Anglophile
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An Anglophile is a person who is fond of English culture and England in general. Its antonym is Anglophobe.[1]
The term is often used in particular for people all over the world (in America especially in New England, New York, and elsewhere along the northern East Coast of the United States) who ostensibly base their business, political, or social practices on like of or admiration for English models.
In some cases, Anglophilia represents an individual's preference of English culture to their own; or the belief that English culture is superior, or appreciation of English history. Anglophiles commonly are found in the Anglosphere, or ex-colonies.
Anglophiles will often use the British spelling of words, like color as 'colour,' flavor as 'flavour,' realize as 'realise,' and so on. They will often use British slang as well, such as 'bloody hell' and 'wanker.'
In some extreme cases, Anglophilia may represent the wish of an individual to be English.
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Examples
Examples of Anglophiles include:
- Philanthropist Paul Getty, who became a British citizen
- Brothers Ron & Russell Mael of the band Sparks
- Madonna, singer/songwriter
- Courtney Love, singer/songwriter
- Johnny Depp, a fan of The Fast Show
- Science fiction/horror writer H.P. Lovecraft
- Australian-born UK citizen Germaine Greer
- The modernist poet and essayist T.S. Eliot, who became a British citizen
- American born writer Henry James, who became a British citizen
- Director/actor/screenwriter Quentin Tarantino
- Travel writer Bill Bryson
- Stanley Kubrick, who lived in England for many years
- Kevin Spacey, now living in London
- Tori Amos
- Gwyneth Paltrow (married to English musician Chris Martin)
- Gwen Stefani (married to English musician Gavin Rossdale)
- Daryl Palumbo, lead singer of Head Automatica
- American band The Killers were accused of sounding too English on their first album Hot Fuss after saying that one of their influences was English band Oasis.
- Stanley Ho, Hong Kong business entreprenuer
- Nirad Chaudhuri, Bengali writer
- David Soul Hutch from Starsky and Hutch, now a British citizen
- Jimi Hendrix, lived and died in England
- Joseph Conrad, notable Polish author
- Gillian Anderson, American actress who grew up and now lives in London
- Annie Oakley, American sharpshooter, equestrian and actress
- Canadian comedian Mike Myers considers himself British - he has British, as well as Canadian, citizenship. His parents are both from Liverpool
- Guy Mollet, former French Prime Minister who proposed that France merge with Britain or failing that, be allowed to join the British Commonwealth.
- Hayao Miyazaki, director of Japanese animated films (it should be noted here that, generally speaking, popular opinion in Japan seems to be very pro-British, particularly English.)
- Alexander Marion, religious historian and collector of British Royal Commerative China
- Nicolas Sarkozy, French Presidential candidate, an admirer of British business and economic structure
- Thomas Whiteside, Australian political advisor (mainly to the Navy), considers himself British in all ways except name. He has recently applied for British citizenship.
References
- ^ WordWeb dictionary definition of Anglophilia.
See also
External links
- Wretched Anglophile - Web Sites Related to All Things British.
- Anglophile Books International Bookfinders
References
- Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Anglophile" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglophile, used under the GNU Free Documentation License
