Finding an appropriate website to represent a view on America took some time as most interesting sites turned out to be published by the United States, so although the website I have chosen is not the best, as it does not contain researched facts nor is it from a creditable source, I think it is still valuable as it stereotypically generalises the British view on America.
The article addresses the issue 'Things Americans Do That Brits Hate', it discusses certain traits that Americans have which tend to annoy or irritate the British, for example, I found the 'Aggressive patriotism' point intriguing as it is hard to think of America without thinking of their bold pride and love for their country, and so I found it interesting that American patriotism tends to irritate most who are not American and also because it is an odd thing to become bothered by. The publisher also makes the point of saying one of the reasons that the British dislike America is when the American flag appears next to the ‘English’ option on a language selector. I found this point compelling as I too find this irritating, thus backing up the publishers argument on what it is that Americans do that irritate the British.
Albeit I do not agree with all the points made in the article and, as I said, I do not think the content is too reliable, I still found it interesting and relevant as the content was published by a person around my age and I think they generally sum up the British view on America on this specific topic.
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