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Post by ILoveTheRazzleKid on Aug 26, 2005 19:15:41 GMT
We've had 'the mysterious south' so what are your expectations of the merry old england slash uk??? All fish and chips and tea and scones???  |
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Post by caroline, maybe on Aug 26, 2005 19:42:04 GMT
well, when I think of england (I've been there once, in sixth grade, and only to London)...
an awesome accent, high tea, double decker buses, telephone booths, those little cabs (I forget what they're called), fashionable people, unpretentious people with a good sense of a humor, good music, lots of greenery, plays, really great architecture, overcast weather (which I love), fish and chips.......
yeah pretty much every stereotype in the book.
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Post by polly on Aug 26, 2005 20:20:32 GMT
Sorry to say it but London doesn't really count...Theres a theme park quality to the touristy bits especially.
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Post by tamm on Aug 26, 2005 20:24:42 GMT
boarding schools....well behaved young children in uniforms.
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Post by caroline, maybe on Aug 26, 2005 20:26:49 GMT
Sorry to say it but London doesn't really count...Theres a theme park quality to the touristy bits especially. yeah, that's what I figured. kind of like saying the US is like New York. |
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Post by sel on Aug 26, 2005 20:53:39 GMT
ah i do love our weather!
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Post by natalie on Aug 26, 2005 21:51:00 GMT
its so funny to hear non english peoples views on england because its nothing like what we english people experience or see everyday.I mean i dont like fish and chips, i have never been to boarding school and i rarely see the classic red telephone box anymore.I also find it funny that we know so little about parts of america as it is one of the most (the most?) well known countries in the world its quite funny our view of it is hillbillys on rocking chairs with banjos,and cheerleaders and jocks (the whole teen movie crap)
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Post by telluah on Aug 26, 2005 22:00:57 GMT
lords and ladies...no im just kidding. well my dad lived in london during the early 80's while he tried to be a rock star. all i heard was to get the fish and chips and to stay away from the mexican food (i don't know why, my dad just said he had a bad burrito)
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Post by Sanguine on Aug 26, 2005 22:43:36 GMT
I have no idea what England is like, but I want to visit there so bad. My brother's friend is from England, but he's really boring and never says anything when I ask him about England. Random, but ya.
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Post by vintagechic1251 on Aug 27, 2005 2:44:15 GMT
i looovveee England. I wanna move there someday lol.
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Post by caroline, maybe on Aug 27, 2005 4:21:13 GMT
i looovveee England. I wanna move there someday lol. me too! I don't think I'd want to live there forever, since all of my family is over here... but I'm definitely planning on it for a yr or two. |
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Post by Porcelain on Aug 27, 2005 9:27:24 GMT
i live in scotland..but still think of england as red buses and red telephone boxes..and blue police boxes...i love them all though i think the red telephone box should be everywhere,they are fantastic..i travelled to one..cause i love them then took a picture..because i am sad  when i think of newcastle i think of black and white strips and alan sherer...or however you spell his name |
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Post by sweetie on Aug 27, 2005 15:35:12 GMT
The young seem to take continuous holidays to other countries and exotic locales, party all the time in pubs and clubs, listen to great music, don't care about how they look (ex. weight issues) like in the US, and are more laid back with lots of friends! FUN FUN!!! |
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Post by caroline, maybe on Aug 27, 2005 15:57:05 GMT
The young seem to take continuous holidays to other countries and exotic locales, party all the time in pubs and clubs, listen to great music, don't care about how they look (ex. weight issues) like in the US, and are more laid back with lots of friends! FUN FUN!!! I think I understand what you're saying, but I'm not sure... come again? |
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Post by apple on Aug 27, 2005 17:51:07 GMT
i know that london scares me and it smells funky!  |
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Post by mickey o'neil on Aug 27, 2005 18:47:47 GMT
i just think football football football. i equate everything in england and the rest of europe to what team is where.
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Post by purplepixie on Aug 28, 2005 1:40:41 GMT
When I think of England I think of The Beano, chocolate (Yorkie bars, Cadbury Buttons) NMEs... so basically stuff my relatives get me when they're over there.
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Post by sarah on Aug 28, 2005 10:15:34 GMT
when i think of newcastle i think of black and white strips and alan sherer...or however you spell his name haha you'd be right there. pretty much half of the population in this city live up to the geordie stereotype. I hate football. Which is quite annoying considering I live in one of the most football obsessed cities in the world lol we have drunk football hooligans and orange girls that wear next to nothing even in the winter... but we also have whats becoming one of the nicest cities in the country and great local bands - see the futureheads and maximo park. swings and roundabouts innit x |
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Post by Porcelain on Aug 28, 2005 10:22:01 GMT
god orange girls...glasgow is invested with them
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Post by daisy on Aug 28, 2005 17:37:45 GMT
boarding schools....well behaved young children in uniforms. sorry, but that REALLY made me laugh, thinking about my school.....it couldn't be more different  on the topic of orange people, my mum did a course in liverpool (she's a teacher), and she said everyone their looks like they're spent their life on a beach....or look like they're trying to look like that  ....haha, this is REALLY random, but my friend's from liverpool, but he doesn't have an accent, but when he's on the phone to his mum, he suddenly has an accent, HAHA.xx |
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