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2. I'd be willing to bet that most brits have heard of Chicago. I too have no idea why shitcago would be in the lyrics of that "song" unless there is some other localised joke about it that the viewers of this video aren't privy to.
I can assure you that brits at all social levels don't give enough of a shiny turd about American cities to include them in songs, Chicago or otherwise.
It would be equivalent to a bus of Americans singing about Leicester or Bradford in England. Not going to happen.
What about "New York City" by John Lennon? Or "Fake Tales Of San Francisco" by Arctic Monkeys?
Sounds to me like they're working-class southern Englanders, with the leader putting on a fake Irish accent. Definitely British.
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It would be equivalent to a bus of Americans singing about Leicester or Bradford in England. Not going to happen.
What about "New York City" by John Lennon? Or "Fake Tales Of San Francisco" by Arctic Monkeys?
You often in the UK hear people in public singing John Lennon or Arctic Monkeys songs? I don't. Not even under the influence of heavy alcohol consumption.
Oh come on Walrus, you dissapoint me. You know as well as i do if someone on a bus in the UK is going to start a group sing-a-long, especially working class lads, 99 times out of a hundred its going to be football (USA-soccer) themed.
Given the context of the song, if they are British, my guess is they are putting on a poorly articulated American accent, hence no-one can tell where the hell they come from.
If i had been on that bus though i would have struggled to resist giving him a fat lip.
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It would be equivalent to a bus of Americans singing about Leicester or Bradford in England. Not going to happen.
What about "New York City" by John Lennon? Or "Fake Tales Of San Francisco" by Arctic Monkeys?
You often in the UK hear people in the public singing John Lennon or Arctic Monkeys songs? I don't. Not even under the influence of heavy alcohol consumption.
Oh come on Walrus, you dissapoint me. You know as well as i do if someone on a bus in the UK is going to start a group sing-a-long, especially working class lads, 99 times out of a hundred its going to be football (USA-soccer) themed.
Given the context of the song, if they are British, my guess is they are putting on a poorly articulated American accent, hence no-one can tell where the hell they come from.
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2. I'd be willing to bet that most brits have heard of Chicago. I too have no idea why shitcago would be in the lyrics of that "song" unless there is some other localised joke about it that the viewers of this video aren't privy to.
I can assure you that brits at all social levels don't give enough of a shiny turd about American cities to include them in songs, Chicago or otherwise.
I wonder why then, that there are so many brits that have immigrated to the US and/or take holiday over here. Brit accents are heard quite often over here in places I wouldnt have expected, not the least our shooting range. That, and I've met a lot of them while in the UK that know the US surprisingly well.
Despite what you want to believe about us being a bunch of unlettered churls over here, America ROCKS!
We have a Leicester in upstate NY and a Bradford in PA.
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it seems i'm not the only one who's heard brit accents at shooting ranges.
there's also a Birmingham in Alabama (duh), a Gloucester, Manchester, Dover and Ipswich in Massachusetts, another Manchester in California. My parents used to live on a "Bath" street. And there's a Weymouth in New Jersey and, those aren't even the ones that have "New" slapped on them.
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2. I'd be willing to bet that most brits have heard of Chicago. I too have no idea why shitcago would be in the lyrics of that "song" unless there is some other localised joke about it that the viewers of this video aren't privy to.
I can assure you that brits at all social levels don't give enough of a shiny turd about American cities to include them in songs, Chicago or otherwise.
I wonder why then, that there are so many brits that have immigrated to the US and/or take holiday over here. Brit accents are heard quite often over here in places I wouldnt have expected, not the least our shooting range. That, and I've met a lot of them while in the UK that know the US surprisingly well.
Despite what you want to believe about us being a bunch of unlettered churls over here, America ROCKS!
We have a Leicester in upstate NY and a Bradford in PA.
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We have a lot of people from the Europe and from everywhere else in the world. There are cultural enclaves, but generally everyone kinda blends. At least where I live, but Canada's a big country.
I still think I heard a woman with an Irish accent towards the end.
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It would be equivalent to a bus of Americans singing about Leicester or Bradford in England. Not going to happen.
There's this crazy thing called "Wikipedia":
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Used_t ... in_Chicago
Er, yes, actually. Not those ones, but right now drunkenly belting out Arctic Monkeys songs is part of our culture. AM is like Definitely Maybe
Oh come on Walrus, you dissapoint me. You know as well as i do if someone on a bus in the UK is going to start a group sing-a-long, especially working class lads, 99 times out of a hundred its going to be football (USA-soccer) themed.
Given the context of the song, if they are British, my guess is they are putting on a poorly articulated American accent, hence no-one can tell where the hell they come from.
If i had been on that bus though i would have struggled to resist giving him a fat lip.
And ofc many football chants are so oblique that nobody can tell they're football songs. "Five German Bombers" is a prime example. Football teams (which this group would appear to be) often have their own drinking songs, usually about female anatomy, that they will sing on the way home from away matches.
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It would be equivalent to a bus of Americans singing about Leicester or Bradford in England. Not going to happen.
There's this crazy thing called "Wikipedia":
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Used_t ... in_Chicago
Thank you! I hope that puts to rest the absurd sub-topic that this happened in the U.S. or Canada just because the song has a Chicago reference. Why the song got adopted by British university sports teams is a mystery all its' own. Given that it has been adopted this way- and that Eddy Veder of Pearl Jam has a cover version all his own- I think the idea that it was intended to annoy feminists should be put to rest also. That just looks like the misperception of whoever took this video. One woman got annoyed. That's it.
2. I'd be willing to bet that most brits have heard of Chicago. I too have no idea why shitcago would be in the lyrics of that "song" unless there is some other localised joke about it that the viewers of this video aren't privy to.
I can assure you that brits at all social levels don't give enough of a shiny turd about American cities to include them in songs, Chicago or otherwise.
It would be equivalent to a bus of Americans singing about Leicester or Bradford in England. Not going to happen.
What about "New York City" by John Lennon? Or "Fake Tales Of San Francisco" by Arctic Monkeys?
Sounds to me like they're working-class southern Englanders, with the leader putting on a fake Irish accent. Definitely British.
Actually it sounds more like stoke accent. Not so Southern, nothing about that accent sounds particularly southern.
I think it make no difference though it is definitely British. The public transport is recognizably British.
I was in Manchester recently, and you get the same sexist, racist and homophobic chant in ruby league, rugby union, and football crowd on public transport all the time. South or North.
I'm Sorry Thomas, you can't tell accent apart that is not Canadian.
There is a tradition of chanting songs in for sport team supporter, they run out of thing to chart.
I bet many rugby union fans don't know that "Swing Low Sweet Chariot" is African American spiritual music.
The tradition of singing at games was started when a school choir, who had been practicing it sung it at an England game in the late 80s. It is also not a coincidence that Chris Oti a black player was making his debut.
I think thomas81 shot himself in the foot after finding out he was wrong and the guys were indeed British! Anywho if rad fems had their way Earth would be like Gazorbazorp!Men and women would be segregated for the better good! [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXSJ2oREKUM[/youtube]
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Not really.
1- The video provides no conclusive proof where they're from so we're none the wiser. Even if the video happened in the UK it doesn't mean they're from the UK.
2- I don't care.