How Americanised are you?

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I was talking with a friend today about how America seems to culturally seduce, as it were, people in other countries. How she is culturally seduced by America via its TV programmes, films and music, and how other aspects of American culture once made me culturally seduced by it but I've since fallen out of love with it personally - all ever since Lemuel Gulliver Americanised Lilliput into what Edward Edwardian called "his sordid little kingdom".

For those of you who are not American: Are you Americanised? Culturally seduced by America? To what degree?

For Americans: Are you culturally seduced by some other country, the way other countries' people seem seduced by America?

Having been born and raised in the US, I'm not "Americanized", nor does any other culture suit me.

Except for the culture where I get left alone, so maybe living on an island.

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hold on a sec... does this mean that the Brits are trying to re-Britianize America with BBC America? They get some pretty high ratings...

The internet is just the barest beginning of a global civilization. Will it matter who like who's movies or styles or customs?

Here's one of my favorite smart people to emphasis the point:

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I am Britianised. I think when I was younger, about 12-14 I sounded more American but lately I've been so into the British culture that when I speak I usually sound British. But I've recently I've gone back to saying a few Australian slang words.
I'm very good at just picking up accents of people I speak to or completely imitate my favourite actors, who right now are American or Canadian.
If I were to describe my dress style to you I'd point out the characters on Primeval. So it's very British too.

Not every American like Lady Gaga. Or whatever is the hot thing of the moment. This idea of Americanization is a red herring. It is a globalized hedonism and their are many Americans that find it quite distasteful.

Yes. Right now I am very enamoured with England, its culture and its people. So in other words, I'm an Anglophile. All of my favourite television programmes are from the UK, and 4 out of my top 5 favourite films either take place in England or have English characters in them (even if they're only American actors who are faking it). I have been trying to teach myself how to speak with English accents. My London accent is the best, but I am also trying to learn to imitate Cockney, Liverpudlian and Bristol accents as well.

United States has a great influence around the globe because of media domination. Most TV shows and movies we watch are American, so we end up copying their life style. But no, I do not like America's (understanding United States for America, because America is the name of the whole fuc**** continent!) culture, or more precisely the lack of it.

I am not Americanized. Actually quite the opposite. I want to move far away. I said in Philosophy class today "Karl Marx was absolutely correct. I hope the fall of capitalism happens while I am alive."

The intensity of my obsession with American & British culture and English language itself varies with time. I would say I'm on the hook now. Apart form reading and typing here on WP I'm currently reading two books (one is Dickens's Oliver Twist, not an easy-reading, not even for a native speaker I suppose), and I plan to read more books (current autism related books and other Victorian or Pre-Victorian novels). I'm not at all gifted when it comes to learning a foreign language (I have issues with my mother-tongue either), still, I plan to take an advanced level exam somewhere in the near future.

I really like some of the movies, TV-shows (well, not everything that comes from Hollywood), car brands, motorcycles (less the loud sound). The countryside, the mountains, lakes, seashores, canyons and the metropolises are fascinating. People think differently there than here, I would say they are more tolerant to cultural differences than people in other countries in general, including people from the part of the world where I live.

On the dark side, I don't think liberal-capitalism will prevail long in this troubled world, melodylynette is right, probably. I hinted it before somewhere on the politics forum when BL was killed, that the world faces such big problems and dilemmas BL's death is nothing in comparison (I ignited some trolls ). Also, there is a disdainful opinion out in the world stating "Americans are too childish" or, in other words, they possess a mentality of a child. Is it good or bad? Just ask back! I vote for diversity and understanding.

American movies and American songs mainly. Also American websites. Quite alot of what I do or interact with is in english or made by english speakers.

Somewhat. In Australia our home produced television and movies aren't always that great, so we see alot of American shows on free to air and pay tv. Our music is a bit better but there is still alot of US influence there. I think the fashions in clothes are a little different though.
I don't know if I would call myself Americanised, I now realise that America and Australia are alot different culturally than I used to believe

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The last thing that I am is Americanized.

I'm not Americanised, but many people my age are. For example, we'll be having a prom soon. I wanted it to be an end-of-year party, but no...

I'm mildly Americanised, in that my speech patterns are affected to an extent. I like very many aspects of American culture - they do have the second best music in the world behind us, after all - but that doesn't imply any slavish admiration for American culture in general. ^^

Rabbit Proof Fence, Jyndabyne, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Muriel's Wedding, oh I could go on.