WHAT???!!!????
We speak "English"
Most take English literature in High school for a year.
Where did that weird rank "Sergeant major" come from? How about the idea of Marines or even a Ranger?
70% THAT IS SEVENTY PERCENT of Americans have ancestry that is from the UK. How many links do you want to prove this? 30, 50 how many?
http://landing.ancestry.com/uk_genealogy/uk_genealogy.aspx
http://www.shopirishwithmoytura.com/genealogy/UK-Ireland/
Guess which nation is tied into the NSA? BAE is tied into the JSF program. We have intell agreements on mutual collection and dissemination efforts. If we know it, they know it. If they know it, we know it.
GB is one of our major trading partners. It's the EU nation that is on our side when it comes to breaking down trade barriers, opening up protectionist markets etc. They are THE most reliable NATO partner we have.
Why is Mr. Bean such a hit in the US? Why was Chicken run such a wide spread success? They make lots of movies in China and Russia! But culturally these movies hit the American audience just like our stuff does there.
In 1995 (Just an example) we exported to the UK with 56M population and a smaller economy 28.8B worth of goods, to Germany with 81M people 22.4B. Italy didn’t even break 9B. GB is hands down our best trading partner within Europe and plays the least “protectionist” games of anyone there.
Just as an interesting side bar: http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/uk/uk-0401-hansard-commons.htm
You’re living on Mars! If GB is attacked or their territorial rights threatened, the Monroe Doctrine goes out the window. While most other European nations also have blood relatives, economic and cultural ties, NONE are as close as with GB. GB will always get our favor within Europe. Mexico is part of NAFTA, but GB is still closer to us than them. GB is part of the EU, but they still hold us closer that their French/German buddies.
Yes, he US-British relations are a "special" case.
There are more Americans of GERMAN Ancestry than any other.
Americans by ancestry, 2000 census:
1. German 42,841,569 15.2%
2. Irish 30,524,799 10.8
3. African American1 24,903,412 8.8
4. English 24,509,692 8.7
5. American 20,188,305 7.2
6. Mexican 18,382,291 6.5
7. Italian 15,638,348 5.6
8. Polish 8,977,235 3.2
9. French 8,309,666 3.0
10. American Indian1 7,876,568 2.8
As you can see, Americans of English ancestry are WAY outnumbered if you combine every other ethnicity.
Thoughout the 19th and early 20th century, Americans would celebrate "Evacuation Day" by burning British soldiers in effigy.
Take your Anglophilia back to ol' Blighty if you love that little island so much. ;-)