Are we being Americanised?
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And what's with all the coffee shops everywhere?
What s wrong with blokes meeting in pubs and women meeting in, I dunno, shoe shops or somewhere.4 -
I think it's a dub version of the old Ottowan track, "She is G E I C O, she is G E I C O..."The_President said:I have no idea what GEICO is. Is it something to do with Fridges ?
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I don't say either, I hate the things.MillwallFan said:
You say tamato, I say tomato...AddicksAddict said:
People asking 'can I please have...' instead of 'May I please have...'.MillwallFan said:People saying "can I get..." Instead of "can I please have...."
And now the new one, starting a sentence with 'so'.
Gets on my tits.
Gets right on my tits.1 -
Had to be Obama.....happyvalley said:While on the subject of Americans I was reading an article about the excessive noise over Windsor Castle made by overhead aeroplanes. Apparently a visiting American dignitary asked Prince Phillip in all seriousness why it was built so close to Heathrow.
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Oh sorry, you did say dignitary.....limeygent said:
Had to be Obama.....happyvalley said:While on the subject of Americans I was reading an article about the excessive noise over Windsor Castle made by overhead aeroplanes. Apparently a visiting American dignitary asked Prince Phillip in all seriousness why it was built so close to Heathrow.
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No. We're being Islamised.3
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Like he gives a shit!Bournemouth Addick said:
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With the OPs example of adverts. Many famous US actors do advertising abroad as generally people back in their homeland are unlikely to see it. I know people such as Di Caprio have done TV adverts out in Asia. It's no different really.
As for not finding American comedies funny. Well it's all personal preference but they produce a wide variety of comedy shows and comedians that if you don't find at least some part of it amusing then I personally would question someones sense of humour.1 -
The coffee shops are more American than European. I cringe when I see people here sitting behind a "bucket" of hot milk & coffee with all sorts of shite in it and on top of it. Some of the large cups/mugs in Starbucks have two handles to carry them.Off_it said:And what's with all the coffee shops everywhere?
What s wrong with blokes meeting in pubs and women meeting in, I dunno, shoe shops or somewhere.
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Not by Cory Gibbs0
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been happening since the Boston tea party .. the UK is far more closely tied in most ways to the USA than to Europe2
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I think the US actors we're seeing in our ads at the moment are probably desperate for work and cheap.1
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That's a mirror, not a countryRodneyCharltonTrotta said:The country is getting noticeably fatter yes.
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You're right. The one on your mum's ceiling. ;-)cafcdave123 said:
That's a mirror, not a countryRodneyCharltonTrotta said:The country is getting noticeably fatter yes.
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haha, prick!RodneyCharltonTrotta said:
You're right. The one on your mum's ceiling. ;-)cafcdave123 said:
That's a mirror, not a countryRodneyCharltonTrotta said:The country is getting noticeably fatter yes.
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RodneyCharltonTrotta said:
You're right. The one on your mum's ceiling. ;-)cafcdave123 said:
That's a mirror, not a countryRodneyCharltonTrotta said:The country is getting noticeably fatter yes.
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Says someone called The President...The_President said:I cant help but notice that a heck of a lot of advertising 'requires' American actors - EE,Direct Line,Hotels.com being 3 current examples.
This, along with the influx of Americans and American themes with Top Gear as another example, just shows how much American influence is being exerted in the media nowadays.
To me, looking at humour as an example, i really dont 'get' US humour - it just doesnt make me laugh (Simpsons aside) and i deliberately swerve away from anything American in that respect.
Why do we need to import all this yank rubbish?14 -
I know, right? It's like, OMG, what is wrong with you people?MillwallFan said:People saying "can I get..." Instead of "can I please have...."
And now the new one, starting a sentence with 'so'.
Gets on my tits.
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A Millwall fan correcting grammar. End times people.Jints said:
I know, right? It's like, OMG, what is wrong with you people?MillwallFan said:People saying "can I get..." Instead of "can I please have...."
And now the new one, starting a sentence with 'so'.
Gets on my tits.3 -
Look mate, you don't need to hint around it, you can just call me by name.The_President said:
Which is another reason as to why we should need to bring in all this US crap.Callumcafc said:Bizarrely, a lot of British actors are invading US media as well. A lot more Brits in Hollywood than 10-20 years ago.
I think it's more a symptom of globalisation, rather than something limited to just the UK.
Netflix is currently awash with some fantastic British shows that they've collaborated on or are promoting in the States. Just started watching "The Missing" on Amazon Prime and it's gripping. Armando Iannucci has an incredibly successful, critically acclaimed show in "Veep," an Americanized version of The Thick of It that doesn't lose that fast, clever dry wit. I feel like these things tend to go in waves, and it seems right now that we're going through a pretty heavy period of exchange.
For all of the American crap you get, there is some fantastic American television, Veep as mentioned previously, first series of "True Detective," Game of Thrones (which is American produced but very international, and lots of other things I can't think of off the top of my head. Oh, and we've taken John Oliver as a national treasure since you lot couldn't find a fucking thing for him.3 -
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Best current American show is probably Unreal, but I'm probably the only one who thinks this. I don't really like television tbh0
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Thanks for the balance SD- i knew you'd chip in !SDAddick said:
Look mate, you don't need to hint around it, you can just call me by name.The_President said:
Which is another reason as to why we should need to bring in all this US crap.Callumcafc said:Bizarrely, a lot of British actors are invading US media as well. A lot more Brits in Hollywood than 10-20 years ago.
I think it's more a symptom of globalisation, rather than something limited to just the UK.
Netflix is currently awash with some fantastic British shows that they've collaborated on or are promoting in the States. Just started watching "The Missing" on Amazon Prime and it's gripping. Armando Iannucci has an incredibly successful, critically acclaimed show in "Veep," an Americanized version of The Thick of It that doesn't lose that fast, clever dry wit. I feel like these things tend to go in waves, and it seems right now that we're going through a pretty heavy period of exchange.
For all of the American crap you get, there is some fantastic American television, Veep as mentioned previously, first series of "True Detective," Game of Thrones (which is American produced but very international, and lots of other things I can't think of off the top of my head. Oh, and we've taken John Oliver as a national treasure since you lot couldn't find a fucking thing for him.
Tell you what , if we give you back Matt LeBlanc, Kevin Bacon and Harvey Keitel (who i like) - then can we have John Oliver back then please (whoever he is !)1 -
You guys ..........3
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Nothing wrong with a drop of hot milk with your coffee. But agree, in huge buckets, with all sorts of syrups and squirty shit in it, that's a no no to any coffee connoisseureaststandmike said:
The coffee shops are more American than European. I cringe when I see people here sitting behind a "bucket" of hot milk & coffee with all sorts of shite in it and on top of it. Some of the large cups/mugs in Starbucks have two handles to carry them.Off_it said:And what's with all the coffee shops everywhere?
What s wrong with blokes meeting in pubs and women meeting in, I dunno, shoe shops or somewhere.
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It's probably been said on here already, but the increasing use of the word "gotten" never feels right in this country.
Fine in the US, but not here.1 -
It's definitely been said on here already, but "gotten" is a wonderful old English word that is all the better for its reinstatement in this country.
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No, fuck off, keep them.The_President said:
Thanks for the balance SD- i knew you'd chip in !SDAddick said:
Look mate, you don't need to hint around it, you can just call me by name.The_President said:
Which is another reason as to why we should need to bring in all this US crap.Callumcafc said:Bizarrely, a lot of British actors are invading US media as well. A lot more Brits in Hollywood than 10-20 years ago.
I think it's more a symptom of globalisation, rather than something limited to just the UK.
Netflix is currently awash with some fantastic British shows that they've collaborated on or are promoting in the States. Just started watching "The Missing" on Amazon Prime and it's gripping. Armando Iannucci has an incredibly successful, critically acclaimed show in "Veep," an Americanized version of The Thick of It that doesn't lose that fast, clever dry wit. I feel like these things tend to go in waves, and it seems right now that we're going through a pretty heavy period of exchange.
For all of the American crap you get, there is some fantastic American television, Veep as mentioned previously, first series of "True Detective," Game of Thrones (which is American produced but very international, and lots of other things I can't think of off the top of my head. Oh, and we've taken John Oliver as a national treasure since you lot couldn't find a fucking thing for him.
Tell you what , if we give you back Matt LeBlanc, Kevin Bacon and Harvey Keitel (who i like) - then can we have John Oliver back then please (whoever he is !)1 -
I don't think we can afford John Oliver anymore - he is bloody brilliant though.The_President said:
Thanks for the balance SD- i knew you'd chip in !SDAddick said:
Look mate, you don't need to hint around it, you can just call me by name.The_President said:
Which is another reason as to why we should need to bring in all this US crap.Callumcafc said:Bizarrely, a lot of British actors are invading US media as well. A lot more Brits in Hollywood than 10-20 years ago.
I think it's more a symptom of globalisation, rather than something limited to just the UK.
Netflix is currently awash with some fantastic British shows that they've collaborated on or are promoting in the States. Just started watching "The Missing" on Amazon Prime and it's gripping. Armando Iannucci has an incredibly successful, critically acclaimed show in "Veep," an Americanized version of The Thick of It that doesn't lose that fast, clever dry wit. I feel like these things tend to go in waves, and it seems right now that we're going through a pretty heavy period of exchange.
For all of the American crap you get, there is some fantastic American television, Veep as mentioned previously, first series of "True Detective," Game of Thrones (which is American produced but very international, and lots of other things I can't think of off the top of my head. Oh, and we've taken John Oliver as a national treasure since you lot couldn't find a fucking thing for him.
Tell you what , if we give you back Matt LeBlanc, Kevin Bacon and Harvey Keitel (who i like) - then can we have John Oliver back then please (whoever he is !)
I'm in a bar in New England watching a baseball game - that's something that will never, ever catch on in England btw - and an advertisement just came on featuring James Corden (and I don't think it was for his show, for a theme park or something). So it runs both ways, we get Kevin Bacon and they get Smithy.
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Milky drinks are for breakfast, and kiddy-winks. Espresso only after 11:00am. (You can have an Americano if you are feeling a little feeble.)MillwallFan said:
Nothing wrong with a drop of hot milk with your coffee. But agree, in huge buckets, with all sorts of syrups and squirty shit in it, that's a no no to any coffee connoisseureaststandmike said:
The coffee shops are more American than European. I cringe when I see people here sitting behind a "bucket" of hot milk & coffee with all sorts of shite in it and on top of it. Some of the large cups/mugs in Starbucks have two handles to carry them.Off_it said:And what's with all the coffee shops everywhere?
What s wrong with blokes meeting in pubs and women meeting in, I dunno, shoe shops or somewhere.
Otherwise you might just as well have a strawberry Nesquik.2 -
Coffee is disgusting. You're all welcomed to it.3
