Why do Americans think Britain is London.?

Question

I,m a Brit living in North Carolina, When they(Americans) hear me speak they always they assume i,m from London. Even when they hear my Scottish friend speak they talk about London. Is Geography taught in Schools in the US?

Answer 1

Not that I condone Yank bashing but I believe it's because they're a bunch of backward, inbred fuckpigs. When I went over they thought I was Australian. I'm from near Burnley. Had to resist the urge to choke the living shite out of anybody who said 'throw another shrimp on the barbie'.

Answer 2

Hello, American here. The media in America usually reports on things in London. It is a place most Americans have heard of. Yes, I know of many other cities in the UK. Have been to a few other than London.

Geography is taught, but not really substantially. It is blown over and gone. Most Americans do not know where most of the US states are. Ignorance is bliss.

Americans feel their country is the greatest and there is no need to learn about others as they will never travel abroad. It is sad but true. If they only knew the truth.....

Answer 3

Oh come on you could't be shocked with suggestions from that they imagine (probable on the premise of the poor movie accents) that everybody from England speaks like the Queen or is a cockney. I do accept as true with you even if i develop into born in Wales and raised in London and that i ought to be indignant if everyone concept i develop right into a Northener or from the West united states of america or from East London. even if human beings save wondering I have a clean Zealand accent which isn't offensive merely basic.. a minimum of the individuals look to have some theory that Scotland and eire exist even if at the same time as characters on television are from both they communicate with a perplexed mix of hilarious yet poor accents. i have under no circumstances met an American who's heard of Wales! even if perchance Torchwood will substitute that...

Answer 4

I'm a brit living in oregon... where's north carolina.??

Remember, the Uk is tiny, and i believe the americans on this point. At least half of england is london now, so the british people in kent,essex, and hampshire have said many times. Even bristol now i believe, is in fact a borough of london now.

Thing's have changed since you left surely. I believe that york is soon to become part of london, manchester next. As soon a virgin trains work of course.

Edinburgh and scotland though, will forever be independent.
Dum yanks.

Answer 5

I'm sorry, dear. You ARE in North Carolina. (They think Fargo is in Minnesota. So don't take it personally!)

It's not that all people in the United States are uneducated, but it is a distinct possibility for a large part of the population. Although we are supposed to all have free education, there was never any qualifier for EQUAL education. Poorer areas still have poorer education, and in areas with large inequalities it seems the politicians are even more corrupt. Money seems to disappear at the top before it gets to the classroom. Republican-leaning states tend to have even more uneducated individuals, which I believe is in part to people not feeling any responsibility for their neighbor.

I'm sorry you are having an unpleasant experience. If YOU thought Fargo was in Minnesota...well then, send you back to school! ;)

Answer 6

Most Americans can't see beyond the USA, I think Knowing London exists is progress....I'm from Northumberland and when I visited America no one had a clue what my accent was. In answer to your question I don't think they are aware of the rest of the world.... they don't seem to teach world geography, history or economics... and of course they can't speak (or spell) English!

Answer 7

I agree with most people's comments, Americans don't realise that there is a whole world beyond their country.

For example the call their Superbowl 'The World Superbowl' Even though the only participating country is America!!!

To be fair Im glad most americas dont travel! They'd only leave a trail of burger wrappings where ever they went! All the more room for us EDUCATED and civilised british!

Answer 8

There is an awful lot of British (english??) baiting of our American friends on here dont you think? I agree that many americans dont seem to be very clued up on our geography or accents but I am not sure why we should expect them to be........ they certainly dont expect us to have intimate knowledge of their country. or accents. we are taught geography in our schools but not much of it covers america in any depth. why do we assume it should be any diff for them? I used to live in Northumberland (a fellow Geordie, Tinkerbell Blue!!) I lived in a place designated as an area of natural beauty and the only irritation i remember was every summer when the american tourists (only a handful really) would turn up in big cars as part of their tour of England. (My annoyance was just that strangers were in our village and on our beach!!! not that they were americans!!!!!)

I think it is too much of a generalisation to tarr all americans with the same brush. They are a diverse nation just as we are. We have to stop our political views clouding our personal opinions of the American people.......thats what i think anyway!!!

Answer 9

I think it is unfair to have a go at Americans because the only UK place a lot of them know about is London. Think about it what little British news they will get will involve London because that is where the Prime minister is. Why should they know about our cities and our accents? How many of you non-americans can distinguish their accents or say what city is in which state? the only reason we know as much as we do is because of Hollywood and the movie industry!

Answer 10

Americans are very poor in geography. When they show war in a foreign country on CNN, notice that they frequently show a map.