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Anon thinks the French are posers (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 5 days ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] FozzyOsbourne@lemm.ee 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Anglo-Saxon cultural elements

You did your best to stamp those out back in 1066

[–] oce@jlai.lu 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It's still how we call this group from France.

[–] FozzyOsbourne@lemm.ee 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Do you use it differently to "English"?

[–] oce@jlai.lu 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Maybe it is interchangeable sometimes, but English people would rather point at the UK, while Anglo-Saxons often abusively refers to UK plus majorly white former British colonies, USA, Canada, Australia and New-Zealand.

[–] FozzyOsbourne@lemm.ee 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Interesting. I'd probably call that "the anglosphere", Anglo-Saxon is specifically the pre-Norman-conquest residents of what is now England.

[–] oce@jlai.lu 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Wouldn't the Anglosphere include every English speaking countries like South Africa, India and others?

[–] FozzyOsbourne@lemm.ee 2 points 4 days ago

Maybe. There's also "The Commonwealth" which includes them but which the USA explicitly opted out from (by gaining independence from the British Empire before it was cool).