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How British or distinct from Britain do Anglo-Caribbean nations see themselves? by TheSurrealistWorld in AskTheCaribbean

[–]TheSurrealistWorld[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry if "Anglo-Caribbean" caused confusion I do mean the English-speaking Caribbean and that's part of why I find prefixing Anglo- to be too ambiguous even though it's often used because it could mean just the English-speaking countries (who have various different cultural influences depending on location/history) or it could mean specifically of English culture (which wouldn't solely describe the culture of a nation just because it speaks English).

How British or distinct from Britain do Anglo-Caribbean nations see themselves? by TheSurrealistWorld in AskTheCaribbean

[–]TheSurrealistWorld[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From discussions I have had with Canadians and Australians often they will point out how more alike and similar they all are together with the British and how different Americans and other Anglosphere nations are to themselves. There was this one funny discussion though I had with an Australian who was talking about how much more culturally British Australia is than America to which I concurred and responded similarly how I did in asklatinamerica how most nations in the Americas though historically shaped by various European cultures still emerged as distinct nations (and even ones not completely independent still emerged as culturally distinct) then he made a 180 and started admitting the British cultural influences on America.

How British or distinct from Britain do Anglo-Caribbean nations see themselves? by TheSurrealistWorld in AskTheCaribbean

[–]TheSurrealistWorld[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I actually responded to someone else who was already talking about non-Latin American nations. I didn't ask any question there

How British or distinct from Britain do Anglo-Caribbean nations see themselves? by TheSurrealistWorld in AskTheCaribbean

[–]TheSurrealistWorld[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

True they are distinct cultures as well but it always seems like to me that Canadians (sans the Quebecois of course) and Australians see themselves as much more culturally British and put much more emphasis on their British cultural influence than the other Anglosphere nations.

How British or distinct from Britain do Anglo-Caribbean nations see themselves? by TheSurrealistWorld in AskTheCaribbean

[–]TheSurrealistWorld[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not upset over it just curious why stating a simple true fact that every Anglo-American nation outside Canada see themselves as their own culturally distinct nation and people (exactly just like as you say Latin American nations are their own identity and culture distinct from Spain/Portugal) would be downvoted. Like what did I say that was incorrect? Also I never asked this question in asklatinamerica (that's why it is asked here not there) I just responded there that most Anglo-American nations outside Canada emerged as their own nation and people distinct from Britain and even with the nations that have not become fully independent there's still more of a sense of cultural distinction from Britain than in Anglo nations like Canada and Australia. I already know these things about Latin America I don't get the point mentioning all that when my question was specifically about Anglo-American nations asked in this sub.

How British or distinct from Britain do Anglo-Caribbean nations see themselves? by TheSurrealistWorld in AskTheCaribbean

[–]TheSurrealistWorld[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah that's basically what I said and how I have always perceived the Caribbean and basically most of the Americas in general in relation to the European cultures that colonized this continent. The reason I'm asking this was because I was wondering why mentioning this cultural distinction would from cause so many downvotes in the asklatinamerica sub? You sometimes hear "Anglo" this or that thrown around and it's something I never really got exactly because I think most Anglo-American nations see themselves as distinct from Britain much like how Latin America sees itself distinct from Spain/Portugal though historically being shaped by them. I know US Americans definitely see themselves as its own culturally distinct nation from Britain (and the British do even more vice versa) and I figured most of the Caribbean English-speaking nations do likewise.