Anyone else hate British cuteness?
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I think (though not british myself) OP means silliness, not cuteness. And I also was disappoint this thread not being about cute brits.
Remember Lord of the Rings, the granddaddy of modern fantasy? British, not particularly cute.
And 'muggle' is actually kind of a racial slur withing the Harry Potter universe. The word itself is a tad strange (originally the books were for a very young audience), but the connotations are anything but cute.
So yeah, I join with my countrymen in asking what the hell?
And 'muggle' is actually kind of a racial slur withing the Harry Potter universe. The word itself is a tad strange (originally the books were for a very young audience), but the connotations are anything but cute.
So yeah, I join with my countrymen in asking what the hell?
Mmmmmmm, Rachel Weisz...Michael K said:And here I though this was about cute things from England (or Great-Britain).
Anyway, most of them aren't what one would call 'cute'. All synonyms of 'beautiful' in a mature sense. Nothing really 'cute' about any of them (certain mannerisms, perhaps a possible exception).
OT: Uh, have you been to Britain recently? There's nothing 'cute' here... pretty much at all. All the 'cute' is imported from the USA (so, uh, thanks for some of it, the rest you may keep).
Uhm, Muggle is not a racial slur in the books. They even have "Muggle Studies". You're thinking of Mudblood.jprf said:
Vote Thornberry 2012!Sizzle Montyjing said:
OT: A dirty Scot here joining the resounding chours of "lolwut?"
Ahahaha.... aaaa, Glasgow.Aphex Demon said:
On topic now, the word you're looking for is quaint and yes we can be quaint, it's part of what makes us British. As an American I'm sure it's not a word you come across often. Nothing about being American is quaint. Also Harry Potter is intended to be universally appealing across all ages. And there's nothing cute or quaint about our comedians, have you ever listened to them? Ok we'll make a possible exception for Michael McIntyre, but the rest are crazy. And as stated before, there are numerous parts in the UK where you don't want to be throwing around the word "cute." To conclude, you need to remove cute from your post and reconsider your point.
No, most of us Englishmen are often very sarcastic and bitter. I'd say if we were ever cute we were being 'Ironic' but it's such a dreadfully American saying.
Look at Yahtzee, for example. Like me, he's an English man living in Australia. Have you ever heard him saying anything's cute?
And just to reinforce my point, even though it's going slightly off-topic, ever notice how the Americans typically depict the English as evil in their films? Just saying, first time I've ever heard of British culture as 'cute'.
Look at Yahtzee, for example. Like me, he's an English man living in Australia. Have you ever heard him saying anything's cute?
And just to reinforce my point, even though it's going slightly off-topic, ever notice how the Americans typically depict the English as evil in their films? Just saying, first time I've ever heard of British culture as 'cute'.
Holy shit! I'm going to copyright that and make a book about the adventures of A'tl'xp'qwe'ííhk-qd'ml'p, it's gonna be a best seller!Mathak said:
Along with everyone else, what the hell. Cute? British? Me? I dare you to come over here and say that! I'll give you a good stern talking to! AND I WILL NOT SHARE MY TEA AND BISCUITS WITH YOU! Mwhahahahahaha!
Firstly, I'm pretty sure Jar Jar Binks was named by an American. So the UK are not the only ones poor at naming things.
It seems the OP has a problem with the word 'Muggles'. I don't entirely blame them. I hate the word myself. Then again I don't really like Harry Potter either. Overall it seems like a misguided rant. And making mystical things sound Asian or Middle Eastern? That sounds vaguely racist, in an 'Orientalism' kind of way.
As far as I'm concerned the only people who can do cute is Japan. But if Britain did have a claim to cute then it might be found in Beatrix Potter's Squirrel Nutkin.
It seems the OP has a problem with the word 'Muggles'. I don't entirely blame them. I hate the word myself. Then again I don't really like Harry Potter either. Overall it seems like a misguided rant. And making mystical things sound Asian or Middle Eastern? That sounds vaguely racist, in an 'Orientalism' kind of way.
As far as I'm concerned the only people who can do cute is Japan. But if Britain did have a claim to cute then it might be found in Beatrix Potter's Squirrel Nutkin.
I think cute is not the word OP is after. Like when my friend says: "that American blasphemy....Buffy the Vampire Slayer" is cute he really means crap.
Probably should of done a bit more research on British culture before making such a generalisation on the internet....you know, where everyone can see.
OP, I have to just join in with the chorus of other Brits asking just what the bleedin' hell you're talking about.
As for what I think appears to be your argument, just because our mystical or fantasy stuff doesn't happen to be laced with appostrophes, does not make it cute. For example, does the Balrog of Morgoth sound cute in the slightest? How about Grendel? (inb4 yes I know that's orginally viking, but most of our real old folklore came from what the vikings brought with them)
You appear to have fixated on one word (muggle) which is to be fair, quite a childish sounding word, but then hey, it first appeared in a kids book, and I somehow doubt that when she wrote it, J.K. Rowling had even considered the possibility that it would be so popular with adults, or that by the end of the series it wouldn't really be kids books any more. By the time such things had occured to her, it was too late, the word was already fixed in the canon.
As for what I think appears to be your argument, just because our mystical or fantasy stuff doesn't happen to be laced with appostrophes, does not make it cute. For example, does the Balrog of Morgoth sound cute in the slightest? How about Grendel? (inb4 yes I know that's orginally viking, but most of our real old folklore came from what the vikings brought with them)
You appear to have fixated on one word (muggle) which is to be fair, quite a childish sounding word, but then hey, it first appeared in a kids book, and I somehow doubt that when she wrote it, J.K. Rowling had even considered the possibility that it would be so popular with adults, or that by the end of the series it wouldn't really be kids books any more. By the time such things had occured to her, it was too late, the word was already fixed in the canon.
what are you talking about 
why do you judge an entire country just because a person who lived there wrote the HP books with her own personal taste in choice of words?
Also "Kal'sur" sounds too pretentious, and "Muggles" is more or less an in-universe slang word.
why do you judge an entire country just because a person who lived there wrote the HP books with her own personal taste in choice of words?
Also "Kal'sur" sounds too pretentious, and "Muggles" is more or less an in-universe slang word.
yes, yes it is.irrelevant83 said:
Thats ok, it has masses of context given. But to START thinking up a story while randomly naming everything that is available for plotrelevancy "Kal'sur" ISN'T.SirBryghtside said:I generally don't care about pretentiousness - it just looks cool.
I mean, Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh Wgah'nagl fhtan?
How is that not awesome?
I believe the word you're looking for is "Quaint". The guys obsessed with "cute" are the Japanese, and in fact even the Americans have more of a thing for cute than the British.
Quaint is an entirely different thing, but entirely hard to define -- its a sort of nostalgia for the post-war austerity days before the world came to our doorstep via en masse airplane transport and the television in which the British had a kind of inane pride in their little home, but pride not because of their nation's great political power as had been the case during the days of empire, but but because of its "quaintness"; how little and rustic the country is, and how pleasant -- even in this you can see the scathing sense of irony of the British coming through
Quaint is an entirely different thing, but entirely hard to define -- its a sort of nostalgia for the post-war austerity days before the world came to our doorstep via en masse airplane transport and the television in which the British had a kind of inane pride in their little home, but pride not because of their nation's great political power as had been the case during the days of empire, but but because of its "quaintness"; how little and rustic the country is, and how pleasant -- even in this you can see the scathing sense of irony of the British coming through
So after 7 or 8 or 9 years, an 8 year old is magically an old adult now?irrelevant83 said:
Seriously?
Really?
Get over it. You're reading a kid's book.