Do you have Anglophobia?

[DBoon]

ang·lo·pho·bi·a ( P ) Pronunciation Key (gr--fb-)
n.
An abnormal fear of people and objects associated with England.


Fear of high tea, of toad-in-the-hole and "bangers and mash", makes a lot of sense. Fear of aging rock stars is more difficult to explain. I don't mind Manchester United at all. It's Prince Charles that I fear.

[NYC]

1. Only of Blair.

[KitchenWitch]

2. I fear inbred Royals

[Algorem]

3. it's the scary teeth

[Liberal In Texas]

4. Yeah...my wife is a Brit

I get Bangers and mash...
Sarnies
Fishpaste
Marmite
et al..

do I mind it?

Not at all, it's quite wonderful.

And I love her.

[DBoon]

5. She's not Prince Charles

so you have nothing to fear

[Liberal In Texas]

6. I have no fear....hmmmmm

She who must be obeyed.

Oh, that was another Brit., or was she? hehehehe..

She's a wonderful gardener.

She has the gappy teeth, I think that's kind of some requirement.

Great Roman nose, though.

[Ediacara]

7. why on earth would I be afraid of angles?

[DBoon]

8. True. It is the Saxons you should fear.

eom

[tjwmason]

9. Non Angli sed Angeli

Thanks to Pope Gregory the Great.

[Anarcho-Socialist]

20. That's a nice comment

"Not Angles, they're Angels" for you non-history buffs.

[TyeDye75]

10. If you had to deal with 'Chavs'

which are now about 75% of the teen population over here you would definately be anglophiles.

Think crappy tracksuits, gold jewellry and fake tan...sprinkle in a surly aggresive attitude to anyone without those items....and mix it all together with large amounts of cheap alcohol and self rolled cigarettes and you have the chav.

[tjwmason]

11. You missed out the all important fake-burberry cap

No self respecting chav is complete without it.

[Solly Mack]

12. I watched a segment on Chavs on the BBC

Your comments are more flattering than what those on the show had to say about Chavs.

"ignorant" "loads of unwed mothers" "trashy" are just a few of the remarks made.

People really hated the caps.

I thought about the stark contrast between "Chavs" and the "Sloans" of yester-year.

[TyeDye75]

13. You have to experience them in the Flesh

I just finished my a levels this year so I thought Id seen the last of them. NOPE.... Im at the University of Liverpool and although there arent many student chavs there are plenty who like to hang around Liverpool city centre..... ruining it for genuine Liverpudlians and students. Its such a great city but its infested by teen idiots... a lot of whom take the bus into Liverpool from surrounding towns, including my own (St Helens) just to cause trouble.

here are some funny sites about Chavs

http://www.ihate.org.uk/chavs
http://www.flashplayer.com/music/ChavhemianRhapsody.html
http://www.chavscum.co.uk/
http://www.flashplayer.com/music/inmeburberrry.html

[Zuni]

17. Chavs sould like they studied the worst parts of the US population

and imported them---the Speed/Car freaks, the hip hop wannabees, 'thugs' and others and made an amalgalm and imported it to your country

[tjwmason]

21. I've seen even worse

there are a few sites out there dedicated to the attractiveness of chavs. They are truly scary.

[RogueTrooper]

25. laughing at those funny working class types

[loudestchick]

28. I love that people from Liverpool are Liverpudlians!!!!

[tjwmason]

22. There's a major difference between Chavs and Sloanes

A Sloane (formerly Sloane-Ranger) is centred on the area of London around Sloane Street and Sloane Square. A simple studio apartment there can cost close to 1/2 million dollars. Sloanes are definitely upper-middle class, or upper class.

Chavs arise in all urban settings, they are principally drawn from the working-classes (there are some middle-class ones, who are working-class wanna-bees).

[Solly Mack]

23. that's why I called it a "stark contrast" between the two

[TyeDye75]

14. Kick

check out some of the above sites... they are a real hoot.

[Zuni]

15. Don't worry---it is not just a British problem

you should see the sorry state of many of America's teenagers---the Chav kind of reminds me of white suburban teens trying to act like inner city black gangsters over here in the states. It is an epidemic. They have no respect for property, women, themselves---sad and disgraceful

[drumwolf]

26. I think you meant to say "angloPHOBES," not "angloPHILES."

And are Chavs the same people who are known as "Kevin" and "Sharon" and wear a type of clothing called "shell suits"? If so, I think I know that type.

Hey, we have our cheeseballs, and you have yours.

[jdots]

16. I love the British it's thier electrical systems that I fear.

As you know the first French frys were made in Grease .Ha ?

[TyeDye75]

18. Thats Ironic

I love the Americans its their electoral system I fear

[Zuni]

19. I hate the electoral college too

It has long outlived it's usefulness

If it hadden't been for the electoral college, Al Gore would have president in 2000, winning by at least 500,000 votes, but probably hundreds of thousands, if not millions of Gore votes were not counted. Had all the votes in Florida been counted, I am pretty sure Gore would have won Florida and thence the election

[Wat_Tyler]

24. I, like all rational beings, utterly despise Man United.

[Pert_UK]

27. What could possibly be scary about this? (Warning, pic of me...)

And yes, that is me.....

Actually, I scare myself sometimes....:scared: