cheddar cheese
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Mr Larose... 
Moral objections on warfare.
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evangilder said:
I apologize to most of Americans out there and to you evanglider when I say this and when I posted what my wife said about "Typical Americans" because many Germans like myself and most germans as a matter of fact have nothing against Americans. Hell if I had a problem with Americans I would not have a US passport or be in the US Army today however people like RG give a lot of Americans a bad name. Many Germans like my father in law who has never been to the states has only had to work with Americans who come to Germany and act with the same attitude as RG and I can not blame him when he tells me he as a sour taste in his mouth. Much of the world unfortunatly throws all Americans into the same pot because of people like RG.
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however unfortunatly as long as there are people like him around we will still have that image of americans.......
I am sure you have the same problem in England. I really think it is a shame because I want my wife to meet the good ones and not just bad ones and most of the soldiers over here are the bad ones, I hate to say it.
evangilder
"Shooter"
No offense taken, Adler. I know exactly what she means, the "ugly American" syndrome. I have always made it a point to not be one of those. As an aside, when I was travelling in England once, I was dressed to blend in, shetland wool sweater, Andy Capp hat, NOT wearing tennis shoes! I was sitting in a pub one day, and this bloke sits next to me and says:
"You know, mate, I really don't like those Americans."
I played it cool, looked at him, and in my best English accent, I replied:
"I know what you mean"
Fortunately, he didn't say anything more. I wasn't sure I could keep the accent long enough to be convincing!
I had seen too many Americans do the things that make us disliked in Europe to be one of those people. Because of that, I was welcomed into many British homes and treated like family. One family even had me spend Christmas with them, they insisted since I was so far from home.
"You know, mate, I really don't like those Americans."
I played it cool, looked at him, and in my best English accent, I replied:
"I know what you mean"
Fortunately, he didn't say anything more. I wasn't sure I could keep the accent long enough to be convincing!
I had seen too many Americans do the things that make us disliked in Europe to be one of those people. Because of that, I was welcomed into many British homes and treated like family. One family even had me spend Christmas with them, they insisted since I was so far from home.
the lancaster kicks ass
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wow nice story and i so wanna hear an american try the english accent......
evangilder said:
And that is they way things should be. You dont see people visit the United States acting as "Bad Japanese" or "Bad Australians" and most dont have the kind of attitude that RG displays repeatedly in this forum.
Nonskimmer
Captain
It ain't that difficult, lanc.
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but you live in a part of canda that's quite british.........
cheddar cheese
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I can do american accents pretty good. I do the image of a fat ignorant guy from Texas best though
Nonskimmer
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Not that British, believe me!the lancaster kicks ass said:
There are elements of British culture that remain apparent, but it's mixed with a lot of other stuff as well. We call it: Nova Scotian.
evangilder
"Shooter"
Well, Lanc, my sister married a guy from Stoke on Trent and he and his parents said that I could fool most Brits! But then, I spent most of my three years in England hanging out with Brits, not Americans. I kind of observed and listened to the different dialects and could generally figure out where in the UK they were from. I correctly identified a Jordy lad, who looked very stunned that I picked up where he was from just by the way he spoke!
cheddar cheese
Major General
Identifying Geordies is simple, mainly because they wear t-shirts all the time, even when its -8 degrees Celsius
evangilder
"Shooter"
Similar to the Irish in that they wear black pants and shoes with white socks too!
Adler, if you get out my way, you and your wife can see some non-ugly Americans. Plus I am sure that you would be well received by our museum folks. Veterans are always welcome and we even have some German members if you get homesick to speak German! 8)
Adler, if you get out my way, you and your wife can see some non-ugly Americans. Plus I am sure that you would be well received by our museum folks. Veterans are always welcome and we even have some German members if you get homesick to speak German! 8)
cheddar cheese said:I can do american accents pretty good. I do the image of a fat ignorant guy from Texas best though
Gee I wonder who that could be, the guy who choked on a pretzel!
cheddar cheese
Major General
Never thought of it like that before!
Anyway, im off watch Mad Max Night all.
Anyway, im off watch Mad Max
Night all.
Good night and enjoy.
trackend
Chief Master Sergeant
Well I can honestly say hand on heart my philosophy is I take as I find not what I'm told if a blokes an arse hole then he's an arse hole I don't care if he's French, British, American, German, or what ever. If conversely he's a nice fella then he's a nice fella what ever his nationality. I'm not the most widely travelled chap but Ive met plenty of people in my time and I've met both sorts in quite a few country's for example last year I went to Koblenz on the Rhine (sorry if the spellings wrong Adler) to learn about some Infra red detection equipment that uses funnily enough the old Sidewinder technology
nearly every one I met was very friendly and kind but one prat was the most arrogant git I have ever met It was if he thouht he was the bleeding master race or something and I was a turd on his boot ( I was forced to point out the error of his ways) verbally I may add as Ive given up rolling around in the dirt. Now there is no way I would call all Germans arrogant gits just because of this one bad apple like wise what ever anybody says on here is just an opion nothing more I may disagree strongly but its not going to make me paint every one from that country with the same brush no more than meeting that twit in Germany is .
Blooming heck that was a long waffle.
Hope that makes some sort of sense fellas
nearly every one I met was very friendly and kind but one prat was the most arrogant git I have ever met It was if he thouht he was the bleeding master race or something and I was a turd on his boot ( I was forced to point out the error of his ways) verbally I may add as Ive given up rolling around in the dirt. Now there is no way I would call all Germans arrogant gits just because of this one bad apple like wise what ever anybody says on here is just an opion nothing more I may disagree strongly but its not going to make me paint every one from that country with the same brush no more than meeting that twit in Germany is .
Blooming heck that was a long waffle.
Hope that makes some sort of sense fellas
trackend said:Well I can honestly say hand on heart my philosophy is I take as I find not what I'm told if a blokes an arse hole then he's an arse hole I don't care if he's French, British, American, German, or what ever. If conversely he's a nice fella then he's a nice fella what ever his nationality. I'm not the most widely travelled chap but Ive met plenty of people in my time and I've met both sorts in quite a few country's for example last year I went to Koblenz on the Rhine (sorry if the spellings wrong Adler) to learn about some Infra red detection equipment that uses funnily enough the old Sidewinder technology
nearly every one I met was very friendly and kind but one prat was the most arrogant git I have ever met It was if he thouht he was the bleeding master race or something and I was a turd on his boot ( I was forced to point out the error of his ways) verbally I may add as Ive given up rolling around in the dirt. Now there is no way I would call all Germans arrogant gits just because of this one bad apple like wise what ever anybody says is just an opion nothing more I may disagree strongly but its not going to make me paint every one from that country with the same brush no more than meeting that twit in Germany is .
Blooming heck that was a long waffle.
Hope that makes some sort of sense fellas
You are absolutly correct and that is the way it should be and that is why I think it is a shame when this happens but at times when I talk to people like RG I can understand why others think this way and unfortunatly a lot of people in the world do think this way.
evangilder
"Shooter"
Makes good sense, trackend. Being an arsehole knows no national boundary. Unfortunately, Americans sometimes have a tendency to be dumbasses in foreign places. When enough of them come through, it sets an expectation that the next Yank is going to be an idiot too. I was given the advice to act like you are an ambassador for your country. That was the best piece of advice I got about travelling in foreign places.
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