and if you think of Britain, what comes to your mind then?

[JWBooth]

 

[Zebra]

Scottish whisky

 

[westwall]

I can't believe I am the only one who mentioned the spreading of the English language.

Consider how a U.S president can go to almost any country and there will be representatives in those governments who speak perfect English. There is no other country on earth who can expect that.

How many governments have citizens fluent in Swedish (but in Sweden they are taught English in their schools). German? Chinese? Japanese?

The British made English the language of business. The Americans helped this continue with their dominance as a super power (which is why I say it must not fail).

Second as a necessarily language of business might be French or Spanish, but that's a distant second. Chinese is too difficult to speak and far more difficult to read/write, also not based on the latin origins.

Communication is the most valuable skill in global friendship and peace.

Before the language of trade was English it was French, and before that it was Spanish, and before that it was Mongolian, and before that it was Latin, in other words, the language of trade is always changing.

 

[Slyhunter]

Chips

 

[Zebra]

cider

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

.

I love the Geico ads with the lizard with the Cockney accent, especially this one talking about free pie and chips, so when I went to England, I had to have at least one meal of pie and chips.

 

[Baron]

for me::driving on the left hand side ....

and the royal family


and what do you think of?

 

[luiza]

The most inspired culture and superior intelligence .

Why do they always win whilst the US has forgotten what it feels like ?

 

[Hyddan92]

Urban dystopia, white street beggers, incomprehensible dialects.

 

[Zebra]

nice coins

 

[ShahdagMountains]

What’s going on in Northern Ireland?

Rioters throw petrol bombs at police during second day of Ballymena riots

A water cannon and less-than-lethal rounds were fired at some of the crowds.

metro.co.uk

 

[Zebra]

Admiral Nelson

 

[toobfreak]

Disgusting food. Poor houses. Stupid government.

Poor houses? Maybe in Liverpool. I was in England about 2.5 years ago and stayed in an area where the homes are considered historic national monuments. Owners are not allowed to make renovations to them. They are hundreds of years old.

I can go either way on some of the food.

 

[ShahdagMountains]

Poor houses? Maybe in Liverpool. I was in England about 2.5 years ago and stayed in an area where the homes are considered historic national monuments. Owners are not allowed to make renovations to them. They are hundreds of years old.

I can go either way on some of the food.

The national dish is chicken tikka and chips.

 

[Zebra]

cheers!

 

[Captain Caveman]

Disgusting food. Poor houses. Stupid government.

Britain, not the US.

 

[Captain Caveman]

for me::driving on the left hand side ....

and the royal family


and what do you think of?

Correct English

Shit government

Scotland, Wales, and NI being the Achilles heal of England

 

[ShahdagMountains]

Benny Hill
Monty Python
Ricky Gervais
Blackadder and other works by Rowan Atkinson
Bad teeth
Worse food
The Empire (not in a good way)
Overarching Government
Welfare State
Aston Martin
American Satrap
Whoever wrote the plays and sonnets attributed to Shakespeare
Viking playground

You’re out of touch. Woefully.

Our neighbors across the pond may be slowly catching up to us in the space race, but there’s one area we never thought we’d see parity — our teeth.

Countless famous Brits, like Austin Powers and even Prince Charles in that photo-album the dentist in The Simpsons showed Ralph to get him to brush more, have had terrible teeth, while we in America are known for our expensive orthodontics and sterling smiles.

But a new study casts doubt on American oral exceptionalism, making the case that Brits are actually missing fewer teeth than Americans and that the disparities between the teeth of the rich and poor are much more significant in the land of the free.

In fact, these new findings are just solidifying what is hardening into scientific consensus. The BBC has long objected to the popular perception of British teeth, cataloging the many reasons that they view it as unfair.

“At the age of 12, children in the United Kingdom have on average better teeth than their American counterparts.

“In England there are, on average, 0.6 decayed missing or filled teeth per 12-year-old. In the United States, the figure is double this.

“In 2012, seven out of 10 people in Britain visited the dentist, compared with four in 10 Americans.”

When they put it this way, the problem actually seems pretty serious. Dental hygiene seems like just another field in which the United States is falling behind other developed countries.

Americans Have Worse and Fewer Teeth Than British People

The dentistry jokes end now.

www.inverse.com

 

[ShahdagMountains]

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[Eman623]

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