What makes you think of England?
Jan 9th, 2006, 07:27 AM
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Plastic beer glasses with wasps in
The smell of cut grass
Leather on willow.
The sound of a Merlin engine
The smell of linseed oil
The smell of bacon sandwiches.
The hot dog vans outside White Hart Lane (you must never eat the hot-dogs but the frying onions is a nice smell on a cold winters night)
Bovril
Brass band music (but not the oompah kind)
Cider (possibly in a plastic glass with a wasp in it).
Darts
Morris Dancing (foreigners: Don’t ask)
Men dressed as women for comic effect
People not taking themselves too seriously
The smell of cut grass
Leather on willow.
The sound of a Merlin engine
The smell of linseed oil
The smell of bacon sandwiches.
The hot dog vans outside White Hart Lane (you must never eat the hot-dogs but the frying onions is a nice smell on a cold winters night)
Bovril
Brass band music (but not the oompah kind)
Cider (possibly in a plastic glass with a wasp in it).
Darts
Morris Dancing (foreigners: Don’t ask)
Men dressed as women for comic effect
People not taking themselves too seriously
Jan 9th, 2006, 07:29 AM
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Jan 9th, 2006, 09:15 AM
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I like the goofy answers that people have given that presumably they must think about in order to think of England (". . .real ale"
OR they are actually in England and they see them (". . . the Scenery"
-- Music to the Brit-coms on public television and the theme from Thames Productions
-- Two-lane blacktops in wooded areas
-- Bentleys
-- Older men walking small dogs
-- Crooked yellow teeth (it may make some of you FEEL better to think that this is a 'tired cliche about the UK')
-- long-sleeved soccer (yes, I know) jerseys
-- a plain, pint glass of beer without a head
-- BP gas stations
-- cloudy, cool, wet days
OR they are actually in England and they see them (". . . the Scenery"-- Music to the Brit-coms on public television and the theme from Thames Productions
-- Two-lane blacktops in wooded areas
-- Bentleys
-- Older men walking small dogs
-- Crooked yellow teeth (it may make some of you FEEL better to think that this is a 'tired cliche about the UK')
-- long-sleeved soccer (yes, I know) jerseys
-- a plain, pint glass of beer without a head
-- BP gas stations
-- cloudy, cool, wet days
(we have a pale copy in france called the same)
Jan 9th, 2006, 09:35 AM
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"Lazy American" reporting here....
monarchy
common law
Shakespeare
many many novels
much poetry
precise language
books, in general
the "accent"
flowers
well loved dogs
appreciation for pets, in general (I read too much J. Herriot many yrs ago?)
cottage gardens
good tea
bad food
Magna Carta
good manners
restraint, or stereotype of restraint in speech
excess alcohol drinking
humor (but clashes with another stereotype of stuffiness)
stereotype of appreciation for eccentricity (clashing with stereotype of conformity)
orderliness (lines, etc.)
mystery movies with rain scenes
traditional Christmas
sweet bucolic scenes
wartime courage of residents
monarchy
common law
Shakespeare
many many novels
much poetry
precise language
books, in general
the "accent"
flowers
well loved dogs
appreciation for pets, in general (I read too much J. Herriot many yrs ago?)
cottage gardens
good tea
bad food
Magna Carta
good manners
restraint, or stereotype of restraint in speech
excess alcohol drinking
humor (but clashes with another stereotype of stuffiness)
stereotype of appreciation for eccentricity (clashing with stereotype of conformity)
orderliness (lines, etc.)
mystery movies with rain scenes
traditional Christmas
sweet bucolic scenes
wartime courage of residents
Jan 9th, 2006, 09:58 AM
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When I lived away from the UK, the one thing that made me think of England more than any other, was Test Match Special.
This is a rather eccentric program that provides commentry on Cricket test matches , but combines the cricketing theme with a great number of eccentric characters.
Otherwise I would agree with most of David's list - Except to put Fox hunting in the negative section (But if you see a picture of a hunt, where else most people associate such an activity but England- and I do know they hunt in Celtic regions as well).
This is a rather eccentric program that provides commentry on Cricket test matches , but combines the cricketing theme with a great number of eccentric characters.
Otherwise I would agree with most of David's list - Except to put Fox hunting in the negative section (But if you see a picture of a hunt, where else most people associate such an activity but England- and I do know they hunt in Celtic regions as well).
Jan 9th, 2006, 10:29 AM
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Watching my "Secret Agent" and "Prisoner" DVD's!
Yes, I know Patrick McGoohan is a Scot.
Nevertheless, these shows remind me of those crazy 60's when anything British (esp. London or Liverpool) was exceptionally groovy!
Yes, I know Patrick McGoohan is a Scot.
Nevertheless, these shows remind me of those crazy 60's when anything British (esp. London or Liverpool) was exceptionally groovy!
Jan 9th, 2006, 11:58 AM
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>"tired cliche" is redundant.<
Hmmmmmm. When does a fresh, new turn of phrase become a cliche', and when does a cliche' become tired?
If a cliche' is still in constant use, is it tired?
Hmmmmmm. When does a fresh, new turn of phrase become a cliche', and when does a cliche' become tired?
If a cliche' is still in constant use, is it tired?
