Do you consider Brits to be Yanks with a funny accent?

[Tank]

Before I went to the USA and got to be immersed in the culture (old yoghurt joke springs to mind) I must confess I sort of expected Yanks to be Brits with a funny accent. It took a while to spot the difference and obviously the Brit and Yank cultures are different. I have come to put this down to the emphasis on the individual in American culture. In the USA it appears to be very much 'Me first, society second' in the UK it's getting more like that but the world I grew up in from '65 to '80 I don't think that's the case. In those days it was more 'society first, me second.' I think this was in part caused by the needs brought about by WWII becoming the aspirations of those of the generation effected by it.

But none the less; Have you in the past or do you now consider Brits to be simply Yanks who speak in a funny accent?

[Businessocks]

Um, who are you calling a Yank?!?   :upset:    


 lol!)

B= reserved, uptight women who wear petticoats and white gloves; A= women proudly display tramp stamps, need I say more?

B= people who wish they were in the US (because everyone does, right?!?); A= people who know the US is the best at everything, period

B= royalty worship; A= star worship


Hmmmm...what am I forgetting?  I hope someone fills you in more.

Oh, one more thing, we are really the same, as evidenced by this video [spoiler:1l96tbze]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t62Y0Z56rI[/spoiler:1l96tbze]  

[Cecilie]

What's a Yank?

[Businessocks]

What's a Yank?

It's a slang term (historically a derogatory one) used by the British to refer to Americans.  It's short for "Yankee."  Here, inside the U.S., the term is also used by people living in the southern states to refer to those in the northern states, also a derogatory term.  

I don't think anyone really gets offended by the term, really, though.  It's become a playful insult.  A Yankee, in either sense, is someone who is incompetent and ignorant.

Interesting side note:  the British-composed song "Yankee Doodle" was written to make fun of American soldiers during the Revolutionary War.  But Americans liked the tune so well, some say they were so ignorant they failed to see the insult, that it's now the official state song of Connecticut.  

[Cecilie]

What's a Yank?

It's a slang term (historically a derogatory one) used by the British to refer to Americans.  It's short for "Yankee."  Here, inside the U.S., the term is also used by people living in the southern states to refer to those in the northern states, also a derogatory term.  

I don't think anyone really gets offended by the term, really, though.  It's become a playful insult.  A Yankee, in either sense, is someone who is incompetent and ignorant.

Interesting side note:  the British-composed song "Yankee Doodle" was written to make fun of American soldiers during the Revolutionary War.  But Americans liked the tune so well, some say they were so ignorant they failed to see the insult, that it's now the official state song of Connecticut.  

[Tank]

Um, who are you calling a Yank?!?   :upset:    


 lol!)

B= reserved, uptight women who wear petticoats and white gloves; A= women proudly display tramp stamps, need I say more?

B= people who wish they were in the US (because everyone does, right?!?); A= people who know the US is the best at everything, period

B= royalty worship; A= star worship


Hmmmm...what am I forgetting?  I hope someone fills you in more.

Oh, one more thing, we are really the same, as evidenced by this video [spoiler:5ry1u1zm][youtube:5ry1u1zm]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t62Y0Z56rI[/youtube:5ry1u1zm][/spoiler:5ry1u1zm]  

I'm a bloody republican! Once QEII snuffs it I think a lot of people will suddenly lose interest in the big eared twat that is supposed to follow on!

[McQ]

To the original question, I don't think I ever saw Brits as Yanks with funny accents. I mean, yeah, you guys do have funny accents, but I see big cultural differences in our people. The U.S. really started parting ways with British culture when the first cowboy killed a cow, ground up the meat, and made a burger. It was all downhill from there!
 

[Dretlin]

I can name about 4/5 accents in Scotland, so I am unsure if it should be considered.

Stereotype alert!

Do Americans think a southern English accent is universal in the UK?

[Businessocks]

Stereotype alert!

Do Americans think a southern English accent is universal in the UK?

Nope, not at all.

[pinkocommie]

I can name about 4/5 accents in Scotland, so I am unsure if it should be considered.

Stereotype alert!

Do Americans think a southern English accent is universal in the UK?

I don't.  I was a pretty dedicated stage actor when I was younger, though, and I studied accents.  

[i_am_i]

My wife is British. I ilved in England for four years and we're now planning to move back there. So...well, my answer is no.

For Yanks with funny accents visit Alabama.

[Thumpalumpacus]

The damnedest accent I ever heard was a kid in basic training from the North Carolina Appalachians.  It made a Scottish brogue sound pedestrian.

[i_am_i]

The damnedest accent I ever heard was a kid in basic training from the North Carolina Appalachians.  It made a Scottish brogue sound pedestrian.

Have you even been to rural Louisiana, down on the Gulf? Some of those old Cajuns, I swear, it's a real job making out what they're saying. "Ah wohny goyin down the flah. Lousie? Ge mah huh ova duh wabbo." Anyway that's what it sounded like to me.

[Thumpalumpacus]

The damnedest accent I ever heard was a kid in basic training from the North Carolina Appalachians.  It made a Scottish brogue sound pedestrian.

Have you even been to rural Louisiana, down on the Gulf? Some of those old Cajuns, I swear, it's a real job making out what they're saying. "Ah wohny goyin down the flah. Lousie? Ge mah huh ova duh wabbo." Anyway that's what it sounded like to me.

Being from East Texas, I've run across a few Cajuns, they are a kick in the britches.

[Will]

I consider Canadians to be Brits with funny accents and Americans to be Australians without a tan and the Irish to be intoxicated.