I'm Canadian. Is it wrong for me to allow Europeans to assume I'm American when I'm drunk and obnoxious?
435738
I personally like Canadians and think it is perfectly ok to assume an american persona when drunk. This is also good for america as we europeans believe them to be religious fanatics and it would give them some good press if we thought they could cut loose, throw up in the street and start a punch up like all us normal people.
913765
Honestly, the fact that you are asking the question in fear of offending only attests to the fact that the chances are slight that you WILL offend someone.  It's not that the Brits are anti-American, it's that they are anti-stupid-American.  They dislike arrogance, and are unused to people pouring out their life's story for anyone who will listen.  They are also very private, unlike American's, and do not appreciate invasive, private questions, i.e. about how much money one makes, etc.  In other words, etiquette that used to be considered commonplace here.  \n\nAnd as for the actual etiquette books, unless you are planning on having a number of parties, or will take tea with the queen, etiquette books are going to be useless.  As long as you can identify when someone else is uncomfortable, and you make an effort to rectify the situation, you will be fine.\n\nIt's very commendable that you are entering into a new culture with every intention to act correctly, and not offend anyone.  Oh, that everyone could feel as you do...
593554
No, I dont think you are wrong to be bothered.  At the very least, its extremely insensitive, at most, he is likely an American-hating person that is likely just at Yahoo Answers to bait Americans.  If he's American (or a number of other nationalities) he has the right to free speech though- but you also have the righr of free speech, which means you are more than welcome to mention your anger over his free speech.
587588
Sounds like you have bad spelling as well. Are you an American?
932143
Well I can't speak for American girls, but as a Canadian girl I can say there are few things sexier then a nice accent, British, Australian, Irish.... YUMMY!! So yeah, play it up. What's the worst that can happen really? It's not like you are lying, you are still British after all.
1126999
Well I do because I'm Canadian and I live in America.
331160
because americans are idiots. you know, it happened to me today, i was wearing my Celtic #7 Zurawski jersey and this guy goes like "how come you're wearing celtic jersey, you're not irish"
618348
I'm an American, in America, last time I checked. ;-)
230801
Americans in general really won't care if you speak well or not. As you can tell, some American natives don't speak well anyway. :-)  So as long as people understand you, you're alright. In class (college?) no one will really make fun of you. So take solace in the fact that you won't be humiliated.
1064049
hahahahhahahhaa .. im not american.. but that is too funnyy
1157133
news flash folks...people thought this long before Bush was in the white house. lol Could blame Clinton too. Could blame the attitude people see among rude demanding people travelling in their countries. \nI have a good friend for years in Canada and he always used to grumble something about Americans then laugh and say "not you you're not like that". I'd always ask like what but he couldn't describe it. About 10-1/2 years ago I started working in an international hostel...and one night all of a sudden I got it. Americans come through the door demanding me me me me. Some others do too but not as much as Americans. They'll elbow in front of other guests. They are inconsiderate. Not all are like this but if that is all you see of someone it's easy to think everyone from there are like that. There were people travelling from UK or other countries that knew more about US geography than some Americans did.
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Thank you once again for making Americans look like stupid racist morons... Only an American can go to "French." Its FRANCE dumbass! \n\nHowever, I know what you mean, youre just not doing a good job of conveying your message. Youre not eloquent... I was raised all over SE Asia. One of the things that does bother me about living here is that it seems like America DOES pander to immigrants more so than any other country. I live in the SF BAy Area. It bothers me that when I go to an ATM, it is in Chinese, Spanish, and THEN english. When I went to Mexico, I could not use an ATM - they were all in Spanish, and I was screwed. When I lived in Asia, they didnt administer driving tests in English - it was "know the language or youre screwed." Why we pander to foreigners, Ill never understand. But maybe thats why they love coming to America.
1154754
You get it in the Canada one too... I think it's Yahoo! giving us a chance to vent our anti-Americanism as much as we want! Hooray!
437238
yes, i am a Canadian. We are better than Americans. but we dont gloat about it.
1102415
Yeah I'm sick of all this label nonsense irish/italian american nonsense\n\ncant we just be american
1103817
hear hear!  I'm canadian and believe it is an intentional choice, so as to marginalize any other americans, we must be sub-categorized as if we north americans are less important.  (also south, central, latin, african, etc, etc.)
311762
As an American of Canadian descent, I got both sides of this.  Americans know Canada is our ALLY. No matter what, we share this hemisphere and thankfully we DO enjoy a grudging respect and to certain points....affection for one another. The French were there for us in the beginning, but have looked down their nose at both us AND Canada for a long time. So its basically US and Canada vs. France. We bust on Canada because were basically brothers, freindly jabbing and the occasional fight that gets quashed quickly and were drinkin beer again.