From: Helen Krummenacker avona@jps.net
The culture does show through, in more than just the accents. It is part of the show's appeal to me, really. Reserve, dignity, and showing respect are worthy qualties, and much maligned in modern America.
If you think reserve, dignity and showing respect are all part of being British, then you can't have spent much time over here. Being British means: *glassing some bloke in the pub because he looked like he was eyeing up your bird. *beating the crap out of foreign football fans because they're foreign. *hating the French for being French. *hating the Germans out of principle. *hating the Americans whilst trying to be as American as possible. *driving an innocent woman out of her home because you don't know the difference between a paedophile and a paediatrician. *getting a breast enlargement for your 16th birthday because you'll be on the scrapheap for the rest of your life if you don't. *making a religion out of football.
Plenty of reserve, dignity, and respect there, I'm sure you'll agree.
Neil