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Old 11-02-2009, 09:01 AM
 
Location: Texas
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Definitely. I can almost always spot a British person in a crowd of Americans...they often have very distinct facial features. Wish I could put my finger on what it is exactly - my wife and I were discussing this very thing the other day.
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Old 11-02-2009, 09:05 AM
 
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Definitely. I can almost always spot a British person in a crowd of Americans...they often have very distinct facial features. Wish I could put my finger on what it is exactly - my wife and I were discussing this very thing the other day.
Are you referring to British in general or the English? I find Scots looks different than the English. But it's a look I can't put a finger on either.
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Old 11-02-2009, 09:08 AM
 
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Both...but in different ways. I really wish I knew how to articulate this better. It's weird, huh?
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Old 11-02-2009, 09:17 AM
 
Location: West Michigan
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Wow, some people are better than I am at picking out where somebody is from just by physical looks. I know if you took 100 people and put them naked in a room I couldn't tell you whether they were from the UK, Australia, or the US. Add their clothes though and it gets a bit easier because the fashions/brands are a bit different.

As for the entire argument that Americans could refer to anyone from either the North American or South American Continents, that is ridiculous. I have lived close to the US/Canadian border for 44 out of my 46 years on this planet, NEVER in all that time have a come across any Canadian that calls themselves an "American" because they are from the North American Continent. To think so and to continue to argue about, regardless of age, means you live in your own little bubble in the world and refuse to see the bigger picture and reality. If someone is referred to as being an "American" in any Country, on any Continent, on the face of this Earth, it is automatically assumed they are from the USA.
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Old 11-02-2009, 09:25 AM
 
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As for the entire argument that Americans could refer to anyone from either the North American or South American Continents, that is ridiculous. I have lived close to the US/Canadian border for 44 out of my 46 years on this planet, NEVER in all that time have a come across any Canadian that calls themselves an "American" because they are from the North American Continent. To think so and to continue to argue about, regardless of age, means you live in your own little bubble in the world and refuse to see the bigger picture and reality. If someone is referred to as being an "American" in any Country, on any Continent, on the face of this Earth, it is automatically assumed they are from the USA.
As an American in the UK I am often asked if I'm Canadian and I'm told this is because if one asks a Canadian if they are American, they get angry and insulted. You see lots of tourists with Canadian maple leafs on their backpacks so no one will think they are American. (Americans have been known to do this as well).
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Old 11-02-2009, 09:33 AM
 
Location: Huntington Beach, CA
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Thats because a lot of tourist believe that wearing an American Flag is akin to wearing a Target.

I would bet that many of those "Canadians' wearing maple leaves are actually Americans.
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Old 11-02-2009, 09:44 AM
 
Location: West Michigan
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As an American in the UK I am often asked if I'm Canadian and I'm told this is because if one asks a Canadian if they are American, they get angry and insulted.
While living in Northern Maine, my wife worked with a LOT of Canadians and we were very good friends with them. Worse thing you could tell them was that they were more American than Canadian because they made their money on this side of the border. LOL Can't print their common response because I don't want to get banned for using such language or have 1/2 my post look like this "**** ***, **** **** ****** *******!!!"
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Old 11-02-2009, 09:49 AM
 
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Thats because a lot of tourist believe that wearing an American Flag is akin to wearing a Target.

I would bet that many of those "Canadians' wearing maple leaves are actually Americans.
Why put any flag on your backpack? And yes I'm sure many of them were Americans. I've known Americans who will tell people they are Canadian, but I don't. I was very tempted when that idiot was prez, but never did it.
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Old 11-02-2009, 09:57 AM
 
Location: Huntington Beach, CA
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Why put any flag on your backpack? And yes I'm sure many of them were Americans. I've known Americans who will tell people they are Canadian, but I don't. I was very tempted when that idiot was prez, but never did it.
Americans are one of the few countries that literally wear their nationalism. (The Brits come to mind, but their flag is really cool and made even more popular by bands such as the Whom Def Leppard and the Sex Pistols).

That being said, I think Americans tend to project how they think Canadians would act. Americans are simply replacing the American Flag with a Maple Leaf.
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Old 11-02-2009, 10:05 AM
 
Location: Both coasts
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Very broad question. First of all, when you speak of "Americans" are you speaking of people within the United States of America or in the "Americas" in general? Remember, there is a South America.

So, no I don't think there is a clear and distinct difference. Broad question..
Obviously I was refering to Americans as in those from the US... I haven't ever met a Canadian who deemed themself singly "American" let alone one in South America- a separate continent- an "American"!

How about a triple back to you!

I find that there are circles of people that have a certain look to them- like to me there is a "Southern" look in certain Whites from the US South that is basically not seen in England (unless tourists)- and I am not referring to dressing which is indeed very different between all regions- it could be hairstyles/ makeup styles of ladies.

Likewise, there is a certain "English" look in some populations that you are hard pressed to see in certain parts of the US- can't put a finger on it- but "longer" facial features come to mind. I do find Americans in general are more likely to seriously have smaller facial features (but bigger bodies), I don't think I'm crazy...Plus have others noticed British ladies are less likely to put alot of makeup unlike many American ladies...also when I was in England on various occasions I hardly saw any ladies with French manicures or different colored nails which is common here. The men look different too, and I'm not just referring to the lack of the army-buzz cut-look that is common in the US.

Just find it very interesting considering the ancestry of many White-Americans- but with time looks do change and mix.

I specify certain regions of the US as I have seen some Americans in San Francisco and New York City / New England as well as Seattle to have a greater likelihood to emulate "European" flair in their dressing. And when I'm in New England, there is also a physical/ facial look of some of the older populations that resemble their counterparts in the UK.

Canadians to me are indistinguishable physically to their counterparts in the Northwestern/ Midwestern US. Though as I have spent considerable time in Canada, that there are populations of their seniors that moved to Canada from the UK many many years ago so you see that 'look' in many of their seniors- though now their children look like Americans .
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