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Old 09-20-2006, 14:26 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by M21Sniper View Post
Americans are viewed as drunken uneducated overweight lazy assses overseas- that's what i've always heard.

That's HARDLY the same as the image of the humorless, dry, pompous, superiority complex laden image Brits have here, largely perpetuated by movies and the like.
What a terribly intelligent response from an American, old bean...

I wonder if much of it comes simply from a different style of expression in print. British writing tends to be more formal and measured, American more colloquial and emotive...

Mind you, that probably sums up most of the differences between Americans and Brits...
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