[Luis Gonzalez]

"While it is true that bits and snatches from other cultures have found their way into the mainstream of American life."

Outside of language, point to the remaining similarities between modern day America and British culture.

[Torie]

What the two have in common beyond language is a hard wired belief in a robust free press, and the rule of law over the whims of man, in practice as well as an ideal. In these two key facets the sceptred and emerald isles and the fruited plain are quite distinct from most of the planet, including the continent of Europe, when the rubber meets the road. Don't ever forget it.