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OP - July 23, 2011, 06:55 AM

For those of us that have lived there, been there, are there, share something you love about England or the English way of life.

I shall start:

Canterbury.
I have heard it said that Kent is the garden of England and that Canterbury is the rose. It is a magical town. Shakespearean streets dominated by the beautiful cathedral. Lovely rolling hills and quite woods with abundant wildlife. Spending a year at Canterbury was an incredible experience.

Pubs.
The cornerstone of every corner of the country, the pint with a friend, the pint for a conversation.

Snooker.

The long, lazy days of high summer spent in the local parks, with ball, beer and joints.

Twenty four hour corner-shops.

The sheer magnitude, energy and diversity of London. Its speed and its self-importance.

The musicians of genius over the last half century, the beatles, pink floyd, led zeppelin.

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Reply #1 - July 23, 2011, 06:58 AM

The prominent mythologies of the country today, Tolkien, James Bond, Harry Potter.

Football as a religion and cricket as an education.

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Reply #2 - July 23, 2011, 07:19 AM

Quote from: z10 on January 02, 1970, 12:25 PM
The sheer magnitude, energy and diversity of London. Its speed and its self-importance.

If I had to say a negative, it would be no doubt that one. Way to fast for my liking.

On a positive note, I love the odd day of nice sunshine with a cool breeze, makes South Shields beach a beauty to visit and the funfare next to it a good pass time with a group of friends.

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Reply #3 - July 23, 2011, 07:24 AM

I love the way you fucked up that quote fombles. I've never fucked up quite like that before

Maybe it's a sign you need sleep now mate?

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Reply #4 - July 23, 2011, 07:27 AM

Your vision of England is way way different , maybe its because I have been surrounded by ethnic minorities my whole life and I don't have white friends loool (nearly all of my friends are muslim sadly ) .

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Reply #5 - July 23, 2011, 07:40 AM

^^ Shit, I had you down as American for some reason. Though that explains how you know The Smiths...

Fumbles: you're making me sound crazy now by fixing that quote. I liked it as it was, you should have left it mate.

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Reply #6 - July 23, 2011, 07:56 AM

Queues. I love the equality arising from queues and actively seek out queue jumpers who threaten to destroy the system. It wasn't until I saw old women getting barged out of the way by young men at a hospital in India that I truly appreciated what a wonderful social construct the orderly queue is.
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Reply #7 - July 23, 2011, 08:00 AM

LOL ^^^^

When I go to ghetto areas guys push in the line looool I should speak out more often

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Reply #8 - July 23, 2011, 08:37 AM

Quote from: musivore on July 23, 2011, 07:24 AM
I love the way you fucked up that quote fombles. I've never fucked up quite like that before

Maybe it's a sign you need sleep now mate?

Quote from: musivore on July 23, 2011, 07:40 AM
^^ Shit, I had you down as American for some reason. Though that explains how you know The Smiths...

Fumbles: you're making me sound crazy now by fixing that quote. I liked it as it was, you should have left it mate.

Damnit musi, now we both sound crazy, I am too tired!

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Reply #9 - July 23, 2011, 08:53 AM

England & Britain in general - I love the countryside. Such an amazing mix and contrast in such a small area. One minute you can be in picturesque apple orchards, then gentle rolling hills and lazy winding rivers, then (Highlands/Snowdonia/Lake district) mountains and rushing waterfalls, then ancient woodland with spotted sunshine on the the bluebells then thick forests and so on...

Love it.

Oh and I love English/British people in general - they are generally tolerant and moderate not given to extreme political or religious views, have a very healthy scepticism and great dry sense of humour and they always support the underdog

Not to mention some greats of science and literature
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Reply #10 - July 23, 2011, 09:04 AM

I love Britain but this is what I see

estates , social division (honestly when I walk into central London its like a completely different world ) , racial division , bad facilities in areas where there are alot of ethnic minorities ............. or maybe I'm just bitter because I'm working class lol

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Reply #11 - July 23, 2011, 09:07 AM

On a lighter note I love London , I love the tube , I love how crowded the tube is even at 12 pm on a week day ! I love how crowded Oxford Circus is , I love how the weather is always the same ! I love how diverse London is !

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Reply #12 - July 23, 2011, 09:11 AM

Get out of London more CD - mind you I love London's amazing mix and and vibrancy.
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Reply #13 - July 23, 2011, 09:28 AM

Quote from: Hassan on July 23, 2011, 08:53 AM
England & Britain in general - I love the countryside. Such an amazing mix and contrast in such a small area. One minute you can be in picturesque apple orchards, then gentle rolling hills and lazy winding rivers, then (Highlands/Snowdonia/Lake district) mountains and rushing waterfalls, then ancient woodland with spotted sunshine on the the bluebells then thick forests and so on...

Love it.

Oh and I love English/British people in general - they are generally tolerant and moderate not given to extreme political or religious views, have a very healthy scepticism and great dry sense of humour and they always support the underdog

Not to mention some greats of science and literature

My fav city is Oxford. I also Love London, the country side and sea side in the UK.
UK has offered me the best opportunities in education, and career that I have been deprived of back in the middle-east

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Reply #14 - July 23, 2011, 09:33 AM

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The musicians of genius over the last half century, the beatles, pink floyd, led zeppelin.

Where is The Rolling Stones? , how did you forget to include them among these bands.

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Oh and I love English/British people in general - they are generally tolerant and moderate not given to extreme political or religious views, have a very healthy scepticism and great dry sense of humour and they always support the underdog

Not to mention some greats of science and literature
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Reply #15 - July 23, 2011, 10:19 AM

Shakespeare, the Beatles, Football.

I love England.

(I say the Beatles, but music in general, Britain as a whole has a genius for popular music)

Oh yeah don't forget all the enlightenment figures of England (and Scotland!)

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Reply #16 - July 23, 2011, 10:22 AM

Quote from: z10 on July 23, 2011, 06:55 AM
Pubs.
The cornerstone of every corner of the country, the pint with a friend, the pint for a conversation.

Very true.

I would say, that England (in fact Britain as a whole) has its whole identity linked to pubs.

People used to have huts in which people would ferment barley and congregate in the village before 'pubs' and taverns began as England became urbanised.

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Reply #17 - July 23, 2011, 10:22 AM

Individual liberties

"we can smell traitors and country haters"

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Reply #18 - July 23, 2011, 10:25 AM

Quote from: ChinaDoll on July 23, 2011, 07:27 AM
Your vision of England is way way different , maybe its because I have been surrounded by ethnic minorities my whole life and I don't have white friends loool (nearly all of my friends are muslim sadly ) .

Thats why we need more integration

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Quote from: arX on May 01, 2011, 03:33 AM
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Reply #19 - July 23, 2011, 11:23 AM

It is a big place, England!

I really liked Macclesfield & Bath. But the city is the best. Shame it is so ridiculously expensive!

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Reply #20 - July 23, 2011, 11:29 AM

Everything that ChinaDoll said...

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I fucking love Cambridge, it's so pretty and everyone's so delightfully pretentious~
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Reply #21 - July 23, 2011, 12:48 PM

I love watching English sitcoms.

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Reply #22 - July 23, 2011, 12:55 PM

Northern England: Toilet. Don't go.
The rest of England: Some parts are ok-ish at times.
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Reply #23 - July 23, 2011, 01:09 PM

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Northern England: Toilet. Don't go.

Apart from the Lake District, some of the finest countryside in Europe, producer of some of the greatest poets in the English language. Let alone the history and beauty of Yorkshire, the north East. Apart from the great cities of Liverpool and Manchester and all they have given the world. Yeah, apart from people in the north of England being greatly warm and funny and friendly. Apart from all that, yeah, its a 'toilet'

There is as much urban deprivation and blight and inner city bleakness in the south and the midlands as there is in the north.

"we can smell traitors and country haters"

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Reply #24 - July 23, 2011, 01:17 PM

Quote from: Hassan on July 23, 2011, 08:53 AM
England & Britain in general - I love the countryside. Such an amazing mix and contrast in such a small area. One minute you can be in picturesque apple orchards, then gentle rolling hills and lazy winding rivers, then (Highlands/Snowdonia/Lake district) mountains and rushing waterfalls, then ancient woodland with spotted sunshine on the the bluebells then thick forests and so on...

Love it.

my visits to england ... i ordered prawns once at a pub. Was expecting
fried shrimp, but they were served cold, and had roe on them. That with
a half a pint of apple cider (yanks think apple cider is just a fruit drink, not
alcohol ) and the nice buzz that came with it lol.

the politeness and hospitality i received.

picadilly square!

the train that took us to the countryside from london. I love
riding trains! (that was our main means of travel in tokyo, so
it really felt soothing and familiar)

i really enjoyed fish and chips, and that kind of mayonaise/ketchup
mix for the chips.

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Reply #25 - July 23, 2011, 01:18 PM

Quote from: billy on July 23, 2011, 01:09 PM
Apart from the Lake District, some of the finest countryside in Europe, producer of some of the greatest poets in the English language. Let alone the history and beauty of Yorkshire, the north East. Apart from the great cities of Liverpool and Manchester and all they have given the world. Yeah, apart from people in the north of England being greatly warm and funny and friendly. Apart from all that, yeah, its a 'toilet'

There is as much urban deprivation and blight and inner city bleakness in the south and the midlands as there is in the north.

I live 2 mins away from where the Bronte sisters were born
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Reply #26 - July 23, 2011, 01:43 PM

Quote from: SunbulRocket on July 23, 2011, 11:29 AM

I fucking love Cambridge, it's so pretty and everyone's so delightfully pretentious~

Oh, really? Do explain.

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Reply #27 - July 23, 2011, 02:56 PM

I wouldn't know about England, I seem to have ended up in Islamabad.
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Reply #28 - July 23, 2011, 03:03 PM

Quote from: Naija Infidel on July 23, 2011, 12:48 PM
I love watching English sitcoms.

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Reply #29 - July 23, 2011, 03:07 PM

Quote from: Prince Spinoza on July 23, 2011, 02:56 PM
I wouldn't know about England, I seem to have ended up in ~~Islamabad~~ Mirpur.
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