Some of the American stereotypes about British people that I know of are that they are snobby, prudish, intelligent but boring, and have awful cuisine and bad teeth. Of course, not all Americans believe this and it is likely that stereotypes vary widely from person to person.

I don't suspect for a moment that "americans" as a whole have a specific consensus on their perception of British people any more than they do on anything else. However, in US made films I have noticed that there's a terrible habit of assuming that we all come from one of the following social groups: a) upper middle class with ridiculously posh voices, probably attended a same-sex boarding school, slightly uptight, but really just have difficulty expressing our feelings poor things, read a lot of Shakespeare. Wear expensive suits. (Epitomised by the character Hugh Grant plays in pretty much every film he's ever been in) I have lived in Britain for 25 years and never yet met anyone who is anything like this. b) Cheeky Cockney. Or at least lives-in-london. (Rest of England doesn't really exist, I actually do have a bugbear with this- anyone know where Birmingham is? Manchester? York?) c) Evil James Bond Villain type (male or female) with posh yet sexy accent who comes to gritty humiliating end. (I wish this was true actually, it looks like fun.) d) Scottish. Oh so very Scottish. e) Scouse. But that's only because of the Beatles! I have yet to hear a regional accent other than South London, Liverpudlian or generic Scottish represented in a US made film, and I'm not sure I've seen a British Asian or black character represented, despite the fact that both groups represent a sizeable proportion of our population. Most "real" Americans, I'm sure, are aware of this.The fact that film makers perpetuate these stereotypes perhaps shows that they often don't credit their viewers with the intelligence to understand anything beyond the most simple symbolic representations (English, American, Rich, Poor, Black, White). Thankfully, most of the Americans I have met discredit this view entirely and recognise that any group is much more complex than this. Of course, we all think Americans are all loud, brash, crazy, power mad and rich and live either in New York, Hollywood or a trailer park (unless they're black of course, in which case they live in some indeterminate ghetto listening to rap music and shooting each other) . Or so you'd think from a look at some of our media.

Well, I have only had interactions with British while in the military (Navy), and every English sailor that I met was always very polite, kind, and vocal. They could drink any US sailor under the table and still pack up his American friend and carry him back to his appropriate launch. I have great respect for English sailors and was proud to have known those few that I met. And I just wish I could find me an English woman!!

I love British people, I mean they're just like any other nationality as a whole, a lot are nice and some seem to be not so nice. I traveled through The U.K. last summer and everyone I met was really nice with the exeption of a few people here and there, (some people seem to hold on to the "stupid, fat American" stereotype) but thats what its like anywhere, you get the bad with the good, many are smart enough to look past those stereotypes and see we aren't that different. (However, I do have to say honestly the rudest person I came across on my trip was a boy in the Tower of London, who must have been maybe 14 and was snickering and pointing at my little brother who's a bit chunky. But the fact that it was at the Tower of London and I didn't actually hear the boys voice, makes me think he was a tourist from somewhere else and not even British.)