Annoying things you have overheard at Disney.

[UKDEB]

Have you noticed that every American is of Irish (or occasionally Scottish) descendency? Nothing wrong with taking a pride in that, I suppose, but why do they imagine I'm going to be impressed? My Grandfather was born in Canada, but I don't inform every American I meet of that.

 

[Belle68]

This thread is so good, Ive never had so many laughs

 

[paulh]

what do mean we have to que
Paulh

 

[wifey]

We are always asked where we are from so we say Darlington "oh your Geordies" they say "no actually we're close to Middlesborough than Newcastle and then they ask " what's there then coal mines"? Honestly you'd think we still live in the Victorian era or something! So we say "no we're surrounded by area of outstanding natural beauty lots of good walking in peacefull countryside and historic towns and we have a high amount of castles in the north east too" to which the reply is usually "oh" apart from the monorail pilot on our last visit. He really enjoyed talking to us he visits every couple of years to get in some good country walking which he loves. We ended up being tourism ambassadors for the north east and cumbria he made note of our advice too

 

[wicket2005]

"no we're surrounded by area of outstanding natural beauty lots of good walking in peacefull countryside and historic towns and we have a high amount of castles in the north east too"

Shh! That is supposed to be a secret. We only live 6 miles from Middlesbrough (the so called worse place to live according to Channel 4). Typically any tv programme shows the worse of the worse areas and not the nice places creating a totally wrong impression of the place, but hey ho, we get to enjoy the beautiful countryside and beaches that are 2 minutes away.

 

[Eeyore's Tailfinder]

How to send a Welshman over the edge in one easy lesson.

David

We went to Liberty Tree Tavern, and they took our names and ADR number. They then asked where we were from (we said the UK).

Skip forward 10 minutes, and a different person shouts "seating the Richards party from England".

We always get asked where we are from, and we say that we live in London but are originally from Wales. And we always get the same reply - 'but thats England anyway'!

I'm glad me and DBF aren't the only people this annoys! REALLY gets my goat!!

Cue server in Sci-Fi: Where are you guys from?
Us: Wales:
Server (turning to the family in the front of our car): Hey, these guys are from England!!

DBF did inform him that we were in fact, Welsh, and I admit I had to be persuaded by DBF to leave a tip

A server in Le Cellier was the best! He asked where we were from, we replied Wales. Oh the UK?! (We were pleased!) He went on, yeah, I had a family from Wales in last week and I mentioned something about them coming from England.... let me tell you, I'll never make that mistake again That had us laughing!


The Welsh decendants are funny too! No way, my great great uncle in law's dog twice removed came from Wales!

 

[minniemouseuk]

When saying you're from Wales, has anyone had the response "Ahhh, Tom Jones".

Ironically, I can't stand Tom Jones

 

[minniemouseuk]

I'm glad me and DBF aren't the only people this annoys! REALLY gets my goat!!

Cue server in Sci-Fi: Where are you guys from?
Us: Wales:
Server (turning to the family in the front of our car): Hey, these guys are from England!!

DBF did inform him that we were in fact, Welsh, and I admit I had to be persuaded by DBF to leave a tip

A server in Le Cellier was the best! He asked where we were from, we replied Wales. Oh the UK?! (We were pleased!) He went on, yeah, I had a family from Wales in last week and I mentioned something about them coming from England.... let me tell you, I'll never make that mistake again That had us laughing!


The Welsh decendants are funny too! No way, my great great uncle in law's dog twice removed came from Wales!

Great post

 

[minniemouseuk]

When saying you're from Wales, has anyone had the response "Ahhh, Tom Jones".

Ironically, I can't stand Tom Jones

I've just thought that if someone ever says this to me again, I'm gonna ask where they're from. If they say America (for example), I'm gonna say "Ahhh, Will Smith"

 

[Eeyore's Tailfinder]

I've just thought that if someone ever says this to me again, I'm gonna ask where they're from. If they say America (for example), I'm gonna say "Ahhh, Will Smith"

That is a good one!!

 

[misskrystal]

I've just thought that if someone ever says this to me again, I'm gonna ask where they're from. If they say America (for example), I'm gonna say "Ahhh, Will Smith"

 

[thelittlemermaid83]

Im so loving this thread!

 

[natalielongstaff]

I've just thought that if someone ever says this to me again, I'm gonna ask where they're from. If they say America (for example), I'm gonna say "Ahhh, Will Smith"

 

[T16GEM]

This is more funny than annoying but hey!

We were at the Pirates Cove Crazy Golf and we met some guys who were playing too, they asked us where we were from and when we said England, they said "what language do y'all speak there?" They were deadly serious.

 

[fatdave42]

This is more funny than annoying but hey!

We were at the Pirates Cove Crazy Golf and we met some guys who were playing too, they asked us where we were from and when we said England, they said "what language do y'all speak there?" They were deadly serious.

lol

 

[Pinky166]

This is more funny than annoying but hey!

We were at the Pirates Cove Crazy Golf and we met some guys who were playing too, they asked us where we were from and when we said England, they said "what language do y'all speak there?" They were deadly serious.

OMG!!!

 

[thelittlemermaid83]

This is more funny than annoying but hey!

We were at the Pirates Cove Crazy Golf and we met some guys who were playing too, they asked us where we were from and when we said England, they said "what language do y'all speak there?" They were deadly serious.

 

[Dis Fan Dad]

This thread certainly is an education on what NOT to say I have been guilty in the past of bringing up my Scotch/English linneage while (sorry,whilst) waiting in line for rides . But it is only out of respect and pride in my family heritage, please forgive a silly Canadian .

Cheers, Don

 

[proteus]

Consider yourself fortunate that you don't reside here or you would be exposed to a great deal more. Personally speaking I plan to retire in the Northeast where the people are more cultured and worldly. As a "Yank" myself I'm shamed whenever I hear someone from my country make a silly remark. Ignorance certainly isn't the exclusive provenance of Americans though we certainly excel in our demonstration of it.

Having lived abroad myself for almost 20 years I feel somewhat of a stranger in my "homeland". Some of the characteristics I can't get used to are the American's habit of calling attention to themselves, the way politicians take themselves so seriously and how direct we are in conversation. You could be talking to a perfect stranger and inside of ten minutes they will ask about your salary, if you own a house, etc. In my family one never discussed money, boasted about possessions, or the like. It was rather the opposite, you downplayed your achievements instead of crowing about them.

I recently read Kate Fox's "Watching the English". Though I was familiar with most of the class distinctions and mannerisms some were novel to me. One example is the reference of buying the bartender a round as a euphemism for giving a tip. A great book and it would be hilarious if she took on the Americans.

 

[tony64]

This thread has kind of moved off topic and onto silly things the Americans have said. I'm sure we have all made silly mistakes while just trying to be polite.

I'd like to add nice things you have overheard to the thread ( if that's OK) to balance things up a little.

We were in a queue at a restaurant and got the y'all from England line ( there's nothing wrong with that IMOA) and when we replied yes the guy just smiled from ear to ear and thanked us for coming, shaking our hands as we were seated. This was just after 9-11 so it was not totally over the top. You would never get that friendly a greeting in this country.

We were in another restaurant when a couple came in with triplets and received a round of applause with several women going over and congratulating them. This was so nice to see and I think it would be nice to add a few more positives to the thread. I for one prefer our American cousins to some ( not all) of are european neighbours.