irishman, scotsman type jokes are you..

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I don't know what that means... I certainly don't think that of the Irish if thats what you mean
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I don't know what that means... I certainly don't think that of the Irish if thats what you mean
I'm just kidding with you, Bollo. I usually find you quite respectful of everyone and everything. ...usually.
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Everyone here thinks English people are boring prudes with posh accents and bad teeth. And I'm like, watch BBUK.. it makes BBUS look prudish.
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The only people in America that really still have that perception of British people are ignorant people in the south and middle America.
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The only people in America that really still have that perception of British people are ignorant people in the south and middle America.
Seems as if everyone has their own stereotypes now

Honestly, I don't think of British people as any of the previous comments. One of my best friends from school was from the UK, and she's nothing like that.

And some of y'alls american stereotypes . You don't even know.
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