Here's where I started, Incubus.

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I've always looked for the good and for the blessings in my life; it's who I am. *soft smile* Thank you for the kudos.

Meal names and tea times
 

Dr. Who!
 

Never did anything about american history at school. That's why I am asking the americans lol.

Thanksgiving originated with the colonists, but Abraham Lincoln was the first president to celebrate it on one day as a national holiday, in the midst of the Civil War. Franklin Roosevelt fixed the day in November.

I stop to be thankful for all I have, and that for all our problems, we're darn blessed as well. I do have to confess that I love all the cooking madhouse, and football (American football, traditionally played on the day), but I try to have a moment to myself in thanks.

The Empire was a British creation, not solely an English one.

The UK, itself, had nothing to do with the Empire as it was simply a constitutional framework to unite Scotland to England and Wales (in 1707) and, subsequently, Ireland. The Empire was being built before the UK existed in an constitutional sense.

Yes of course it was. The Empire was starting to be created in the 17th century, in North America as it happens but that's by-the-by.

Do you lot not get BBCiPlayer over there?

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No in the US BbcIplayer isn't available. I wish it was.

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Tsk! That just ain't right. There's loads I'd like to share with y'all if you had iPlayer. There's great arts and music stuff on BBC4

*Tittering about Denmark saying Marmite isn't fit for human consumption*

Link

http://www.worldsstrangest.com/wp-co...armite-ban.jpg

i bet the old guy wishes Michelle were his date.

For me the dress, not so much. i prefer her in suits.

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The host country does the inviting, and they are scheduled way in advance. i am sure the British government is picking up the tab. Just googled. You are, and the estimate for security alone is 30 million pounds. A special allocation had to be made for it.

Not on a regular basis... but the two times (of note) I've heard it mentioned are:

WWII, certainly my grandparents and their peers referenced the special relationship between the US and the UK; with genuine gratitude and a sense of comradery. Similarly the English I know from the same generation - do as well - though not without noting how long it took the US to get involved in WWII. :)

My great Uncles laughed uproariously when they first heard the phrase:
"Oversexed, overpaid & over here" in reference to their time as GIs stationed in the UK.

The second time I noticed the phrase "special relationship" had become more common was during George W.'s tenure... and it is used in a very sarcastic/sardonic/ironic manner.

George W.'s wars against terror and WMDs and Tony Blair's willingness to follow (presumably because of that "special relationship" - has been widely criticized all around the world.

Yesterday I saw a report that High School proms were getting very popular in the UK, because of the show Glee. You don't not have them there?

Stretch limos, spray tans and the £500 dresses: The unstoppable (and ludicrously expensive) rise of the high school prom


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/ar...#ixzz1R8TeOIIR

Sadly yes we have now adopted the phenomenon that is the school prom - a bit like we 'adopted' trick or treating at Halloween. It's not so much to do with Glee but more to do with long-standing American cultural hegemony and kids wanting what they see in the movies/telly...the Prom as you lot know it has become more popular here over the last few years. We have always had an end of school celebrations it's just now they're called a Prom and parents have to pay out a lot more than they ever did for 'outfits' and transport.

Course some Brits love country and western music...Not so sure I'd call it 'popular' but there are plenty of folks who like it.

I was looking up house prices in England the other day. I looked up prices on the street my grandparents lived on and where I grew up. I was shocked that a 2 bedroom former council flat in the same block as theirs is going for almost 200,000 pounds. When the council first started selling them off in the mid 90s they offered to sell it to my grandparents for 9,000 pounds! My grandfather refused to buy it.

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Can't say I am a fan .. I like dolly,tammy Wynette and tim McGraw.

What did y'all think of wills and Kate in Canada ?

Depends on the context but, generally, it's not something you would admit to liking in public over here (unless you live in South West England) ....

In practice, many of us love Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson etc (even Willie Nelson) but there's a limit and, generally, any interest in the genre is less than it is across the pond.

Depends on who you ask. I personally have no interest at all in the Royal Family. But I've got some pals who are just MAD about them.

I did almost buy a reproduction of her engagement ring though. It was very pretty.