To aid in the assimilation, the following rules are to be introduced with immediate effect:

1. Realize that language is an organic structure, and that you aren’t always correct in your pronunciation or spelling. Let’s use your “aluminium” example. Sir Humphrey Davy (an Englishman) invented the name “alumium” for the metal. However, in common usage the name evolved into “aluminum” to match the naming convention of other elements. In 1925 the United States decided to switch back to the original spelling and pronunciation of the word, at which point we dominated the aluminum industry.

However, we’d like to thank you for the Oxford English Dictionary. It’s an interesting collection, considering that over 10,000 of the words in the original edition were submitted by a crazy American civil-war veteran called Dr. William Chester Minor.

The letter “U” will be removed from words such as “armour” and “neighbour”. Skipping the letter “U” is not considered laziness on our part since the correct pronunciation of those words would be “ar-moo-er” and “nay-boo-er”

You will also end your love affair with the letter “S” (and by the way, it is pronounced zee, not zed. The pronunciation “zee” actually comes from late 17th-century English dialect) and the suffix -ise will be replaced with the suffix -ize.

You also seem to pronounce words horribly wrong, even in your own language. Let’s take Edinburgh for example. You will realize that it is pronounced “Ed-in-burg”, not “Ed-in-burra”. Where does the –rra come from? If you wish to refer to it still as Edinburgh, we suggest you remove the last two letters and replace them with –rra.

Cockney rhyming slang will no longer be used, as it is an inefficient way to communicate with another. Say what you mean, there is no need to find another word that rhymes with the word you are trying to say.

2. Since you will switch to the American standard of spelling Microsoft will be notified on your behalf to discontinue the British language pack for the family of Office products.

3. Learn to distinguish the American and Canadian accents, and then we’ll talk about the English and Australian accent issue. (Here’s a hint: If you hear the word “eh” while speaking to someone, this is a clear indication that they are Canadian. Example: Nice weather we’re having, eh?)

You will also have to learn Southern accents. Cops will no longer broadcast subtitles.

4. If you want English actors as good guys, then make your own movies. Don’t rely on us for your modern popular culture. We liked “Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels”, “Trainspotting”, and “The Full Monty”. We’ve also heard good things about this “Billy Elliot”. But one good movie a year doesn’t exactly make a cultural powerhouse. However, your music industry is great. We’ll leave that intact. (The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Iron Maiden and Muse just to name a few). And please stop going on about Shakespeare, the guys been dead for nearly 400 years.

5. It is inefficient to have a national anthem that changes its title whenever your monarch dies, especially if that monarch has no role other than ceremonially. Let’s not forget that your national anthem has an extremely boring tune. Rule Britannia will be the tune with which you will sing your next national anthem to. We will get to work on the lyrics immediately.

6. “Football” as you call it will be a permissible pastime, although you will be required to call it soccer. Police officers will be placed at strategic points around the field and riot gear will always be nearby. If you do cause an incident, we will tear your beloved “Football” away from you faster than you can say “Bangers and Mash”. The NFL will be started in the UK as well as college Football (The American one) teams. We welcome any two of your rugby players to play an American Football player anytime. We will also be happy to show your rugby players how to wear proper protective gear, so they don’t lose brain cells every time they play.

7. You will not be allowed to own guns. This is because you fail to see how harmless wooden shields and spears are compared to a weapon capable of firing a projectile at upwards of 1,300 feet per second (Refer to the Anglo-Zulu War). You only pretend to be pompous intellects because you don’t have the testicular fortitude to own a gun, and thus only rely on drive by insults.

8. The 5th of November will no longer be celebrated. The 4th of July will replace this celebration and become a nationally recognized holiday, thus reminding you of when 13 of your most productive colonies decided not to recognize you as their ruler.

9. We have German cars, and think they are ugly and uncomfortable. British cars will be banned, as they are too small (height wise) for any person to fit into. We will airlift several hundred thousand Pontiacs, Buicks, and Cadillacs. American cars were crap, we agree, in the 70’s until the late 90’s. Since then, American cars are quite well built, very comfortable, and get good gas mileage.

All roundabouts will be replaced with intersections. You will begin to drive on the right side of the road, seeing as the majority of cars that are driven in the world are. You will convert to the American standard (gallons instead of liters). Litre will be spelled Liter.

10. Anything fried in animal fat will be banned. (This includes your precious “chips”) Belgium was at one time a part of France, so calling them French fries does not seem too far off. To end confusion, thinly sliced pieces of potato (called crisps in the UK) will be referred to as chips, not crisps. Chips will be called French fries, or more commonly, fries.

11. A picture of a Native American will appear inside the state of Massachusetts on all British Tea. He will affectionately be known as “Bosty”.

12. American Microbreweries will be established and you will see how Beer is supposed to taste. We do enjoy Killian’s Irish Red though (Good job Ireland, for your recipe at least). That company will be incorporated with Samuel Adams.

13. You will no longer be allowed to call it petrol, for it is called gasoline. You will adopt the American pricing standard for it (roughly around 35p/liter).

14. The American legal system grows and changes because we don’t live under the impression that our legal system is infallible. We wholeheartedly believe that the British could take a lesson from the way that the Americans respect but don’t worship their legal system. We have a channel called C-SPAN that broadcasts live from our chambers of law (the House and Senate) and occasionally broadcasts British Parliament. We tune to that channel solely to chuckle at how infantile and unorganized your lawmakers are.

We find it especially amusing that our government observes parliamentary procedure whilst (by the way that word is ours now) yours seemingly does not.

15. We will tell you who killed JFK when you apologize for the abomination known as “Teletubbies”. Anne Wood will be promptly ordered to pay a fee of $2,500 for any person who suffered psychological abuse due to watching the afore mentioned show.

16. Taxes will be imposed on British citizens for all damages incurred by the British during the Revolutionary War and War of 1812.

Michael Hewitt (Northumbria):
“yeah well we created the worlds first working computer and the TV so kiss my british arse you stupid yankee fuck (yeah im drunk and eating a kebab at 3 in the morning)

BRITISH BEER NOT AS GOOD AS AMERICAN? GET A LIFE COCK FEATURES”

Andrew Dennison (Uni. Sheffield):
“What a rubbish group.

Definitive proof the internet is full of loonies who can’t come up with their own ideas.

Now please poke yourselves in the eye; I can’t do it from here.”

Robert Hale (Castle School):
the foreign workers are the reason for the MRSA superbug out breaks in hospitals because they are too lazy to do a proper job.

Kim Latchford (London):
Anybody stupid enough to vote George W. Bush into power needs assistance to go to the toilet. To let such a feeble retard rule your country is frankly, disgusting. Any attempt to take britain and make it part of america will be met with extreme prejudice. We are happy with our queen, our PM and our way of life and therefore if you try to make Bush our leader we will use your own nuclear weapons against you. They cast British people as the evil genious in Hollywood for 1 reason: we are far smarter than you stupid yanks. One more thing, Monica Lewinski had far more president in her than George Wanker Bush ever will. Keep Britain British”

Tom Lynch (Uni. Reading):
This group’s reactionary statement made by yet another unbelievably ignorant american, well ur mission statement can be dissected in countless times, r u a complete moron? Firstly, adherence to the English language is expected because we invented the language. Secondly, pronounciation has got nothing to do with spelling u penis - no there is no case for spelling neighbour nay-boor. The cockney rhyming slang ur refer to is a part of a progressive cultural history - of which u have none being an essentially nation of immigrants. The American accent is lazy, nasal and uncharismatic in compared to ur Canadian brothers. There is no question that a Rugby player would absolutely batter an American football player - AF players are just big and bulk grown up on protien shakes and softened pads. European cars are much developed than cheap-arse US cars - of which youre oil-market enables u to construct innefficient engines. Any pleb with half a brain knows that Belguim and France are seperate.

Steven Clark (Central Memorial High School):
AMERICA FUCKING SUCKS

Aldus Von Der Burg (Monaco) wrote
at 7:28pm
Being born in Britain actually makes you more superior than American automatically, you know why, well its because USA is a rejected part of Britain, you are a branch that was cut off the tree ages ago because you are worthless, and to say that we speak the same language is because you used to belong to England, but your arrogance and foolishness led you to speak a inferior and incorrect language which you wrongfully call English, and why do you think it is called English??? doesnt that mean it comes from England.

I think you should think again what you are saying in this group, after all, you are also the most hated Ex Colony of the English Empire.
not to forget that you are rapidly becoming the most hated country in the World.

Ben Jones (Christ College Brecon):
First, learn that there are fucking 4 countries in Britain, i am a proud Welshman who can actually laugh at himself from time to time not go around with a stick up my ass.
Your economy and currency is a joke, $2 to the £!! SUCK ON THAT TWATS.
Your president is a fool and now uv screwd up Iraq just like Korea, learn to shoot straight.
You have no culture, your children carry guns and if it wasnt for us u wudnt exist.
15% of your population is OBEASE.
American football is shite, watch rugby and learn how to take a tackle without a helmet.
And yeah, back at the time of the Zulu war, the British Empire coverd almost a third of the world, i guess thats what your trying to do now huh? Take over the world? We you were just a conquest to us. All your anscestors are British wether u like it or not.
And we are proud to have a Queen, it means we actually have a history to look past the 17th Century.

Johnny Micklethwaite (Exeter UK):
nice try retards…never going to happen. first of all, we are always right with our pronunciation…its you who are wrong and should just except it. secondly, everyone hates america, is if we would willingly become part of you. thirdly we created you [which was a mistake we know due to how badly you turned out...benifit of hinsight is useless now] so you should damm well respect us. and lastly and proberly most importantly….who in their right mind would freely live under the leadership of the most idiotic and stupidest person in the whole world [i.e george w bush]. i mean what a twat, and what a f##ked up nation for voteing him in, how dum are you people. so in respects to your ‘enlightened’ idea to annex ‘US’, try another country…Texis would be a good start. And anyway, as if your army would suceed in conquoring us. your average GI Joe would come over, see how well we fight, and in the words of cartmen from southpark say,’fuck you guys… i’m going home. take his advice, piss off

Matt Nettlefold (Marlborough):
GO FUCK URSELVES!! oh and all the people who created this group from england should be ashamed of yourselves. “i’m shaking my head” tsk tsk tssk

(This one particularly bothers me)
Today at 5:16pm
Message: Pearl Harbour Anyone?
From: Jensen Gibbs

9/11… CRASH! Burning, Children Crying/Dying, Realistic Men And Women Jumping From High Windows?

Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will resume monarchical duties over all states, commonwealths and other territories.

Except Utah, which she does not fancy.

Your new Prime Minister (The Right Honourable Gordon Brown MP, for the 97.85% of you who have until now been unaware that there is a world outside your borders) will appoint a Minister for America without the need for further elections.

The House of Representatives and the Senate will be disbanded.

A questionnaire will be circulated next year to determine whether any of you noticed. To aid in the transition to a British Crown Dependency, the following rules are introduced with immediate effect:

1. You should look up “revocation” in the Oxford English Dictionary. Then look up “aluminium.” Check the pronunciation guide. You will be amazed at just how wrongly you have been pronouncing it.

The letter ‘U’ will be reinstated in words such as ‘favour’ and ‘neighbour’; skipping the letter ‘U’ is nothing more than laziness on your part. Likewise, you will learn to spell ‘doughnut’ without skipping half the letters.

You will end your love affair with the letter ‘Z’ (pronounced ‘zed’ not ‘zee’) and the suffix “ize” will be replaced by the suffix “ise.”

You will learn that the suffix ‘burgh’ is pronounced ‘burra’ e.g. Edinburgh. You are welcome to re-spell Pittsburgh as ‘Pittsberg’ if you can’t cope with correct pronunciation.

Generally, you should raise your vocabulary to acceptable levels. Look up “vocabulary.” Using the same thirty seven words interspersed with filler noises such as “uhh”, “like”, and “you know” is an unacceptable and inefficient form of communication.

Look up “interspersed.”

There will be no more ‘bleeps’ in the Jerry Springer show. If you’re not old enough to cope with bad language then you shouldn’t have chat shows. When you learn to develop your vocabulary, then you won’t have to use bad language as often.

2. There is no such thing as “US English.” We will let Microsoft know on your behalf. The Microsoft spell-checker will be adjusted to take account of the reinstated letter ‘u’ and the elimination of “-ize.”

3. You should learn to distinguish the English and Australian accents. It really isn’t that hard. English accents are not limited to cockney, upper-class twit or Mancunian (Daphne in Frasier).

You will also have to learn how to understand regional accents — Scottish dramas such as “Taggart” will no longer be broadcast with subtitles.

While we’re talking about regions, you must learn that there is no such place as Devonshire in England. The name of the county is “Devon.” If you persist in calling it Devonshire, all American States will become “shires” e.g. Texasshire, Floridashire, Louisianashire.

4. Hollywood will be required occasionally to cast English actors as the good guys. Hollywood will be required to cast English actors to play English characters.

British sit-coms such as “Men Behaving Badly” or “Red Dwarf” will not be re-cast and watered down for a wishy-washy American audience who can’t cope with the humour of occasional political incorrectness. Popular British films such as the Italian Job and the Wicker Man should never be remade.

5. You should relearn your original national anthem, “God Save The Queen”, but only after fully carrying out task 1. We would not want you to get confused and give up half way through.

6. You should stop playing American “football.” There are other types of football such as Rugby, Aussie Rules & Gaelic football. However proper football - which will no longer be known as soccer, is the best known, most loved and most popular. What you refer to as American “football” is not a very good game.

The 2.15% of you who are aware that there is a world outside your borders may have noticed that no one else plays “American” football. You will no longer be allowed to play it, and should instead play proper football.

Initially, it would be best if you played with the girls. It is a difficult game. Those of you brave enough will, in time, be allowed to play rugby (which is similar to American “football”, but does not involve stopping for a rest every twenty seconds or wearing full kevlar body armour like nancies).

We are hoping to get together at least a US Rugby sevens side by 2010.

You should stop playing baseball. It is not reasonable to host an event called the ‘World Series’ for a game which is not played outside of North America. Since only 2.15% of you are aware that there is a world beyond your borders, your error is understandable. Instead of baseball, you will be allowed to play a girls’ game called “rounders,” which is baseball without fancy team strip, oversized gloves, collector cards or hotdogs.

7. You will no longer be allowed to own or carry guns. You will no longer be allowed to own or carry anything more dangerous in public than a vegetable peeler. Because we don’t believe you are sensible enough to handle potentially dangerous items, you will require a permit if you wish to carry a vegetable peeler in public.

8. The 4th of July is no longer a public holiday. The 2nd of November will be a new national holiday, but only in Britain. It will be called “Indecisive Day.”

9. All American cars are hereby banned. They are crap, and it is for your own good. When we show you German cars, you will understand what we mean.

All road intersections will be replaced with roundabouts. You will start driving on the left with immediate effect. At the same time, you will go metric with immediate effect and without the benefit of conversion tables. Roundabouts and metrication will help you understand the British sense of humour.

10. You will learn to make real chips. Those things you call ‘French fries’ are not real chips. Fries aren’t even French, they are Belgian though 97.85% of you (including the guy who discovered fries while in Europe) are not aware of a country called Belgium. Those things you insist on calling potato chips are properly called “crisps.” Real chips are thick cut and fried in animal fat. The traditional accompaniment to chips is beer which should be served warm and flat.

Waitresses will be trained to be more aggressive with customers.

11. As a sign of penance 5 grams of sea salt per cup will be added to all tea made within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, this quantity to be doubled for tea made within the city of Boston itself.

12. The cold tasteless stuff you insist on calling “beer” is not actually beer at all, it is lager . From November 1st only proper British Bitter will be referred to as “beer,” and European brews of known and accepted provenance will be referred to as “Lager.” The substances formerly known as “American Beer” will henceforth be referred to as “Near-Frozen Gnat’s Urine,” with the exception of the product of the American Budweiser company whose product will be referred to as “Weak Near-Frozen Gnat’s Urine.” This will allow true Budweiser (as manufactured for the last 1000 years in the Czech Republic) to be sold without risk of confusion.

13. From the 10th of November the UK will harmonise petrol (or “gasoline,” as you will be permitted to keep calling it until the 1st of April) prices with the former USA. The UK will harmonise its prices to those of the former USA and the Former USA will, in return, adopt UK petrol prices (roughly $10/US gallon — get used to it).

14. You will learn to resolve personal issues without using guns, lawyers or therapists. The fact that you need so many lawyers and therapists shows that you’re not adult enough to be independent. Guns should only be handled by adults. If you’re not adult enough to sort things out without suing someone or speaking to a therapist, then you’re not grown up enough to handle a gun.

15. Please tell us who killed JFK. It’s been driving us crazy.

16. Tax collectors from Her Majesty’s Government will be with you shortly to ensure the acquisition of all revenues due (backdated to 1776).

no gordon, unlike brits, americans actually are somewhat aware of politics outside of our borders

let me spell it out for everyone, T-H-E U-S-A R-U-L-E-S T-H-E W-O-R-L-D, simple as that, there is no other argument

Jeff Lyons (Northeastern):
Dude, like… Queen Elizabeth totally like died, like, 400 years ago. Totally.

Who the fuck is Tony Blair?

Chris Cronin (St. Edwards):
um, democracies don’t have queens

Tyler S. Cline (Knoxville, TN) wrote
at 7:20pm
You All are a bunch of bristish faggots, I beg you please try to revoke our independence, we already kicked your ass in Two wars when were just small colonies, and we have saved your ass countless times, So please do something about it and see what fucking happens, oh yeah and how can you down us? your fucking British, do us all a favor and kill yourselves

Josephine McDougal (Houston, TX):
As a proud American woman who loves America, President Bush, Jesus, our Flag, and our brave troops fighting in Iraq, I just want to say you British people are reually scumbags! If you hate America so much, why don’t you all just join Al Qaeda and go to Iraq? GOD BLESS AMERICA AND OUR PRESIDENT BUSH!

John A Muir (Southern Miss.):
There will be no revoking of the U.S’s independence. We may have become a little big for our britches, as the old cliche goes, but we are still by far the best country in the world in terms of freedom, rights, equality, and fairness. Every other country I’ve visited, including the ones I have had the pleasure of dropping bombs on, had overly centralized power, no seperation of church and state, corrupt government with no checks and balances and oppressed their people. Many people claim that the U.S is the big bully and that we are ‘BAD!’. But I find it all to funny how many foreigners try to escape their countries(if they can) and gladly move to the “Evil” U.S.. Not Britain. Even Canada, with its God knows how many political entities is bogged down with enough unethical bureaucracy and corruptness to make a bad U.S. politician look like Mother Teresa. The U.S. is far from perfect, but you don’t see a lot(if any) Americans trying to escape or performing an exodus to get out of here

Jeff Morrow (South County Secondary):
see that is why america is always gonna be better the th UNITED KINGDOM because we can actually tak criticism and not avoid it like a pussy.

Jack Geerer (Purdue):
Remember what happens when you try to revoke our independence? You have to fight. Remember what happens when Brits try to fight? They lose. You worthless pieces of shit still have a queen? Isn’t it 2007?

Casey Johnson (Simpson):
Listen up you English queers, America has kicked/saved your ass so many times that its sad. England itself has become little more than a liberal cess-pool, filled to the brim with ifeminant queers.

Jon Bigelow (Pulaski Junior - Senior High School):
Fuck every single one of you. ur just all bitchin cuz the United States is the best damn country in the world and u hav a problem with it. I say, go back to ur little ass, piece of shit country and start a petition to not make ur country such a shithole, and quit bitchin about the United States. You can take ur petition and shove it up your ASS.

P.S. The United States is better than any of your little-stupid-bitch filled countries.How bout’ I make a petition to make all of the worthless countries shut the fuck up about the United States, its not our fault that u suck and were better than u.

Connor McKenzie (Wauwatosa East High School):
FUCK ENGLAND! GET OUTTA IRELAND YOU LIMEY GITS!

Nick Bergman (Springfield, MO:
so tell me how does it feel that half of the people in your country are muslim. if i was you i wouldnt ride any buses, or take the underground.

Sam Ash Croft (Switzerland):
you fucking british fags think you can make some group which gets rid of america well yuo cant cos we have more bombs than you and we’re not such big pussies as you that we would not use them.
another thing that pisses me of is how you people dont realise how gay and faggotish you all are. I went to europe once and to britain and everyone there was a fucking mutha fucking shitbag

Jon Molesan (Wagner):
Didn’t we bail your Brit asses out during World War II?

YOU’RE WELCOME.

Bear Jacobsen (Berkeley High):
haha at least america has freedom of speech. Fucking magna carta can suck my dick.

Brian Boyle (Sarasota, FL):
AS AN AMERICAN I WOULD BE GLAD TO TURN OVER THE TITLE OF WORLDS POLICE MAN TO THE BRITS. BUT ALAS YOU WILL BE SPEAKING ARIRIBIC AND PRAYING TO ALA 5 TIMES A DAY. OH AND BY THE WAY, IF YOU DON’T LIKE BEING A MUSLIM. DON’T COME FUCKINK CRYING TO THE US TO BAIL YOUR ASSES OUT YET AGAIN!

Zane A. Kerney (SUNY Maritime) wrote:
“fuck you guys the british empire sucks a tit.

america rocks (except the fact that i cant get a title) britian now sucks more ass than before. and whats this president shit um you prime minister gave head to our pres so fuck off

australia sucks ass. fucken america is going down but i sure as well wont let canada, australia, china and india rise up. oh and THE SUN SETS OVER HEAR bitch”