#tish

The North American intellectual tradition began, I maintain, in the encounter of British Romanticism with assertive, pragmatic North American English - the Protestant plain style in both the U.S. and Canada, with its no-nonsense Scottish immigrants. ↗

— Camille Paglia

#assertive #began #both #british #canada

Americans like the British kind of quirkiness and the strange accent. They find it kind of cute or something, with a certain charm. ↗

— Nick Park

#british #certain #charm #cute #find

When we first sold the Wallace and Gromit shorts to America, people suggested we get rid of the strange British accents and put clear American voices on them, and we held out. ↗

— Nick Park

#america #american #british #clear #first

This sympathy is not translated into force against the British government because it is not like the anti- apartheid movement which had a high profile here and Mandela is a more engaging figure than Yasser Arafat. ↗

— Tom Paulin

#apartheid #arafat #because #british #british government

American audiences tend to be more expressive than British ones. ↗

— Simon Pegg

#american audiences #audiences #british #expressive #more

It's estimated that by 2030 there will be virtually no unskilled jobs in the British economy. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#economy #estimated #jobs #unskilled #virtually

The truth is that neither British nor American imperialism was or is idealistic. It has always been driven by economic or strategic interests. ↗

— Charley Reese

#american #been #british #driven #economic

The guy that made me wanna make movies... and this is off the wall-is a guy named Michael Pal, the British director. ↗

— George A. Romero

#director #guy #made #make #me

The British have slang words, as we do, but it was fun. ↗

— Dennis Farina

#fun #slang #words

You don't expect to get the letter saying, Her Majesty would like to appoint you Knight Commander of the British Empire! It was just a completely overwhelming and exciting day. ↗

— Antony Sher

#british #british empire #commander #completely #day