Oh my god, you are from England? Do you have rabbits there?
and my all time favourite. England? what language do the speak there?
2006-11-30 08:45:34 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Other - Destinations
I live in Edinburgh and we look over the water to fife and there happens to be a large pylon there.
A fat yank visiting during the festival stopped me and asked if it was the Eiffel tower!
2006-11-30 08:50:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Yeah I always get asked if Ive met the Queen- and I say yes and Prince Harry and William and the rest of it, infact I live right next door to Buckingham Palace.
I get annoyed when I'm in the West End and FY asks me where Leicester Square is. They dont pronounce is Leicester. They pronounced it like Lychester Square lol.
But as most people said above, its usally, wow youre from London / England / wherever- do you know John and Mary? Yep I know them too.
2006-12-01 04:48:50 · answer #2 · answered by Georgie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My favorite was when a yank asked if we actually had dentists here because everyone has such awful looking teeth!
Hold on. That's actually a pretty astute question. Oh well, god save the queen and all.
2006-11-30 18:19:08 · answer #3 · answered by Vincent F 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
An American woman once approached me in the street and said that I looked like 'Bonny Prince Charlie'. Was she trying to say I looked like Prince Charles or just a long dead Jacobite?
Amazing!
At least she wasn't particular fat.
2006-12-01 07:36:11 · answer #4 · answered by david f 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
On a plane coming back from Florida to London. My father got chatting to the passenger next him him who was American. The American asked where are you from? Dad said 'Aberdeen'. The guy got quite excited and said 'oh really, do you know my friend Mr Smith from Birmingham?' As a 10 year old I thought he was just weird. My Dad was confused and had no answer.
2006-11-30 16:54:49 · answer #5 · answered by km 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I once spent an entire evening in a New York bar being asked to say things like raspberry and banana. Everyone found it hilarious. Except me.
2006-12-01 01:01:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I could understand asking if you share the same wildlife, but asking about the language is pretty stupid!
Do you assume all "yanks" are fat? Or was it just the ones that asked dumb questions? BTW- "Yank" is an incredibly offensive term for those of us who live in the south! (Not taking offense...just talking about cultures.) Culturally, "Yankee" refers to Americans who live in the north east and have values vastly different than we do in the south. It's a completely different heritage, culture, and history.
2006-11-30 19:40:18 · answer #7 · answered by lizardmama 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
One day, as we approached Kings Cross station on the underground, a fat yank yelled, "Boy, do you know where Kings Cross station is?" I said, "Yes I do." And we passed it. Several stations later he asked where it was and I told him we passed it way back. The idiot only asked if I knew where it was. which I did.
2006-11-30 16:57:37 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
My ancestors are from England, can you tell me if you know my Uncle Bob from Glasgow?
My favourite because - he is stupid enough to think that Glasgow is in England and that there are only 10 people living there.
Another one:
You live in Scotland? Gee do y'all live in a castle?
yes, we all live in castles, even the supermarkets and McDonald's are in castles I reply.
Really, wow! is the answer
2006-11-30 17:04:34 · answer #9 · answered by Carrie S 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
As a non-fat yank, I am mortified and offended to the highest degree by the tone of nose-in-the-air superiority displayed in this question. I must inform you that the mighty armies of the United States of America have saved the world and your sorry limey asses too many times to be counted! And all you can do is mock us in our magnificence! You should be ashamed.
But no. Mock on, dear friend, mock on -- soon you will ALL be diligently studying the Koran whether you like it or not. And it will all be because of your contempt for civilized American values. Meanwhile we'll be the only ones left with a proper Bible.
Now gosh darn it, where'd I put that Smith & Wesson 9mm I had lying around here?
[I had hoped the irony in this answer was obvious, but apparently it is not. Oops. I guess it's harder than I thought to parody americanism.]
2006-11-30 17:08:19 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 6⤋