2006-10-10 09:39:26 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
When i was a hotel manager in Warwick-shire, we had a regular coach load of Americans.......the biggest complaint was " there is no Flannel in my room "...........very strange....................
2006-10-10 09:42:48 · answer #1 · answered by pat.rob00 Chef U.K. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't know. I've never been to England. I wouldn't trust much of what a fellow American had to say anyway. If I found myself in England it would mean I'm no longer an American and am shopping for a new homeland. Given England and the U.S. appear to be joined at the waist, it would be a longshot I would be there for any other purpose than to visit a couple wonderful museums, and maybe ask Kiera Knightley out for dinner. That'd be about it. Is it true you guys are kinky? There, see what I mean? You also seem to get ticked off for no particularly discernible reason at all at some of the oddest things. See why? Hint: American opinion: You will have an opinion when I give you one.
2006-10-10 16:43:50 · answer #2 · answered by vanamont7 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All about fog morning and night, about the tea party at five o'clock, the royal guard in The Buckingham Palace (they cannot move!), the Big Ben as the clock that doesn't stops, that they could see the prince Harry and William, or the Queen, that the best beer is Ale...
I don't know what else... I am american (latin american) and these are things I have heard about it! In my visit to England, I really miss the fog (as I read in sherlock holmes books!)
Best wishes! ^-^
2006-10-10 16:44:31 · answer #3 · answered by Alejandra E ..::Alita::.. 操巻町 GT 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Driving on the left side of the road for the first time scares Americans to death, especially if they're a front seat passenger as they think they should have the steering wheel and be the one driving.
2006-10-14 01:50:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first thing I thought was how strange it was driving on the opposite side of the road, and the second thing was seeing how small or compact the houses are... American houses are generally a lot bigger... more open space... 1 thing i lvoed however was how so many shops have nice ready made sandwiches in them! very tasty!
2006-10-10 16:45:12 · answer #5 · answered by seren_dipity_3 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Without a doubt the fact that the cars are coming at you from the opposite side of the road. Especially arter waking up from the flight and in a different country at that.
2006-10-10 16:43:23 · answer #6 · answered by co2vinny 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I didn't visit, but I passed through Heathrow. I thought it was very odd that I had to pay $5 for a can of coke from a machine.
2006-10-10 16:41:04 · answer #7 · answered by it 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most Americans think that London is England!!
They also think that we know the queen on a personal level!!
Not their fault i suppose.
2006-10-14 08:50:48 · answer #8 · answered by classychick 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My wife is American, the thing that she found odd was the fact that we don't all live in little hamlets and travel by horse and buggy. Believe it or not some yanks think that we still live that way. Bless.
2006-10-10 16:44:14 · answer #9 · answered by wizard prang 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would have to say driving on the opposite side... that definitely takes adjustment to get over the standards here in America.... i love the english accents tho! lol.. =)
2006-10-10 16:41:46 · answer #10 · answered by Guitar ]{id 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I live near not one, but three USAF air bases in East Anglia, so have American friends & colleagues...
I think Americans find roundabouts strange, as apparently they don't have them in America. It also really, really bugs my American friend how we very often say 'ta' instead of 'thank you'.
2006-10-10 16:49:00 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋