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It must be the celt in me but I always support the Irish, welsh or scots whenever they're playing.

It gives me goose pimples just hearing the teams sing the national anthem.

Nomad wrote: On a different tack, funny isn't it. An English person will supposrt a Welsh Scottish or N.Irish team if they get jnocked out. But it never happens the other way around........









Those bastards !Do they!

Nomad wrote: On a different tack, funny isn't it. An English person will supposrt a Welsh Scottish or N.Irish team if they get jnocked out. But it never happens the other way around........



Those bastards !


Thats cause England never got invaded by any of us lot, and just see us as plucky, but mostly harmless, losers. Try asking an English person to support Germany and see what happens.

Galbally wrote: Thats cause England never got invaded by any of us lot, and just see us as plucky, but mostly harmless, losers. Try asking an English person to support Germany and see what happens.


How right you are....I have a list





England

Ireland, Scotland or Wales (in alphabetical order so as not to upset anyone)

The 'underdog'I am almost certain I wouldn't support Germany in a 'final'...sounds a bit churlish though...



I would really like to see the USA do well in the world cup....honest...

sherry wrote: It must be the celt in me but I always support the Irish, welsh or scots whenever they're playing.



It gives me goose pimples just hearing the teams sing the national anthem.






I was at Tampa Stadium some yrs ago for a Superbowl when Whitney Houston sang the National Anthem while fighter jets flew overhead. Every cell in my body lit up !



Bagpipes doing Amazing Grace do the same to me.

When I hear someone sing danny boy. It does it to me every time.

Why is it that Britain has the World Cup which has countries from all over the world taking part....and the USA has the World Series where only teams from the USA play?? Always found that one a puzzler!

I don't have a chip on my shoulder honsestly (!) but also, why is it that it's Ok to be a nationalist and fly the flag when you're Scottish, Irish or Welsh but if you're English and fly the St Georges cross people view you as some kind of thug or rascist? Also, we celebrate St patricks day in England for some reason (probably because it's a good excuse for a **** up.lol.) but not St Georges Day-it's not even a holiday!!

Not fair!!

OK, moan over.

Because the ars*h*les who are the BNP or combat 18 hijacked the union flag and the st georges flag.

I say it's time to reclaim our flags from them and fly them again.

When St Patricks day comes along anyone who has some irish blood instantly becomes a plastic paddy as they call them, it's just a good time for a **** up.

To be fair to Ken Livingstone, he does give the same amount to money to the organisers of St Georges day as he does to the people who organise St Patricks day. However they get sponsorship from lots of other companies to suppliment their budget and so put on a better show.

But I agree it should be a public holiday.

sherry wrote: When I hear someone sing danny boy. It does it to me every time.






Im changing my name to Danny boy.

Ignore the PC brigade and fly the flag.....

Galbally wrote: Yeah a jumper over here means "sweater" though older people say pullover as well. What you call "sneakers" we call "trainers" or "runners" or "pumps" or something. There really are loads of these but I can't think of them off the top of my head, and i don't know the American usages for a lot of things despite the fact I know they are different in some way. Oh yeah the one I always was baffeled by was "turnpike" I can honestly say I didn't know what a "turnpike" was or why people would go near such dangerous sounding objects until about 3 years ago, great word though. The Aussies have a few different words too, though in general their English is much closer to ours than American English.


hahahaha PUMP's here are ladies dress shoes, heels you know. that cracks me up.

Jumper yeah I was lost with that one for ages.

Mad I love it

in the Americas if you are mad, you are angry.

Across the pond you all say some one is mad that means they are crazy.

Combined I think one would be crazily mad, kind of in a rampant terrorist psycho kind of way. eeeeek like Farlie with his gun on a bad mad day.

Oh yes, pantomime....it's currently the 'pantomime season' here in england, loads of 'z-list' celebrities dressing up as women and shouting 'it's behind you!!' Personally I think it's jsut an excuse for men to wear make up and stockings and get away with it (much like The Rocky Horror Show-or the New Romantic movement*lol*)

I noticed that when I try and buy anything 'Christmassy' on the net and it's American it invariably say 'Happy Holidays' or something similar. Why not 'Happy Christmas'??

Also, I think it's in Bradford (but don't quote me!) they've banned Christmas to call it 'Winterval' -apparently not to offend the ethnic minorities. Ludicrous.

Another difference- Father Christmas/Santa Claus

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Why is it so offensive? I bet if they asked people of different faiths they probably wouldn't mind!

Rather than surpress one religious festival, celebrate them all. I reckon we could have half of the year off from work with national holidays. Someone suggest it, quick!!

I believe an aubergine is and eggplant and a nursery is a Kindergarten (but I suppose thats a German word initialy)

I don't know if our friends in the U S of A know that there's actually offficial campaigns here to keep the English language English. TBH we have adopted a lot of Americanisms through TV mostly, but some folk here get quite animated about the subject. I however, couldn't comment *lol*

SnoozeControl wrote: Christmas contains the word "Christ" which apparently is inappropriate and could cause non-Christians to riot and loot just at the thought.

I'm joking... who can understand the thought process of the politically correct?


PMSL Snoozecontrol!!

If I lived in the USA I think I'd has a real problem with my blood pressure. You really do have the worst kind of PC lobbyists. Between that and the god botherers I think I'd walk around in a red mist *lol*

I think they should be forced to watch 'The Life of Brian' on a loop until they beg for mercy.

posted by katy1

I don't have a chip on my shoulder honsestly (!) but also, why is it that it's Ok to be a nationalist and fly the flag when you're Scottish, Irish or Welsh but if you're English and fly the St Georges cross people view you as some kind of thug or rascist? Also, we celebrate St patricks day in England for some reason (probably because it's a good excuse for a **** up.lol.) but not St Georges Day-it's not even a holiday!!


Fly the St George's cross by all means when english fans used to wave the union flag when supporting england that used to be really irritating. It's nice seeing the english becoming more nationalistic, northerners always have been distinct anyway t's the south east that seem to lack character:sneaky:

posted by katy1

I don't know if our friends in the U S of A know that there's actually offficial campaigns here to keep the English language English. TBH we have adopted a lot of Americanisms through TV mostly, but some folk here get quite animated about the subject. I however, couldn't comment *lol*


These kind of campaigns always amuse and are a bit pointless. English is an eclectic language and always has been that's why it has become so pervasive-don't have a word for it borrow one or make it up. Take out all the foreign words or made up ones and you are stuffed-what would you call a television for instance, you wouldn't be able to go your hols on an aeroplane use a telephone, what would you wash your hair with-shampoo is an indian word we stopped washing after the romans left.

Head up north it gets even weirder, in somerset they eat faggots up here we throw them on fires and I'm not too sure what americans do.

We have half loafs, pan loafs, rolls, trying to get a tuna roll in London is a surreal experience.

Why do southerners both here and the US speak so slowly?

As to christmas-how do you think pagans feel having thei best festivals pinched and turned in to boring church services because the godly didn't like people partying too much but does anybody worry about them being offended? Why ban christmas how about we have ramadan-skip the fasting and prayer bit and go straight to the feast, but allow alcohol so as not to offend the christians.

quote GMC....Head up north it gets even weirder, in somerset they eat faggots up here we throw them on fires and I'm not too sure what americans do. ....mostly beat them up.