The Metropolis

Americans no longer feel inferior when they hear a British accent

Mike Pollitt | Thursday 16 June, 2011 14:29

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“Americans are happy to rate the English as more intelligent than themselves up until they actually start meeting and talking to the English.”

That’s the tongue in cheek suggestion here, along with data which suggests that the automatic respect accorded to the Brits over the pond is on the wane. Please don’t take away our Hollywood villain roles, America, they’re all we’ve got left!

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