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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 7/30/2008 5:26:30 PM
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agapetos
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One of my Brit friends told me he's a well know womanizer, or was in the past?? Well I've never heard any scandal about him... perhaps he was before he married, but then so are many men. I'm pretty sure that if he'd had affairs since he married, it'd have hit the headlines ~ and been constantly repeated.
I've only seen 'The Queen' once and I don't really remember how his character came across in it.
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 7/30/2008 6:55:53 PM
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teaspoon I have heard that stuf about him too. But you never know what is the truth.
Lexie glad I am not the only one who has seen this, because I was going to say our media have reporters that are based in the UK and even UK reporters themselves that talk about William being the next King. I think that's what the people want more than Charles, especially after he married Camilla. I was sure I heard something about the Queen not really liking the idea of Camilla that close to the crown either...
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 7/30/2008 7:13:00 PM
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I was sure I heard something about the Queen not really liking the idea of Camilla that close to the crown either...
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But you never know what is the truth.
'nuff said...
If you really want to know whether Prince Phillip has had affairs, do a search for it. I'm not really into that sort of gossip (which is what it is). I have no problem talking about what I do know about them, but I don't go for gossip like this.
I did catch something on tv the other day that was really interesting....
When Charles and Diana's marriage was breaking up and there was a lot of animosity between them, they made it public. As did the men who came into Diana's life.
Who kept her mouth shut about her relationship with Charles and her marriage break-up? Camilla. I'm not condoning the fact she had an affair, but her silence has earned a lot of respect.
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 7/30/2008 7:25:28 PM
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Nah, I don't buy magazines or newspapers or get into it, I just see it on the news programmes. I am not in for gossip like that either. Its none of our business really.
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 7/31/2008 2:43:17 AM
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I recently watched The Queen w/ Helen Mirin and was wonderin if the portrayl of Prince Philip was accurate? One of my Brit friends told me he's a well know womanizer, or was in the past??
Sorry! I've never watched it.
I'm not really that into the Royals, generally.
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 7/31/2008 9:36:47 AM
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I can never get over when I go to the book store and I see the number of magazines solely about the royals. I always wonder who here is obsessed enough to buy them (especially since they're $10).
My grandmother loved following the royals. She showed me a scrapbook she had of newspaper clippings of the royals that she started as a young girl. The first was some royal wedding in the 1920's. The last was a photo the Queen Mother on her 100th birthday (I think it was then.) It was pretty interesting how she started it as a girl and kept it going until she was in her 90's.
But I can understand an attachment for her generation, not so much us anymore. Especially since the way the media treats them is so different.
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 7/31/2008 10:06:37 AM
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My grandmother loved following the royals. She showed me a scrapbook she had of newspaper clippings of the royals that she started as a young girl. The first was some royal wedding in the 1920's. The last was a photo the Queen Mother on her 100th birthday (I think it was then.) It was pretty interesting how she started it as a girl and kept it going until she was in her 90's. I'm not really that interested in them, but that would have been interesting to see, especially because it may have covered the abdication.
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Especially since the way the media treats them is so different. I think a lot of it is the media, some of it is the behaviour of the royals themselves though. Some of the royals live pretty quietly (ie out of the public eye) even though they have a lot of royal engagements ~ and the media don't create a fuss about them. I've always liked Princess Anne ~ she always seems to have come across as down to earth and honest ~ and she's no coward either (there's been at least one kidnap attempt on her with a loaded gun and she refused to go ~ while serious, there's a funny side to it as she tells the potential kidnapper what she thinks of his request to go with him!).
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 7/31/2008 10:18:42 AM
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I've always liked Princess Anne ~ she always seems to have come across as down to earth and honest ~ and she's no coward either (there's been at least one kidnap attempt on her with a loaded gun and she refused to go ~ while serious, there's a funny side to it as she tells the potential kidnapper what she thinks of his request to go with him!).
I would've loved to have read that!
I don't know too much about The Royal Family for the same reason I don't know much about most public figures..... I don't read the magazine and newspaper articles about them. It just seems like the 1% that isn't gossip also isn't my business. KWIM?
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 7/31/2008 5:50:19 PM
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There's a short version here.
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 7/31/2008 7:45:41 PM
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agapetos didn't say that that thread had to do with American policing other countries.
She said "Another thread was about whether Americans should be able to police other countries".
You've quoted it yourself already here! (I've bolded it and also made the "Another" big so that you can see it clearly).
You are correct, I misread her post and thought the quoted post was being attributed to a thread about Americans policing other countries.
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 7/31/2008 9:29:51 PM
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Is all of Britain non smoking? I heard something about it the other day. I didn't know if it meant just in public places or what, from the way they were carrying on about it.
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 7/31/2008 9:36:28 PM
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Is all of Britain non smoking? I heard something about it the other day. I didn't know if it meant just in public places or what, from the way they were carrying on about it.
IIRC, no smoking in restaurants, pubs, shops or places of work. That would even include a cab for a cab driver, or a truck for a truck driver.
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 7/31/2008 9:58:00 PM
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Thank you. :)
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 7/31/2008 10:50:00 PM
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Prior to a few years ago I though all English speaking countries were the same, ie US, UK, AU, Can. I didn't think there was a difference. Except I thought Canadians lived in igloos...LOL JK.
One thing I do remember as a child though is thinking that the Brits were cold and snobby. I think that goes back to cartoons portraying the villian (the intelligent ones) with an English accent. I don't recall any specific cartoons, but I'm pretty sure it was cartoons that made me feel like that. And, it wasn't always an English accent, sometimes it was the upper-class east coast accent, but I didn't know the difference back then.
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 8/1/2008 5:12:29 AM
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I have a question (for the Yanks  )
I read this recently in another thread
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However, I don't think our country will ever come to that... Britain on the other hand could.
Another thread was about whether American should be able to police other countries.
Why do so many Americans think so badly about the UK (and most of the rest of the world). Sometimes it seems as though you've all been brainwashed into thinking America is the only Christian country.
I know that you don't all think this way, but I want to know why some of you do ~ and why some feel they (being American) are superior to the rest of the world.
I haven't been in the threads that you've mentioned.
For me, and me only, I had some preconceived misconceptions about Brits.
In school we learned that the Pilgrims came over here in part due to religious reasons. Basically what we learned was that the UK wanted all citizens to worship as the same denomination. Then there were things like the Boston Tea Party and the Revolutionary War. I'm not sure when the UK and the US became allies. I know it was before WWI.
Church-wise I pictured the UK as having a mother church and that it was similar to the Catholic church. It wasn't until I was in my 20s or so that I learned that wasn't true. Any churches from the UK that I've seen on TV all look very old. They are lovely buildings and I'm sure that they are rich in history. However, to me, they look like places that you'd never raise your voice above a whisper and certainly never smile.
If I remember correctly, the UK had mainstream homosexual characters on TV quite a few years before the US did. For many years I thought that most Brits either didn't go to church, they didn't believe what was taught if they did go to church or their churches condoned such practices. Now I know that is about as true in the UK as it is in the US.
Most of the British persons I've seen on TV are The Royal Family, Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair. Naturally, they are almost always proper rather than casual. The few British sitcoms that I've viewed have a dry sense of humor to them. I get them because according to my family and friends I have a dry sense of humor too. However, a lot of Americans don't understand dry humor and so they equate that to Brits not having a sense of humor at all. This kind of makes Americans forget that y'all sit around in your jeans and tees and have a good time laughing and joking around just like we do.
Also, don't you know that American is a Christian nation? If you're born in America, then that automatically makes you a Christian!! I'm kidding, but sadly there are many Americans who are going straight to hell because they believe that.
I probably could go on, but that's probably more than you wanted to know.
Also, it's after 2 am so all of that is probably clear as mud. 
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 8/1/2008 8:39:03 AM
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If I remember correctly, the UK had mainstream homosexual characters on TV quite a few years before the US did. For many years I thought that most Brits either didn't go to church, they didn't believe what was taught if they did go to church or their churches condoned such practices. Now I know that is about as true in the UK as it is in the US.
I've heard a couple of Americans say things like because we have legal gay marriage, we all agree with it and that means we're not Christian. (I haven't heard this here but in real life). And I remember thinking "I watch your television, I watch your movies, I listen to your music....you can't be Christian either!" How funny how people judge others by the culture. In the same way we don't like labels being applied to us we sometimes find ourselves applying them to others.
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 8/1/2008 10:32:39 AM
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I think one of the problems is here in the US, people are so overly concerned about their personal freedoms and rights that everything becomes a battle that could potentially last for years in the courts.
Many other countries can see the big picture, while here in the US, many people cannot see past the end of themselves.
I don't think it's a "better than" issue...I think it's just selfishness issue sprinkled with paranioa
eta to make sense...sorta
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 8/1/2008 11:25:59 AM
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Can someone post a link to that thread?
This is the thread. It is in the Woman's Issues (just a warning if any guys happen to be reading it!). I deliberately didn't post it because it wasn't a discussion about whether the burka should be worn but just the impression that I had about what Americans thought of the English.
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 8/1/2008 11:31:11 AM
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Sounds more like what one person thinks about the English and then didn't bother to explain.
Not sure how Britain could come to that...on any level.
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