A country, quite like any other country. Not all of us are the stereotype as we don't all sit around all day drinking tea and eating crumpets while speaking in our Sherlock Holmes voices. Some places have been overrun by chavs, and some places are still quite nice but do have quite a few pricks walking the streets with their fags in their mouths and their hats on backwards while saying the word SWAG repeatedly, but trailer trash is the American version of chavs, because nowhere in the world is free of pricks or perfect. Which I'm sure is a shock to some people.
It's a country with loads of culture and it's not just fields or London. It's good for holidays, because London manages to cram loads of shops in while having some of the most interesting places in the world, like the London Eye (biggest ferris wheel in the world) and some places that are just fucking terrifying like M&M World (4 floors worth of chocolate, you can smell it streets away, and yes I know they're in America too). Oh, and not everyone is a football-obsessed chav here either.
England is just a country, though. Sure, it's had achievements in the past, but that doesn't give English people permission to act like a bitch to other people in different countries, and it doesn't give people the authority to judge every single person in a country based on some dumb stereotype they heard a while ago and have never actually met enough English people to judge them properly.
It's a country with loads of culture and it's not just fields or London. It's good for holidays, because London manages to cram loads of shops in while having some of the most interesting places in the world, like the London Eye (biggest ferris wheel in the world) and some places that are just fucking terrifying like M&M World (4 floors worth of chocolate, you can smell it streets away, and yes I know they're in America too). Oh, and not everyone is a football-obsessed chav here either.
England is just a country, though. Sure, it's had achievements in the past, but that doesn't give English people permission to act like a bitch to other people in different countries, and it doesn't give people the authority to judge every single person in a country based on some dumb stereotype they heard a while ago and have never actually met enough English people to judge them properly.
England is a country. Not all of us are like the stereotypes as we don't all sit around all day drinking tea and eating crumpets while speaking in our Sherlock Holmes voices. Some places have been overrun by chavs, and some places are still quite nice but do have quite a few pricks walking the streets with their fags in their mouths and their hats on backwards while saying the word SWAG repeatedly, but trailer trash is the American version of chavs, because nowhere in the world is free of pricks or perfect. Which I'm sure is a shock to some people.
by Owliye September 01, 2013
A country in north-west Europe. Part of the United Kingdom. Bordered by Wales to the West and Scotland to the north.
Did much for the world, for example Isaac Newton (extraordinary physicist, mathematician, astronomer, alchemist, and natural philosopher), George Stephenson (inventor the train), and Charles Darwin (theory of natural selection on which the modern theory of evolution is based) were all English.
Produced influential music acts such as Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Beatles, and Black Sabbath.
Football and rugby were invented in England.
Has a language spoken by a huge amount of the worlds population - roughly 300-400 million people speak it fluently and 150 million–1 billion speak it as a second language - even those who claim to hate England (the Scottish, Welsh, Irish and Americans to an extent).
Hated out of jealousy by Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Most likely because England does better when it comes to sports, and Englands dominant cultural position within the U.K.
Did much for the world, for example Isaac Newton (extraordinary physicist, mathematician, astronomer, alchemist, and natural philosopher), George Stephenson (inventor the train), and Charles Darwin (theory of natural selection on which the modern theory of evolution is based) were all English.
Produced influential music acts such as Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Beatles, and Black Sabbath.
Football and rugby were invented in England.
Has a language spoken by a huge amount of the worlds population - roughly 300-400 million people speak it fluently and 150 million–1 billion speak it as a second language - even those who claim to hate England (the Scottish, Welsh, Irish and Americans to an extent).
Hated out of jealousy by Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Most likely because England does better when it comes to sports, and Englands dominant cultural position within the U.K.
by Carl 101 September 01, 2006
A country that has invented more international sports than any other nation. The list includes golf, tennis, darts, boxing, football (soccer), rugby union, rugby league and cricket. Although Americans don't play the last three sports, pretty much everyone else in the world does.
Other sports invented by England include; bobsleighing (believe it or not!), badminton, bowls, canoeing, snooker, croquet, curling, rowing, skiing (amazingly), squash, table tennis, yachting, weight lifting, archery and horse racing.
Perhaps the only three main games played on a global scale that are missing from the list are chess (accredited to India), hockey/ice hockey (Ireland) and Poker...not invented by Americans, but by the French.
At time of writing, England is home to the most prestigious tennis tournament(Wimbledon), the second best test cricket team in the world, the Rugby Union World Cup winners, one of the favourites for Germany 2006 Football World Cup plus the wealthiest and arguably best Football league in the world.
Other sports invented by England include; bobsleighing (believe it or not!), badminton, bowls, canoeing, snooker, croquet, curling, rowing, skiing (amazingly), squash, table tennis, yachting, weight lifting, archery and horse racing.
Perhaps the only three main games played on a global scale that are missing from the list are chess (accredited to India), hockey/ice hockey (Ireland) and Poker...not invented by Americans, but by the French.
At time of writing, England is home to the most prestigious tennis tournament(Wimbledon), the second best test cricket team in the world, the Rugby Union World Cup winners, one of the favourites for Germany 2006 Football World Cup plus the wealthiest and arguably best Football league in the world.
American jock: "what the hell's 'soccer' anyway? I mean, like, who actually plays that?"
England football hooligan: "it's the most viewed sport in the world mate. The World cup gets over 900 million more viewers than the superbowl. Enuf said."
England football hooligan: "it's the most viewed sport in the world mate. The World cup gets over 900 million more viewers than the superbowl. Enuf said."
by Lukebeelot March 13, 2006
A Great country that seems to have lost it's way. Those who knock our football team, dental service, abuse of our language etc...You're right. What you forget though, is that we have practically NO English players in our team,most of our dental and medical staff are from the East and before we had 24/7 access to foreign crap on telly, we all spoke nicely. Our National Health and Benefits systems are in melt-down because if you come here, we give you the same rights as us. What other country does that?! We go out of our way to "embrace" the world and allow tens of millions of people to come to OUR country. The only uneducated members of our country are either foreign imports or today's youth who spend their lives watching U.S talk-shows and listening to U.S influenced (c)rap music.
No one asks you to come here and we certainly don't want you to stay. We DON'T kill our own people, we DON'T enforce our will on others, we DON'T go to places we don't like. Finally, we don't all live for bloody football.
No one asks you to come here and we certainly don't want you to stay. We DON'T kill our own people, we DON'T enforce our will on others, we DON'T go to places we don't like. Finally, we don't all live for bloody football.
Fred: Can I see the dentist please?
Receptionist: I'm sorry, there's a four year waiting list since another European country has been allowed access to England.
Receptionist: I'm sorry, there's a four year waiting list since another European country has been allowed access to England.
by The English Gent October 31, 2007
A place that has been stereotyped because of about a fifth of the population and to us that is pretty unfair. We are not all Chavs and don't all have manky teeth. I have never met anyone with disgusting teeth and I have lived in england all my life.
We don't all drink tea all day or speak posh, but we also don't all go round starting fights either and talk like a chav but can speak like a civilized person and sort out arguments in a sensible manner.
And if it wasn't for the English, Football wouldn't have been invented neither would Rugby. We are proud of our football team as its our national sport, and who isn't proud of that?
And we also have some of the best actor/actresses and singers in the world at the moment.
We don't all drink tea all day or speak posh, but we also don't all go round starting fights either and talk like a chav but can speak like a civilized person and sort out arguments in a sensible manner.
And if it wasn't for the English, Football wouldn't have been invented neither would Rugby. We are proud of our football team as its our national sport, and who isn't proud of that?
And we also have some of the best actor/actresses and singers in the world at the moment.
Why are you basing your opinion on what you have heard but not experienced. If you go to England it is nothing like you think it is, its a very civilized place where not every one started fights in the street but neither do they all start drinking tea.
by Justsaying. July 05, 2011
I could go on and on about how great it is and tell you all about our Bulldog sprit. But I will just say that is the greatest place on Earth and that London is it greatst city.
by ValleyFloydJames August 22, 2005
Terribly difficult to some up briefly, so short and sweet:
One of the greatest nations ever.
Has an outstandingly extensive and fascinating history.
Once controlled virtually the whole world.
Has one of the most amazingingly diverse and exciting capitals in the world.
The English have played a significant role in the development of the arts and sciences throughout the globe.
Thanks to the legacy of the British Empire, the English language is now the world's unofficial lingua franca, while English common law is also the foundation of legal systems throughout the English-speaking countries of the world.
England has a long and rich musical history.
England has remained a central figure of literacy excellence throughout the past few centuries, notably Romanticism and Modernists.
Sir Winston Churchill, Isaac Newton, William Shakespeare and Charles Darwin- some of the most outstanding Englishmen.
Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit
(Translated: "God and my right")
One of the greatest nations ever.
Has an outstandingly extensive and fascinating history.
Once controlled virtually the whole world.
Has one of the most amazingingly diverse and exciting capitals in the world.
The English have played a significant role in the development of the arts and sciences throughout the globe.
Thanks to the legacy of the British Empire, the English language is now the world's unofficial lingua franca, while English common law is also the foundation of legal systems throughout the English-speaking countries of the world.
England has a long and rich musical history.
England has remained a central figure of literacy excellence throughout the past few centuries, notably Romanticism and Modernists.
Sir Winston Churchill, Isaac Newton, William Shakespeare and Charles Darwin- some of the most outstanding Englishmen.
Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit
(Translated: "God and my right")
This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle,
This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars,
This other Eden, demi-paradise,
This fortress built by Nature for herself
Against infection and the hand of war,
This happy breed of men, this little world,
This precious stone set in the silver sea,
Which serves it in the office of a wall
Or as a moat defensive to a house,
Against the envy of less happier lands,
This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England.
William Shakespeare
Richard II (Act 2, Scene 1)
This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars,
This other Eden, demi-paradise,
This fortress built by Nature for herself
Against infection and the hand of war,
This happy breed of men, this little world,
This precious stone set in the silver sea,
Which serves it in the office of a wall
Or as a moat defensive to a house,
Against the envy of less happier lands,
This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England.
William Shakespeare
Richard II (Act 2, Scene 1)
by Isaac H June 21, 2006