Quote Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie View Post
I fully concur with Allez, Allez, Allez. I communicate predominantly in Ukrainian and I am far more familiar with the works of Hryhorii Skovoroda, Yuriy Drohobych, Stanislav Orikhovsky-Roxolan, Feofan Prokopovych than Shakespeare, Chaucer and Alan Bennett. I have many Ukranian friends, relatives,colleagues and acquaintances but no English ones. My sporting heroes are all Ukranian and I visit that country every few months. On the other hand, I have never been to England. I watch Ukranian TV and am not familiar with the London-based BBC or ITV. On a Saturday morning I listen to Радио Шансон radio station and my record collection contains more Ukranian artists than English ones. I enjoy watching a bit of Ukranian footy on TV station Футбол 1 and Match of the Day, with all its English take on things, leaves me cold. I pay taxes to the Ukranian government and use their health service. And I'm looking forward to my state pension from Пенсійний Фонд України and I'll spend a few of my hryvnia watching my local team that has more Ukrainian players than English players. However, I'm concerned about taking a DNA test as the results may be slightly at odds with my perception of who I think I'm not......
As a youngster, the first musician I listened to was Michael Jackson. During my teens I was into Devo and Talking Heads.

My favourite film was Fear and Loathing and Las Vegas.

The television I am currently watching are series from HBO, Apple Tv and Amazon Prime.

I wear Jeans and my favourite brand of clothes is Levi's.

I enjoy eating Hamburgers.


.................................................. ..... You MUST therefore support the USA in the soccer world series. Or at least have some love for them.


............which brings me onto another thing. Talk about the welsh being small minded but the amount of english speakers from the Uk that turn their noses up at what they understand as Americanisms is about the most snobbish thing I have ever seen. Cringeworthy. ......... Even when these Americanisms are actually more authentic than the modern british english equivalent.

Half of Europes main cultural influences come from the states.....or english bands pretending to be from the states......yet the US remains a very foreign place for someone visiting from Greece or France.



BTW .... Taunton Blue..... I'm not on a mission to shit on you at every opportunity..... I'm answering those of you who collectively feel we must bow to the Centralised powers due to proximity and cultural influence.