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US students think British are 'the pale people in the rain'
The Daily Telegraph ^
| June 19, 2004
| David Rennie
Posted on 06/18/2004 4:51:08 PM PDT by MadIvan
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A silly survey. And these students obviously have never heard of Tim Berners Lee.
Regards, Ivan
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posted on
06/18/2004 4:51:08 PM PDT
by
MadIvan
To: Denver Ditdat; Judith Anne; Desdemona; alnick; knews_hound; faithincowboys; hillary's_fat_a**; ...
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posted on
06/18/2004 4:51:43 PM PDT
by
MadIvan
(Ronald Reagan - proof positive that one man can indeed change the world.)
To: MadIvan
"All live in Texas and California, booming states set to dominate the "new America" of a few years' time." Glad to hear that California is booming.
To: MadIvan
...When I was back in school, I skipped class whenever I could. They always caught me, in the library. Reading...
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posted on
06/18/2004 4:57:57 PM PDT
by
gargoyle
To: MadIvan
And these students obviously have never heard of Tim Berners Lee Oh, I've heard of him! He's that guy who thinks he's Al Gore, right?
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posted on
06/18/2004 4:59:30 PM PDT
by
rogue yam
To: MadIvan
More than 60 per cent of the students said Britain was too cold and rainy for them to want to study there. I don't know what cold and rain has to do with studying, but it's hard to argue that Britain can be cold and rainy. I have friends who moved to the south of France for that very reason.
To: MadIvan
Pale People in the Rain Gee, why I am not surprised to read that this survey was given to the "diversity crowd." Could you imagine if white students complained about a country being "too brown"?
To: MadIvan
The survey questioned some 2,000 ethnic minority students with A or B grade averages and extensive extra-curricular achievements.Dumbed down education, grade inflation, or both?
The British Council expressed concern that only one third of minority students thought Britain could be described as "diverse".
The other two-thirds thought that "diverse" was somethng poets wrote.
To: MadIvan
Don't for get the teeth.
Oh, God. Those teeth.
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posted on
06/18/2004 5:18:53 PM PDT
by
SJSAMPLE
To: SJSAMPLE
Oh, God. Those teeth. A myth, I assure you. Mike Myers has not done Britain any favours.
Regards, Ivan
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posted on
06/18/2004 5:21:22 PM PDT
by
MadIvan
(Ronald Reagan - proof positive that one man can indeed change the world.)
To: MadIvan
But Britain is cold and rainy. lol
To: MadIvan
Not a myth. I assure you.
To: Sir Gawain
Actually not as cold and rainy as I would like it, these days.
Regards, Ivan
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posted on
06/18/2004 5:22:37 PM PDT
by
MadIvan
(Ronald Reagan - proof positive that one man can indeed change the world.)
To: MadIvan
Tomorrow's American leaders think Britain is arrogant, cold, rainy, and far from the cutting edge in science, culture or business, a "disturbing" new survey suggests. Oh I don't know, a country that gave us Thomas Paine and the Beatles can't be all that bad.
To: MadIvan
The survey questioned some 2,000 ethnic minority students with A or B grade averages and extensive extra-curricular achievements. It was designed to focus on the fastest growing segments of the US population - Latino, Asian American and blacks. All live in Texas and California, booming states set to dominate the "new America" of a few years' time. Seems like an odd group to sample and an odd perception of the US.
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posted on
06/18/2004 5:26:10 PM PDT
by
FourPeas
To: MadIvan
A myth, I assure you. I dunno:
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posted on
06/18/2004 5:32:12 PM PDT
by
Hank Rearden
(Refuse to let anyone who could only get a government job tell you how to run your life.)
To: MadIvan
If England is this great technological leader, why don't they have decent special effects on Doctor Who?
To: Sir Gawain
Most of Britain isn't that cold, certainly not more so than Juneau or Seattle or Portland. In winter, most of Britain is far milder than Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo, or the interior Northeast.
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posted on
06/18/2004 5:35:12 PM PDT
by
dufekin
(John F. Kerry. Irrational, improvident, backward, seditious.)
To: MadIvan
I visited England, France and Italy last year. If I had my choice, it would be tough call between England and France. I would have to pick England. I felt the most comfortable there,and people very friendly. The rain didn't bother me, and I was suprised I could actually time the periods between rainfalls *LOL*
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posted on
06/18/2004 5:35:41 PM PDT
by
cyborg
To: Neanderthal
"Tomorrow's American leaders think Britain is arrogant, cold, rainy, and far from the cutting edge in science, culture or business" More like Cold, Damp and Sarcastic.
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posted on
06/18/2004 5:40:22 PM PDT
by
spokeshave
(strategery + schadenfreude = stratenschadenfreudery)
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