tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36841665.post5988722882479366131..comments2023-12-31T13:47:05.758+00:00Comments on Fat Man on a Keyboard: Being BritishThe Plumphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09244528534476387323noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36841665.post-54332114196189887322012-07-30T16:08:06.621+01:002012-07-30T16:08:06.621+01:00Oddly, no one says Chinese culture is too Chinese....Oddly, no one says Chinese culture is too Chinese.<br /><br />In regards to my previous comment, I have had my answer to a nationality question on an official claim form altered in my presence from 'English' to 'British'. Recently an attempt by me to amend details on my Electoral Roll entry resulted in a another fail. I could, I was told afterwards, describe myself as'Irish' if I filled in another form, but not 'English'.Anton Dequehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07076828639042541217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36841665.post-75321429823494328162012-07-28T23:05:50.244+01:002012-07-28T23:05:50.244+01:00and the indirect but clear message for the NHS of ...and the indirect but clear message for the NHS of courseel Romandantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16081167431631366553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36841665.post-71463934250393423772012-07-28T23:05:05.740+01:002012-07-28T23:05:05.740+01:00I would agree with the anonymous first commentator...I would agree with the anonymous first commentator that the opening ceremony was a bit too british for the rest of the world to bear. However, I could not agree more with the fact that what was presented yesterday - the british pop culture and technology- are nowadays universal. <br />What I loved most from yesterday was this symbolic pass of the torch to the youth, something so common in your country, Plump, and something I am so desperate to see in my own which is still dominated by 70s thinking leaders.el Romandantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16081167431631366553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36841665.post-75917610887549084482012-07-28T22:57:11.561+01:002012-07-28T22:57:11.561+01:00Some British culture has spread, but is too often ...Some British culture has spread, but is too often confused with American culture. We have awful language problems with each other because we both speak the same one.<br /><br />What I don't think that most non-Brits get is our intense pride at being pretty rubbish at most things. The piece didn't celebrate British achievements, it reminded us that we had some. This comes as a great surprise, and rather a pleasant one at that.The Plumphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09244528534476387323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36841665.post-6813699521178990632012-07-28T22:47:36.103+01:002012-07-28T22:47:36.103+01:00for me it was an avantgarde OGames opening ceremon...for me it was an avantgarde OGames opening ceremony, but many of the audience around the world could understand it; other folks, other cultures... a bit too British maybe? if it had some more universal elements, then that's what supposedly are the Olympic Games about. but British culture has become universal, hasn't it?<br />PS loved the construction workers welcoming the flame too :)<br />KTGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com