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10 Things Americans Do That Drive Brits Nuts
By Ruth Margolis | Posted on May 15th, 2012


10 Things Americans Do That Drive Brits Nuts
By Ruth Margolis | Posted on May 15th, 2012

Stars and stripes forever... until they rip your plate away. (Canadian Press via AP Images)

American people are some of the loveliest you’ll ever meet and make us expats feel all warm, cuddly and very welcome. But just occasionally they do or say something that we Brits find a tad… eccentric.

1. Saying “I love your accent!”
Before I moved here, I never imagined that my dreary London burr made me sound smart or lovable. At first the compliments were nice, but then a New York tiger mom asked me to talk to her snoozing two-year-old in the hope that it would rub off. A bit much, I thought.