(To my British friends: Yes, we're celebrating our liberation from your tyranny and taxes. But, dudes. Trust me. You don't want to take the colonies back
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What I've never been able to understand is why you guys celebrate your independance but we don't celebrate it. After all, who got the best deal? We did!
We ditched the most troublesome colony of the day and saved huge quantities of tax payers money, as well as the lives of our armed forces members and were able to continue to prosper and grow as the most powerful nation on Earth until the end of WW2.
Meanwhile, America lost all sense of direction, government, economics, intelligence, politices and infastructure and ended up in pretty much the same state as Britain was in when the Romans pulled out, only significantly fatter. And that it seems is where she has remained.
God bless the United States, for without them we'd have to revive all those done-to-death anti-French jokes!
Yea, we get that a lot over here. You put something out for the bin men and before they arrive to collect it some bugger's gone through it and nicked whatever they think they can use. I'd suggest you take some of our comedy as well, but having seen some of the truly dreadful American remakes of classic British sitcoms I think perhaps that isn't a good idea.
Who needs remakes when the original is so wonderful? Besides, the accents make it. There are things that can be said in a British accent that are hilarious, but they sound stupid when coming from an American. Like the words "bloody," "sodding," etc etc.
Oh! This reminds me. Something I was going to ask you a while ago but never did: What does the typical Brit think of the American accent? I realise that people of a certain area are so used to their own accents that they don't believe they have one -- but is there a particular way you would describe it? I read somewhere that it was believed to be formidable.
Actually, calling it the Fourth of July is colloquial terminology. Its called Independence Day in foreign countries and, generally, in the north. Calling it the Fourth is more of a Southern Comfort style. It's not the official name of the holiday.
My mom called it the Fourth when I was on the phone with her. I know it's a colloquialism; but it seems to be an EVERYWHERE colloquialism. That's why it's so annoying. I wonder if "independence" is simply ... too hard for us to say in this day and age.
It is a big word...at least calendars still say "Independence". If there was a little square on the July page with a "4" in one corner and a "Fourth of July" in another, I would have to cry a little.
Dude! As weird as it may be, this post of yours inspired a seriously long rant in me today! I don't know why, but it did!! I woke up feeling not at all coherent, just kind of grumbly. After reading your blurb, so much brain-drool slimed out of my head and onto my blog....it was amazing! I owe the formidible amount of matt-writing at http://flyingtoaster.blogspot.com/2006/07/happy-explodey-day.html to you.
Seriously, take the salad forks out of your ears or something, because your powerful mind-rays are still reaching me, even from all the way over there on the east coast!
Always glad to be of -- ah, somewhat questionable assistance. :P I agree with everything you said except for one thing: your insane request. If I take the salad forks out of my ears, I won't be able to eat with my head anymore. That would be cruel.
I don't know how the Fourth of July came to be an acceptable term all on its own but that may come from the fact that isolationism lead to more people entering the country than leaving it for a century there and as a result people would be coming from countries with their own independance days and by using the date, you could effectively state which day you are referring to. That or it was easier to say "Celebrate the Fourth" than "Celebrate the day the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independance even though they didn't get around to signing it until August 2nd."
When it comes to holidays known by their date don't forget Juneteenth--the day Lincoln emancipated all the slaves in the Confederate States of America! Now isn't that just confusing; you can't even tell exactly what day it is or what it's about without someone in the know telling you. That's just mean.
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What I've never been able to understand is why you guys celebrate your independance but we don't celebrate it. After all, who got the best deal? We did!
We ditched the most troublesome colony of the day and saved huge quantities of tax payers money, as well as the lives of our armed forces members and were able to continue to prosper and grow as the most powerful nation on Earth until the end of WW2.
Meanwhile, America lost all sense of direction, government, economics, intelligence, politices and infastructure and ended up in pretty much the same state as Britain was in when the Romans pulled out, only significantly fatter. And that it seems is where she has remained.
God bless the United States, for without them we'd have to revive all those done-to-death anti-French jokes!
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Who needs remakes when the original is so wonderful? Besides, the accents make it. There are things that can be said in a British accent that are hilarious, but they sound stupid when coming from an American. Like the words "bloody," "sodding," etc etc.
Oh! This reminds me. Something I was going to ask you a while ago but never did: What does the typical Brit think of the American accent? I realise that people of a certain area are so used to their own accents that they don't believe they have one -- but is there a particular way you would describe it? I read somewhere that it was believed to be formidable.
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Seriously, take the salad forks out of your ears or something, because your powerful mind-rays are still reaching me, even from all the way over there on the east coast!
Happy Explodey-4th-o-July-American-Independence-Day everybody!
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When it comes to holidays known by their date don't forget Juneteenth--the day Lincoln emancipated all the slaves in the Confederate States of America! Now isn't that just confusing; you can't even tell exactly what day it is or what it's about without someone in the know telling you. That's just mean.
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