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Why are English people so cold? Perhaps this is the reason so many foreigners fail to integrate properly into society in the UK? I am a foreigner totally grateful to the UK for giving me a passport (married to a Brit for 21 years) as the chances of being killed where I come from are pretty good.
However, in all the time I spent living in the UK (five years in total), although I'm blue-eyed, blonde and speak perfect English with just a 5% accent, I am always regarded as being foreign. All my friends are foreign too mainly because we have come to realise we are all in the same boat.
My best friend is Swedish and has lived here in the UK for about 12 years. Even after that length of time living in the UK she says I am still the only person who has ever invited her home for a coffee!
We're told we have to be patient and that it takes time for an English person to trust you (say four years of knowing you), but then once they are friends with you, they are the best friends in the world. Well, I'm afraid I've given up trying and hoping.
you really don't want us to be here
Is it perhaps because your mothers never breast fed you and thus did not expose you to the first essential human warmth that we should all know? Or is it because you really are all xenophobic and your government, in its multicultural tendencies has failed to realise this basic truth? Perhaps it is just because you are SO polite, politically correct and you really don't want us to be here, so instead of telling us sincerely, you pretend to put up with us because you really don't want to become our friends?
Since first moving to the UK, I decided to move away again and have lived abroad for seven years. During that time I have never failed to make friends with the locals, and quickly too. So why are the English so aloof with foreigners?
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How can she even stand to be next to a peddo? But she did bail him out with her vast reserves of money. Money can buy these things out of any situation.









I come from a region in the Great Lakes and Ontario where it is said that our English is still “The King’s English.†I am not sure to which King the population refers, but it is said that although British dialects morph and change quickly, we were fairly untouched in our accent over a few hundred years. The Great Lakes are difficult to access. Even the French priests gave up in the 1600’s. My family members can understand the culture and language of a foreign film more so than any British film. How do you British see yourselves when English dominates the film? Are all dialects understandable to you? This is the main complaint I hear from anyone if I want to watch a British film: People want subtitles! German or French is easier to understand by most. Why is this, if we all had English literature and read the English classics? One theory is that British English changes with every passing decade. Do you British feel unheard in a country where most people know English? Just wondering. :) Indian English from the Indian Continent is easy to understand, as an example. British English from the Isles is not very understandable, as an example.

Most families were indentured servants or slaves to the British crown in the 1600-1700’s. Not much talk about white slavery, but the British invented it. I am not permitted to join any snobby groups which pre-date the English! Their rules, not mine. The natives on former British Islands are eager to share their history. A taxi cab man on the Islands told me the British love their power and money. His country was freed in the 1980’s, formerly under British rule. Brits are cold and appear unfamiliar, even after generations. .The Massachusetts registry states that my ancestors had friendly ties with the natives and the English who came later depended heavily on my ancestors and their descendants to get along in the New World. I am proud to be a very real American, with no Puritan or English blood.

That being said...I travelled and experienced the exact same thing, with language and people ignoring me purposely. However - I also met many people who were friendly and kind.
We're all different, we're all culturely different and culturely "groomed" if you like. But Britiah people aren't all cold and unfriendly, just as Americans aren't all fat and lazy or Iranians terrorists. Please try not to let your experience brandish millions of people. I'm sorry you felt the way you did though.


You'll find actually most British people are kind, democratic, religious, open minded, helpful, polite, well spoken, intelligent, good sense of humour, mindful and very decent people to be friends with and have unique cultures, rich countryside, and amazing history field with people from all sides of the world. We hate injustice, we hate genocide, we hate crimes against humanity and we hate anything that harms children or animals so if that's your definition of rude, cold and nasty then it is no wonder people here show you a lack of respect you don't deserve it.
When you categorise an entire nation with a massive diverse population filled with millions of different personalities you are just inviting us to dislike you. The title alonenis cold and unsure so practice what you preach before you judge and entire nation.
Its like saying all Muslims are terrorists or all Americans shoot people or all blacks are thrives you're stereotyping without getting to know the wider population and now wandering why people are rude to you. Thats why.
If I randomly bumped into you in London and you just threw that question at me my first thought would be toxic racist and if walknoff and dismiss you.
I don't think its fair to slap a label on our home when there's millions of good, hard working, honest, loving people here.
I'm a good person none the less I don't just bow to stereotypical nonsense.
You say we're rude and disrespectful. Should have a little look in the mirror and read what you said.
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