tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3564548991196024787.post4599915905481608995..comments2023-09-11T10:06:11.950-04:00Comments on England Rents, Rants, & Raves: What England means to me, part IIThe Prodigal Touristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08334946081603232068noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3564548991196024787.post-65474162976004620012009-12-09T13:50:32.030-05:002009-12-09T13:50:32.030-05:00After reading this post (and having just read all ...After reading this post (and having just read all the prior posts) I realize I am not going insane with belated Anglophilia. The difference is I have lived here 40 years, ever since I was a young bride who married a Yank(English humour), and am now divorced and jobless courtesy of the economy. Too young to live without health insurance, and all my family "back there" so I anticipate, if I cannot find work, and it certainly is not looking promising, moving back to good old Blighty later on next year. It is going to be very interesting... <br /> I shall avail myself of your book now I have heard of it, and if it is anything like your blogs, I shall love it!Lindanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3564548991196024787.post-50465277634657248752009-10-25T09:37:25.565-04:002009-10-25T09:37:25.565-04:00This is one of my fav posts that you've writte...This is one of my fav posts that you've written (so far!)<br /><br />And I gave you an award if you want to stop by and "get" it!Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01283944377017377125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3564548991196024787.post-74277246896523411272009-10-24T23:17:33.039-04:002009-10-24T23:17:33.039-04:00Denis a cracking read along with part one. I can ...Denis a cracking read along with part one. I can so identify with so many things. Going native so to speak is not really on my agenda nor is a colonialist attitude.<br /><br />I am just proud of a heritage that had I not move overseas I would have lost in the fuddle of everyday life back home.<br /><br />Rule Brittania-last night of the proms-trying to explain to my Thai partner what made Britain great.Mikehttp://www.mythaiphotoblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3564548991196024787.post-13362257982096616792009-10-24T21:56:30.047-04:002009-10-24T21:56:30.047-04:00I first left England as a 17 year old in 1967 when...I first left England as a 17 year old in 1967 when I joined the merchant navy. Being English, was until recently not something the English discussed or navel gazed.<br />I found that I did not become consciously English until I first set foot out of England.If someone said "are you british" I would nod the affirmative, now I say no I'm English.I have lived out of England most of my life but I have made a point of keeping my strong northern English accent.The English tend to disappear once they live in other countries.They don't seem to get together and form associations like other groups do but I'm hoping this changes over time.<br />All the best from Australia.<br />was healtallyhttp://hsozkult.geschichte.hu-berlin.de/termine/id=12209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3564548991196024787.post-54863514769733658122009-10-24T10:24:19.069-04:002009-10-24T10:24:19.069-04:00Gorgeous. And so true for many of us!Gorgeous. And so true for many of us!Expat mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17798190669591053390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3564548991196024787.post-9156859938940886162009-10-24T09:14:53.512-04:002009-10-24T09:14:53.512-04:00This is a lovely piece of writing. Thank you for p...This is a lovely piece of writing. Thank you for posting it, I really enjoyed it. As an American about to move to England, I wonder if living there permanently will inspire me to embrace parts of my native culture that I've never really paid to much attention to. It's interesting to wonder about.Sarah Tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3564548991196024787.post-85476210401645534852009-10-23T22:24:14.201-04:002009-10-23T22:24:14.201-04:00Denis, you have written the very words I could hav...Denis, you have written the very words I could have spoken myself.<br />Looking back, there was a period, when I first lived in the USA when I wanted to discover everything new. My Englishness was shoved aside, I was learning to appreciate a new country, with new customs, new rules.<br />After I felt comfortable with those new customs, I felt something missing, it was my own heritage, somehow it had gotten lost in the mix.<br />I live and feel more English than I believe I did living in England. Everyday, I embrace my upbringing, my country's heritage. I listen to anything on TV that is British, eat English foods,read English authors. We have the best of both countries, it's a thing to celebrate.<br />Love your writings , you hit the nail on the head.A Brit in Tennesseehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16080644141670903160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3564548991196024787.post-4160951924891192902009-10-23T20:00:55.611-04:002009-10-23T20:00:55.611-04:00You write so beautifully, Denis. I can feel your h...You write so beautifully, Denis. I can feel your heart swell and the lump in your throat.Daffycathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07014712375064249301noreply@blogger.com