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Charicature

Age: 51

Location: Vermont

Romanelli wrote:

Well, I don't know about offensive...that's a pretty small thing to be offended about with everything else going on in the world.

Having someone assume you're stupid because of the country you come from? You're right, can't imagine how anyone would find offense at that 🙄

Americans may mispronounce names, but many of us are fluent in English (rising hispanic population notwithstanding)...indeed, there are many people in England with less fluency.
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tbakeman

Gender: Male

Age: 32

Location: Cleveland

Here's one for you. My band is named Plastic Medieval Mannequin. Plastic, because Im a big fan of John Lennon. MediEVAL MANnequin, because it says evil man. whacha think?

Romanelli

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Gender: Male

Location: Broomfield, Colorado

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Charicature wrote:

Having someone assume you're stupid because of the country you come from? You're right, can't imagine how anyone would find offense at that 🙄

Americans may mispronounce names, but many of us are fluent in English (rising hispanic population notwithstanding)...indeed, there are many people in England with less fluency.

Now you've done it. You've up and offended the British. 😲

Truth be told, there are a lot of really stupid Americans. There are a lot of really stupid people all over the world. It's a fact. If you want to make sure people call your band "Led Zeppelin" and not "Leed Zeppelin", spell it in a way that there can be no mistake. I think that what they probably DIDN'T count on was that by using Led, a whole GANG of stupid people said, "Led Zeppelin? Yeah...I love his music".

The change was NOT aimed specifically at Americans. It was aimed at English speaking people. But I don't think anyone should be offended by the truthful statement that a lot of Americans are stupid. Because it's true. And even if Peter Grant DID say Americans (he did not), the reality is that if they had left it as Lead Zeppelin, a lot of Americans (and others) would have called them Leed Zeppelin.

Now...can we please go back to being offended by the great American institutions of homophobia, racism, and treating women as if we still live in the 18th century?
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Charicature

Age: 51

Location: Vermont

Romanelli wrote:

Now you've done it. You've up and offended the British. 😲

Truth be told, there are a lot of really stupid Americans. There are a lot of really stupid people all over the world. It's a fact. If you want to make sure people call your band "Led Zeppelin" and not "Leed Zeppelin", spell it in a way that there can be no mistake. I think that what they probably DIDN'T count on was that by using Led, a whole GANG of stupid people said, "Led Zeppelin? Yeah...I love his music".

The change was NOT aimed specifically at Americans. It was aimed at English speaking people. But I don't think anyone should be offended by the truthful statement that a lot of Americans are stupid. Because it's true. And even if Peter Grant DID say Americans (he did not), the reality is that if they had left it as Lead Zeppelin, a lot of Americans (and others) would have called them Leed Zeppelin.

Now...can we please go back to being offended by the great American institutions of homophobia, racism, and treating women as if we still live in the 18th century?

I won't go into your bullshit politics here. But I've been told by Englishmen on more than one occasion and have heard for myself that not all English know how to speak English, and it was the opinion of those Englishmen that the Americans have a firmer grasp of the language. Obviously it's not true of everyone - there's a sizeable chunk of Americans that can barely communicate in English, even when it's their first language. But that doesn't justify the comment TO WHICH I WAS RESPONDING singling out Americans to be demeaned in this way.

And incidentally, who the fuck are you to tell other people what to be offended by? Who made you the all-knowing arbiter of offense? No one, so shut the fuck up.

My apologies to everyone EXCEPT HIM who is offended by my post. I'm in a bad mood today, and being lectured with bullshit by some sniveling puke like this isn't on my slate today. 🤬
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