Our apparent view of Brits.
In this article about class creating the ultimate split between Prince William and his gf of many years, CNN has distastefully placed a little poll in the lower corner asking Americans if the British are snobs. The results are currently showing an overwhelming 90% are voting yes. WTF?
I am mildly offended that this poll even exists. Hoping that my beloved Brits will never sink so low to ask whether or not we Americans are ignorant and ethnocentric. If they see this display by CNN, I think I know what their answer might be.
posted by h.Lo @ 9:49 AM
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Could be, but it seems like they have no problem asking the same things about the French (at least the CNN poll didn't ask if we thought the Brits smelled bad!)
http://www.expatica.com/actual/article.asp?subchannel_id=25&story_id=30189
At least the US-UK and UK-FR rivalries are mostly friendly.
This poll seems to indicate that Americans AND western Europeans make a seriously bad impression on the rest of the world:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3185291.stm
--Dave
Wow - that BBC report is hilarious! I especially laughed at this comment: "British tourists were described as 'drunken, yobbish, and spitting'." Absurd! I'm slightly pleased that our country pulled in at number 3, and not in the top 2. Thanks for sharing this!
By the way, the other article... even more absurd! Generalize away, media...
Is The Daily Telegraph (whose editorial staff evidently think that French people stink) more of a tabloid than a serious newspaper?
Not sure, but I certainly hope so!
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