American woman reveals the 23 reasons why British are better than Americans

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• The American woman published the witty and detailed list on Quora
• She praised Brits for their queuing system and sensible 'portion control'
• Wrote, 'they call soccer football because it's clearly played with the foot'

An American woman is sweeping the internet with her highly amusing list of reasons why the Brits do it better.
Ivy Lee, as she is known on Quora, based in Sunnyvale, California, published the list in response to a question on the forum: 'What do the British do better than the Americans?' She reeled off 23 examples in total, praising the UK on everything from its food and music to its £10 note and its plug sockets.



The California-based mum reeled off 23 examples in total, praising the UK on everything from its hearty full English breakfast and good music to its £10 note and its plug sockets

At the top of her carefully composed list was the British language in its purest, un-Americanised form. 'They call hamburger "beef burger" because it's clearly made of beef,' she points out. 'They call soccer "football" because it's clearly played with the foot.'She also praised the full English breakfast, but also remarked: 'They have portion control, resulting in higher life expectancy while we have super-sized everything (because why not?), resulting in obesity (this is why not). Other items on the list include the UK's free healthcare and 28-day paid holiday allowance, compared America's pitiful ten days.


The woman also praised the British accent, its healthcare system and even its lousy weather - for teaching its citizens to 'appreciate the sun'

Even our weather was flipped into a positive. 'They know how to appreciate the sun because though the sun never sets in the British empire, it rarely shines in the motherland,' she wittily remarked. They have Charles Darwin on their £10 note while we are 42 percent creationist. But the final blow to her own lacking patriotism was perhaps saved for last. 'They beat us at politeness and profanity at the same time,' she stated. And, 'the English accent is more attractive than the American accent. This is just an indisputable fact of nature'.

THE LIST IN FULL: 23 REASONS THE BRITISH DO IT BETTER

1. They call hamburger beef burger because it's clearly made of beef.
2. They call soccer football because it's clearly played with the foot.
3. They use the SI system because so does the rest of the world.
4. Their sockets can be switched off because it's easier, safer and more energy efficient.
5. They look at the day first, as in dd/mm/yy instead of mm/dd/yy because for around 30 days in a row, the month is the same as yesterday.
6. They have the full English breakfast while we have the full sugar and preservatives cereal.
7. They have portion control, resulting in higher life expectancy while we have supersized everything (because why not?), resulting in obesity (this is why not).
8. They have nice relaxing afternoon teas with custard cream biscuits while we drown ourselves in Starbucks just to maintain functionality.
9. Their native sports, football, rugby, cricket are adopted internationally while our sports reside mainly in America.
10. They have 28 days of paid holiday by law, not including maternity leave, sick leave, etc. while we have 10.
11. They have free universal healthcare, praised as the best in the world, while we remain the only developed country (out of 33) that doesn't.
12. They have Charles Darwin on their £10 note while we are 42 per cent creationist.
13. They produced Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, Chronicles of Narnia, Sherlock Holmes while we produced Twilight.
14. They produced Adele, David Bowie, Elton John, Mick Jagger, Coldplay, Radiohead, Muse, Queen, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, The Smiths, The Libertines, The Who? (The British), The Faces, The Waterboys, The Buzzcocks, The Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Zombies, The Slits, The Stone Roses, The Cure, The Darkness while we didn't.
15. Their national animal has a full head of mane while ours is bald.
16. They know how to primly and properly queue while we mass frenziedly.
17. They know how to primly and properly apologise, for everything.
18. They know how to primly and properly drive on the wrong side of the road.
19. They know how to appreciate the sun because though the sun never sets in the British empire, it rarely shines in the motherland.
20. They make better and greater varieties of chocolates, cheeses, cakes, alcoholic beverages and dishes with questionable names (bubble and squeak, spotted dick, singing hinnies).
21. They have a greater grasp of sarcasm, irony, self-deprecating humour and also, the entire English language.
22. They beat us at politeness and profanity at the same time.
23. The English accent is more attractive than the American accent. This is just an indisputable fact of nature.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/tr...#ixzz4O34AgjX6

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Britain is a part of the American Empire. Don't get me wrong it will always be a special part but it is just one of our provinces. Our leader can go there and threaten to embargo you guys when you don't do what we want. (heil obama!)

The sun has set on the British Empire it is now just a province of the American one.

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• The American woman published the witty and detailed list on Quora
• She praised Brits for their queuing system and sensible 'portion control'
• Wrote, 'they call soccer football because it's clearly played with the foot'

An American woman is sweeping the internet with her highly amusing list of reasons why the Brits do it better.
Ivy Lee, as she is known on Quora, based in Sunnyvale, California, published the list in response to a question on the forum: 'What do the British do better than the Americans?' She reeled off 23 examples in total, praising the UK on everything from its food and music to its £10 note and its plug sockets.



The California-based mum reeled off 23 examples in total, praising the UK on everything from its hearty full English breakfast and good music to its £10 note and its plug sockets

At the top of her carefully composed list was the British language in its purest, un-Americanised form. 'They call hamburger "beef burger" because it's clearly made of beef,' she points out. 'They call soccer "football" because it's clearly played with the foot.'She also praised the full English breakfast, but also remarked: 'They have portion control, resulting in higher life expectancy while we have super-sized everything (because why not?), resulting in obesity (this is why not). Other items on the list include the UK's free healthcare and 28-day paid holiday allowance, compared America's pitiful ten days.


The woman also praised the British accent, its healthcare system and even its lousy weather - for teaching its citizens to 'appreciate the sun'

Even our weather was flipped into a positive. 'They know how to appreciate the sun because though the sun never sets in the British empire, it rarely shines in the motherland,' she wittily remarked. They have Charles Darwin on their £10 note while we are 42 percent creationist. But the final blow to her own lacking patriotism was perhaps saved for last. 'They beat us at politeness and profanity at the same time,' she stated. And, 'the English accent is more attractive than the American accent. This is just an indisputable fact of nature'.

THE LIST IN FULL: 23 REASONS THE BRITISH DO IT BETTER

1. They call hamburger beef burger because it's clearly made of beef.
2. They call soccer football because it's clearly played with the foot.
3. They use the SI system because so does the rest of the world.
4. Their sockets can be switched off because it's easier, safer and more energy efficient.
5. They look at the day first, as in dd/mm/yy instead of mm/dd/yy because for around 30 days in a row, the month is the same as yesterday.
6. They have the full English breakfast while we have the full sugar and preservatives cereal.
7. They have portion control, resulting in higher life expectancy while we have supersized everything (because why not?), resulting in obesity (this is why not).
8. They have nice relaxing afternoon teas with custard cream biscuits while we drown ourselves in Starbucks just to maintain functionality.
9. Their native sports, football, rugby, cricket are adopted internationally while our sports reside mainly in America.
10. They have 28 days of paid holiday by law, not including maternity leave, sick leave, etc. while we have 10.
11. They have free universal healthcare, praised as the best in the world, while we remain the only developed country (out of 33) that doesn't.
12. They have Charles Darwin on their £10 note while we are 42 per cent creationist.
13. They produced Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, Chronicles of Narnia, Sherlock Holmes while we produced Twilight.
14. They produced Adele, David Bowie, Elton John, Mick Jagger, Coldplay, Radiohead, Muse, Queen, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, The Smiths, The Libertines, The Who? (The British), The Faces, The Waterboys, The Buzzcocks, The Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Zombies, The Slits, The Stone Roses, The Cure, The Darkness while we didn't.
15. Their national animal has a full head of mane while ours is bald.
16. They know how to primly and properly queue while we mass frenziedly.
17. They know how to primly and properly apologise, for everything.
18. They know how to primly and properly drive on the wrong side of the road.
19. They know how to appreciate the sun because though the sun never sets in the British empire, it rarely shines in the motherland.
20. They make better and greater varieties of chocolates, cheeses, cakes, alcoholic beverages and dishes with questionable names (bubble and squeak, spotted dick, singing hinnies).
21. They have a greater grasp of sarcasm, irony, self-deprecating humour and also, the entire English language.
22. They beat us at politeness and profanity at the same time.
23. The English accent is more attractive than the American accent. This is just an indisputable fact of nature.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/tr...#ixzz4O34AgjX6

We can only hope she decides to immigrate to the UK as soon as possible......

[midcan5]

Better? maybe different. Actually in truth I don't know enough about the British to judge, I do like several of their writers, poets, and philosophers. My DNA claims I'm less than 1% English but 10% Irish. Is Becket my avatar here? Just checked I have Camus. As soon as we can, we want to visit England and as a serious photographer Scotland looks beautiful. Her food comments strike me as odd, Italian, Mexican, and French are better in mho. In music I'm a folk person, and coffee came from the gods. Still drink a pot of fresh ground daily. Soccer should have come here early, but I loved and played baseball and football. Playground basketball and during military service. And as my mom told me long ago my 55 Chevy was my first love, and oh American roads beat all others. Love the open road. Interesting though.

Below is an old post, add your piece to it.

What is/are your uniquely American images?

Uniquely American

In no particular order

The Amish living peacefully in their way
A smoke filled diner on a busy street filled with calloused hands
A tractor trailer passing a Chevy at 75 in the middle of the night along 95
A USO bus in a hot Florida city windows open
A bicycle all decked out in red white and blue on the fourth with a girl’s large smile
A bum helped in from cold by a child who noticed
Volunteers signing up to help
The patience of visitors to our national treasures hot with child hanging on them in awe of it all
The Salvation Army taking a family lost for a moment and helping them along
A tall church steeple on a dirt road with little sign of anything else
A V8 engine with four barrel and no muffler filled with a bunch of kids looking cool going too fast
A worker staying late to tutor another
Stuckey’s surprise packages promised to the kids to keep them quiet till the next destination
A big MAC, KFC, Dunkin donuts, drive throughs
Cruising a Bob’s Big Boy
The open road riding shotgun enjoying the view
Barbecue and beer and softball
Sweating / freezing at the edge of your seat screaming 'defense'
Friday dances where you only stood and the girls danced
Revving the engine and racing off the line as the light changes
Corn fields upon corn fields upon corn fields
Commencements and jobs and getting up at five
April 15th

It seems to me that the uniquely American things are the small things that sometimes go unnoticed.


'America'

"Although she feeds me bread of bitterness,
And sinks into my throat her tiger's tooth,
Stealing my breath of life, I will confess
I love this cultured hell that tests my youth.
Her vigor flows like tides into my blood,
Giving me strength erect against her hate,
Her bigness sweeps my being like a flood.
Yet, as a rebel fronts a king in state,
I stand within her walls with not a shred
Of terror, malice, not a word of jeer.
Darkly I gaze into the days ahead,
And see her might and granite wonders there,
Beneath the touch of Time's unerring hand,
Like priceless treasures sinking in the sand."

Claude Mckay

[MAGA MAN]

Tom, it was 240 years ago. Get over it.

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. They produced Adele, David Bowie, Elton John, Mick Jagger, Coldplay, Radiohead, Muse, Queen, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, The Smiths, The Libertines, The Who? (The British), The Faces, The Waterboys, The Buzzcocks, The Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Zombies, The Slits, The Stone Roses, The Cure, The Darkness while we didn't.

^ absolutely!

British food?? absolutely not!
I do agree Americans are an extreme, crude, borish lot for the most part..but why learn to appreciate the sun?
C'mon down to Florida! you dont need central heat.

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4^ absolutely!

British food?? absolutely not!
I do agree Americans are an extreme, crude, borish lot for the most part..but why learn to appreciate the sun?
C'mon down to Florida! you dont need central heat.

Ahhhh.......thats the fruits of freedom.....

[Leonthecat]

Slimy Limeys empire is over. They are a third rate island.

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Slimy Limeys empire is over. They are a third rate island.

The dozy cunt has spoken, as usual he has nothing to say so back on ignore.

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4^ absolutely!

British food?? absolutely not!
I do agree Americans are an extreme, crude, borish lot for the most part..but why learn to appreciate the sun?
C'mon down to Florida! you dont need central heat.

Have you actually ever been to England or the UK? You Septics are terribly ignorant about the world, so why don't you take advantage of the cheap pound and come here. It might open your eyes.

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Tom, it was 240 years ago. Get over it.

Get over what exactly? These are the thoughts of a woman from California, nothing to do with me.

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[iolo]

4^ absolutely!

British food?? absolutely not!
I do agree Americans are an extreme, crude, borish lot for the most part..but why learn to appreciate the sun?
C'mon down to Florida! you dont need central heat.

At the moment, British food is the best in the world - and we have better teeth than do the Americans to eat it with. These old fantasies died a good few years back. And only those who stay in America are boorish - the ones who come her are mostly charming.

[iolo]

Slimy Limeys empire is over. They are a third rate island.

Many of us opposed the British one while it still existed, and are ready to fight the American one any day. What is the point of this footling 'limey' crap, and which British is it supposed to apply to?

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Have you actually ever been to England or the UK? You Septics are terribly ignorant about the world, so why don't you take advantage of the cheap pound and come here. It might open your eyes.

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I have.. but it's been about 35 years ago. I love England.
My father was an Anglophile and we took a trip together. Even got a tour of the Tower of London
I like the ravens.

It's a very civilized country. I admire the British attitude. Churchill was a product of that,and it won the war.

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At the moment, British food is the best in the world - and we have better teeth than do the Americans to eat it with. These old fantasies died a good few years back. And only those who stay in America are boorish - the ones who come her are mostly charming.

Yes I can agree with that, many of the attitudes of Americans date back to the post war era when the diet in Britain was very monotonous due to rationing. Unfortunately, or fortunately maybe, many Americans have never travelled outside the North America and are thus guided by old prejudices and shibboleths.