This post from Daily Snark plus the current Potter-mania reminds me how much of an Anglophile I used to be. I still love most things British, but when I was in grade school I was ready to pack up and move at a moment’s notice. Okay, and in college, too.
Actually, when I was really young, like 8, I wanted to be a princess. An Irish princess. One of those members of nobility who inherits an awesome castle but doesn’t actually have any responsibility. I had it all worked out in my head — at the time, I didn’t know much about my dad’s family except that 1) they were Scotch-Irish and 2) my dad’s father had died before I was born. So I figured that just maybe some ancient relative somewhere across the pond would pass away without any direct heirs, and somehow my dad would inherit a castle, and I would be a princess, and …. yeah….
But I grew out of that, and just decided that I would move to England someday and adopt the accent.
Well, I’m still here in Nashvegas, but hubby did make sure I got to visit beloved England — we went for our honeymoon, and it was fantastic!
I have to say that Paul hasn’t helped my Brit obsession. To my childhood obsessions with British literature, Sherlock Holmes, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and WWII British espionage, he has added a fondness for Robbie Williams, Jeeves and Wooster, and The Prisoner. We both have developed an appreciation for DangerMouse and The Avengers.
I’m not planning a move any time soon, though. Not while the Preds are still here, at least.
Don’t forget the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Fawlty Towers, and Max Headroom.
Ok, Max Headroom is more me. But it is cool a British.
Also, if you’ve not tried Dr Who, you have missed out.
I’m biased since it’s my favorite show of all-time, but you can’t really appreciate British TV without having seen Dr. Who.