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<blockquote data-quote="katerynah" data-source="post: 3256508" data-attributes="member: 123919">I think that&#039;s an over-generalization and a bit off the mark.. I think we see quite a bit of &#039;uniqueness&#039; marketing from parts of the US - I would imagine everyone here, no matter where they are from, would have an immediate imagine in their mind of what the contrast would be between people from San Francisco, New York City, New Orleans, and so on. Within the US, there are always regional differences and arguments/humor over regional characteristics. People are still very aware of linguistic differences, cultural background and so on.I think your opinion of the importance of &quot;patriotism&quot; would be wiped away with a scan of local type news media. Granted, cookie cutter media on a national level would like to present a certain view of what Americans are, but the local flavor is very strong still. However, I guess I can see where you are coming from if you don&#039;t have a lot of exposure to the &#039;actual&#039; US. For me, I&#039;ve never been to the UK but I do watch UK shows and follow news on the BBC - I have a similar impression as you say - the UK tends to be expressed as a monolithic lot of English speakers with a few regional accents and local quirks but otherwise all the same. The news we see, even on the BBC doesn&#039;t really even divide up Scotalnd, Ireland, England, and Wales - they all are presented as being pretty much the same (except for a few stereotypes).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="katerynah, post: 3256508, member: 123919"] I think that's an over-generalization and a bit off the mark.. I think we see quite a bit of 'uniqueness' marketing from parts of the US - I would imagine everyone here, no matter where they are from, would have an immediate imagine in their mind of what the contrast would be between people from San Francisco, New York City, New Orleans, and so on. Within the US, there are always regional differences and arguments/humor over regional characteristics. People are still very aware of linguistic differences, cultural background and so on. I think your opinion of the importance of "patriotism" would be wiped away with a scan of local type news media. Granted, cookie cutter media on a national level would like to present a certain view of what Americans are, but the local flavor is very strong still. However, I guess I can see where you are coming from if you don't have a lot of exposure to the 'actual' US. For me, I've never been to the UK but I do watch UK shows and follow news on the BBC - I have a similar impression as you say - the UK tends to be expressed as a monolithic lot of English speakers with a few regional accents and local quirks but otherwise all the same. The news we see, even on the BBC doesn't really even divide up Scotalnd, Ireland, England, and Wales - they all are presented as being pretty much the same (except for a few stereotypes). [/QUOTE]

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