Comments on: Seven British Myths Kept Alive by James Bond

By: Barbara Barrey

Barbara Barrey — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 20:00:00 +0000

Rubbbish !!!!!

By: Brent Rossow

Brent Rossow — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 18:44:00 +0000

Some, anyway. Not so much when it comes to dental hygiene….

By: Monkey_pants

Monkey_pants — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 19:24:00 +0000

Stereotypes about the British are so much better than the ones about Americans . . . .

By: Duncan Cunningham

Duncan Cunningham — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 18:29:00 +0000

Brent, thank you for your comment. It made my day.

By: Brent Rossow

Brent Rossow — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 17:35:00 +0000

Yes, because we Americans, being unable to separate fact from fiction, think that (1) Bond movies are documentaries fully representative of reality and (2) ALL British men act and dress exactly like the spy in said documentaries.

By: Arthur Peenis

Arthur Peenis — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 14:36:00 +0000

Maybe the next Bond movie could feature this… “Fancy some kinky duffel bag in the bath action, Mr Bond?”

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/28/world/europe/britain-riveted-in-death-of-spy-gareth-williams.html?pagewanted=all

By: Tom Dailey

Tom Dailey — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 22:03:00 +0000

Actually, rather spot-on. Personally, I found that a YANK “accent” went over SPLENDIDLY in Maidstone, Kent as half the birds waiting for a pint, wanted to talk to this somewhat unremarkable fellow who was 64 at the time… me. Still, if you matriculated from Harrow, then Cambridge or Oxford, you don’t NEED to visit the ATM, and therefore comes YOUR “beauty”
Tom – Denver

By: Polly

Polly — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 11:34:00 +0000

I received a call from an American chap who had inadvertently misdialled & initially assumed he was through to his English relative ‘Patrick’. (My voice isn’t THAT deep).
Quickly realising his mistake, I suggested he redial but some 5 minutes later he was still on the phone chatting.
I kept reminding him of the cost of this transatlantic call & the response I received was “Forget the cost, just keep talking” I just love your accent where are you from?”
“I’m from Sussex SE England” I replied & you?
“I’m from Texas”
He was such a sweetie, I think we both enjoyed the chat, albeit by mistake.

By: Polly

Polly — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 11:08:00 +0000

There’s nuffing wrong wiva Essex accent Trace…

By: Saint Jackanapes

Saint Jackanapes — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 06:06:00 +0000

As an American I thought that most Brits
were drunken slobs who get tanked up and go to soccer games not to see the
game, but to bloody the Euro visitors and get bloodied up themselves. I
was under the impression that Brits live for this idiotic behavior. But as an
American while we don’t behave that way at American Football games (fights do
occur – but the Brits do it on a HUGE scale) we mostly act like jerks while
fighting over females in dive bars. Now that’s something worth fighting for. At
least that’s what I’ve heard from the no-necked hyper-testosteroned
knuckle-draggers that enjoy this as some sort of sport. Myself – I wait until
the Neanderthals are outside picking up teeth and I slip out the back with the
females they were fighting over. But I’m sure that my equivalent is over there
across the pond. To be honest I’m all for The UK and where my genes came
from over there – we may be different, but we’re the same and we should always
be allies.