Brit-think - Ameri-think

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"England and America are two countries C separated by the same language." t
—George Bernard Shaw
This hilarious yet perceptive book is an indispensable guide to understanding the great cultural ocean between Yanks and Brits. It's not just vocabulary that divides us. On topics from death ("Americans think that death is optional") to change (Britons "remember that God usually gets it right the first time"), our attitudes and aspirations could not be more different. In this revised edition, Jane Walmsley (an American married to an Englishman) surveys a whole gamut of British-American divergences. Her sharp eye falls on subjects from sex to food, from pets to religion, from sports to money, and from war to— most divergent of all—humor. Entertaining and invaluable, BRIT-THINK, RHERI-THIHK now includes chapters on cultural icons Oprah Winfrey and Bridget Jones, and on Brit-cool vs. Ameri-cool (including a guide to what is— and isn't—hot). Whether you are a tourist or a business... Tovább

Fülszöveg

"England and America are two countries C separated by the same language." t
—George Bernard Shaw
This hilarious yet perceptive book is an indispensable guide to understanding the great cultural ocean between Yanks and Brits. It's not just vocabulary that divides us. On topics from death ("Americans think that death is optional") to change (Britons "remember that God usually gets it right the first time"), our attitudes and aspirations could not be more different. In this revised edition, Jane Walmsley (an American married to an Englishman) surveys a whole gamut of British-American divergences. Her sharp eye falls on subjects from sex to food, from pets to religion, from sports to money, and from war to— most divergent of all—humor. Entertaining and invaluable, BRIT-THINK, RHERI-THIHK now includes chapters on cultural icons Oprah Winfrey and Bridget Jones, and on Brit-cool vs. Ameri-cool (including a guide to what is— and isn't—hot). Whether you are a tourist or a business traveler, an Anglophile or a Yankophile, this book will help you understand your transatlantic neighbors better—and see for yourself a bit more clearly, too!
"A candid and humorous look at the way Americans and British view life from different perspectives . . . combining clever quips with the humor found on both sides of the Atlantic." — the washington post
"A funny, shrewd book." — fi LI STAIR COOKE
"Jane Walmsley furnishes hard and often funny truths. . . . She is a droll and accurate observer." —the philrdelphir inquirer
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