The problems with being English ..
- This site is very lonely in the mornings
- You don't understand some of the posts - I mean, who ARE the Jeffersons?
- You've never heard of the New York Yankees
- You tend to spell at lot of things wrongly
- You have to check the translations on the flashcards - over here we wear our pants inside our trousers, and keep our purses in our handbags
But it does have it's good points too - It's a lot easier to get to Spain from here!
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Ah, but my English friends, we all still put our pants and our trousers on one leg at a time! And, really we Americans are the ones who can´t spell! - your version of English was around first.
Ah, but you English are intrepid travellers...The best books journaling travels are written by the English.
We'll overlook your Queen's English if you will overlook our nasal twang!
One good thing about being English, sorry British is that we have a "wicked" sense of humour (sorry humor). Just think about Monty Python, the Office, Benny Hill!
The other thing is that "the early bird catches the worm". Whilst we are up and about, learning all sorts of new things, our American friends are still sleeping!
I run a hardware shop, and the "four candles" sketch still haunts us - we hear bits of it 20 times a day.
And it is mandatory to reply to "Mrs Foster, are you free?" with a bright falsetto "I'm free, Mr Peacock!"
"the early bird catches the worm".
Unfortunately, the early worm gets eaten by the bird.
I always feel bad when I have to talk with the soldiers and contractors from the UK because I always have to make them repeat themselves. It makes me feel stupid. I was able to get a Scottish flag (the small velcro sleeve patch) from one of them though.
Here´s a funny side note...my boyfriend is from Mexico and when I speak English, he asks me to use a British accent because he understands it better!
The other thing is that "the early bird catches the worm". Whilst we are up and about, learning all sorts of new things, our American friends are still sleeping!
I love your humor Mortimer. But I do want to point out that while you are on your third or fourth dream, we are still awake learning our Spanish!! 
We all have to sleep sometime.
You guys are funny. We lovingly refer to it here as that "strange British humor", but we all still laugh along with you. 
I have a friend from England that says the biggest difference between Americans and Brits is that Americans actually like Benny Hill.
I am amazed that the likes of Morecambe & Wise and Ronnie Barker have not had a mention whilst talking about british humour.
I'm a brit myself and before I begin to agree wth you sheila, I have to agree with aloshek first- british humour is great! If you look at classic examples such as Life Of Brian or One Foot In The Grave (Victor Meldrew (Richard Wilson) was just great with his 'I don't believe it' pessimistic views on life!) or even Blackadder, these just show how excellent british comedy is.
As to your post, Sheila......I feel restricted in being English myself. I want to help others with their questions but sometimes I cannot because I simply do not have as much knowledge as Moe or Heidita would (the two superbeings in this vast cybersite of learning). But, learning is valuable and until I do not learn every single word, phrase, idiom in spanish, I will not abandon my attempt to learn. Also, I don't understand most of the things the Yanks here talk about- as in the world series (I mean what's the hype all about anyway???) and the way certain words are spelt- such as colour in america (color) is completely ludicrous.
Along with British Comedy - who could live without "Dr. Who"?
I like British humor as next as the next person, but does anybody really like Mr. Bean?
Mr. Bean rocks!
really we Americans are the ones who can´t spell! - your version of English was around first.
Your aun bok yee can noght spell if þis sie your logyke. For verraly, I saye that þis spellynge to londe kem fyrste. –Old English
