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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As someone who also lived in Britain I will tell you what really irritates the British and that's when Americans make snide comments or jokes about [b]teeth or British food being terrible or how America defeated Britain in the Revolutionary War as if they ever cared, or how America saved Britain's ass during WWII while completely ignoring that Britain literally fought the war single handedly for two years before the US joined, or the women are ugly, or that it's still a class ridden society with toffee ruling the roost and cheeky cockneys everywhere, or that the British are still obsessed with empire and imperial decline[/b]. You get the idea. I loved living in Britain and I'm a proud American as well but there's definitely an element of arrogant jingoism that can manifest itself among some Americans and many British have seen that enough times. So if you complain about arrogant British people sneering at Americans, remember it goes both ways. [/quote]

Is any of that untrue?  No.

By far the worst snide remarks come from the British about Americans.  
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I'd argue much of it is untrue or pointlessly exaggerated - such as the teeth and food, especially when plenty of Americans have bad teeth and there's plenty of mediocre food in the US. Nor is it anywhere remotely true that "toffs" run the UK. [b]And there's something petulant and childish in crowing about a victory that occurred 250 years ago. [/b]

Claims that "by far the worst snide remarks come from the British about Americans" is unsubstantiated and even ironic given that plenty of Americans make nasty comments and jokes about all types of nationalities. If there are Brits who don't like Americans, they are hardly alone as many people globally don't like Americans. Our pointless and botched invasion of Iraq never went down well and only portrayed the US as big, nasty bullies. [/quote]

Not really, when it was a victory that decided the fate of the entire world and certainly the fates of the two countries involved.

Also many people globally dislike the British- I don't know that's a good defense for being rude to them (though I suppose I could try it) [/quote]

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