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If you actually were British and had also lived in the US (i am and have) you would realize that despite what is at first glance a common language (but actually very different) there are HUGE cultural differences between the two countries[b], as there are with ANY two countries[/b]. To say that there aren't is ignorant.[/quote]

No. You're wrong.  Cultural differences between Britain and the US aren't HUGE, and they are certainly not as huge as between any two countries.  There are countries whose cultural differences with the U.S. are much, much greater.

You know how I know this?  Wherever there are cultural differences and a community large enough that has an interest in preserving their culture, there will be an infrastructure to support it.  Look at Washington, D.C., this veritable cosmopolitan mecca of America.  Every major ethnic community has built a support system around its wish to support and preserve its culture and traditions, and hand it down to their children.  Russian immersion preschools.  Lebanese churches.  Arab soccer clubs. Indian temples. Cantonese language weekend classes.  A community interested in preserving itself will find a way to service this interest.  And it's just so interesting how the British, who you claim are so very different from Americans in language and culture, have created no institutions to preserve and disseminate these alleged distinctions in the U.S.

British English classes? British weekend schools? British culture courses? Where are they?  British schools of DC sell themselves as international establishments that welcome diversity; their websites say nothing about preserving or embracing British values, British culture, British ways.  For that, you still need to go to Britain. What exactly have the Brits created stateside to preserve their ways? A few random meetups?

So, do you have an explanation?[/quote]

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