Loud, obnoxious, monolingual and dumb. Who does that describe?
I think both Brits and Yanks.
Are Brits just the Americans of Europe?
Stereotypes are nonsense.
And no, what you are describing are French.
British people (68,1 million people) are not ‘loud, obnoxious, monolingual and dumb’.
98% or 59,8 million people spoke English in 2011, 864 thousand people in England and Wales did not speak or not much English. Roughly 700 thousand people speak Welsh and 1.5 million people speak Scottish Gaelic and Ulster Scots. Other languages spoken in the UK include Irish Gaelic, Polish, Punjabi, Bengali, Arabic, Hindi, Urdu and Chinese.
Is Britain even considered to be “in” Europe? That’s like saying Iceland is in Europe.
Iceland is in Europe.
Iceland is in Europe. Greenland’s in North America, Iceland in Europe.
In the context of the OP: yes, Great Britain is part of the socio-political, economical and cultural area referred to as “Europe”.
In a strictly topographical context: no, Great Britain is not part of the peninsula referred to as “Europe”. It is simply not in a continent, just like Honshu and Sri Lanka aren’t either.
(Relevant detail: I’m focusing on GB alone, but UK also controls Gibraltar. The later is a topographical part of Europe, as it borders the territory controlled by Spain in Iberia.)
What does it mean to be part of Europe from your POV?
For the comparison to work, there needs to be a frame for Americans.
Stop being an ass.
