Hi, I am new here and very happy to be able to read opinions of other people above the age of 5.
But I was wondering what the major differences are between say the U.K. and the U.S. are.
Hi, I'm new too.Originally Posted by mesaysi
Differences in what respect? Could you be more specific?
Hello. I am also new. The US is bigger :)
Sorry, yes I should have been more specific. Now keep in mind I really don't know much about the U.K. So politics, holidays, money, life in general.
We're rather fond of the letter 'u' and like to stick it in words such as 'colour', 'neighbour' ext.
This is a good one for linguistic differences. Quite funny
Two threads that may interest you:
http://www.skeptics.org.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=1593
http://www.skeptics.org.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=1342
I'm not saying they are representative of either UK or US opinion in general, but they do throw up some interesting perspectives.
This is a good one for linguistic differences. Quite funny
I agree it was very funny thank you for sharing.
Those are pretty basic questions about one of the worlds major nations. Did you not learn about other countries in school?
I'm assuming you are an American. How much is the average American taught about the rest of the world?
I would have to agree that most of the people I have met in the U.S. are intolerant. Now maybe I just attract such people. (Although I don't see why I would) Most of the people I have met are from western states not southern.
Not much, in fact I was taught more about my home state than any other place on earth. Now I am certainly not speaking about all states as I have not lived in all states so I cannot say what everyone learns.
And I was obviously not taught a thing about computers.
My problem is that I know nothing of the USA - I've never been there.
What state are you from mesaysi?
I think that considering the size of the USA and the number of different states, climates, 'races' of people, etc. it's vastly more variable than the UK.
We're probably fairly homogeneous regarding culture throughout the UK but I would think that the USA would differ more within itself than most other countries so it's hard to compare us to the USA as there's no 'typical' USA (or is there?)
Good idea for a thread though.
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My problem is that I know nothing of the USA - I've never been there.
What state are you from mesaysi?
I think that considering the size of the USA and the number of different states, climates, 'races' of people, etc. it's vastly more variable than the UK.
We're probably fairly homogeneous regarding culture throughout the UK but I would think that the USA would differ more within itself than most other countries so it's hard to compare us to the USA as there's no 'typical' USA (or is there?)
Good idea for a thread though.
I grew up in the state of Utah. I have family & friends from just about everywhere. I personally have been to Idaho, Wyoming, California, Oregon, and the Carolinas.
From what I have seen throughout the U.S. it takes some sort of crisis just to pull some of us together. I am sure you have heard the phrase "United we stand" well I am kind of surprised we haven't fallen yet. The typical American (in my opinion) only looks out for number 1 on a daily basis. Maybe that is because we do differ from state to state and person to person. This is sad and very rarely admitted.
It's not that I don't like it here. But it is more difficult than one might think to find open minded people.
I once heard- and I don't know if it's true, so don't be offended if I'm wrong- that World History in American schools extended to Canada.
(Of course, Australia's not much better. We came from the mother country, and now we're going to bang on about basically 150 years of very boring history for the rest of your school career. At least they call it "Australian history", though)
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