I was in the Philippines soon after Hatton's defeat and I was constantly mocked about it (in a good-natured way)!Originally Posted by joebloggs
in all my years of marriage I've never heard anything bad about the UK, the only thing i can remember was when pacman knocked out hatton and some pinoys mocked him, and now i have this picture on my wall at home
But I very rarely here any criticism of the UK from Filipinos, either here in the UK or in the Philippines. As some other posters have mentioned, many don't know where it is, or think it's part of the USA. I've even been asked "what language do you speak there?"!
The thing that annoys me most (and my wife is one of the worst offenders) is when they think that all the great British people in history were American! My wife is a nurse and thought that Florence Nightingale was American!!!! Needless to say, I gave her a swift history lesson!
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