Zoe, it's from BtVS season 5 episode, "Tough Love" quote:
ANYA: Well, that's right, foreigner. So I've been reading a lot about the good ol' us of A (she says "us" not "U.S."), embracing the extraordinarily precious ideology that's helped to shape and define it.
WILLOW: Democracy?
ANYA: Capitalism. The free market depends on the profitable exchange of goods for currency. It's a system of symbiotic beauty apparently lost on these old people. Look at 'em. Perusing the shelves. Undressing the merchandise with their eyeballs all ogle, no cash. It's not just annoying, it's unAmerican.
Anya has both context and better delivery.
And it was suggested as a thread title by an Unamerican, I'm pretty sure, if that helps, Zoe.
My high horse is wobbling.
To be honest it's not my favourite thread title either, although I'm not
offended
by it as such. But maybe we should compensate by giving the next thread a title that's offensive to Americans.
I think (though I'd have to check) that it's my title. "UnAmerican Buffistas" certainly is. Frankly, I don't care
how
the colonials refer to us, though.
It may be a while before we need a new thread title- given that this thread's pretty slow moving for a Buffistas thread. But I agree this thread title isn't my favourite.
Frankly, I don't care how the colonials refer to us, though.
Hey! Colonial and UnAmerican here.
Careful how you wield that us.
I'm trying to come up with good alternatives. Having thrown out 'bloody colonials' and 'Nancy Tribe' as too specific or not specific enough, and trying not to be offensive to Americans, it's quite a task. Show quotes are virtually useless, too.
UnAmerican Buffistas: We Didn't Throw The Tea Away
UnAmerican Buffistas: We're Not The Ones With Funny Spelling
UnAmerican Buffistas: Why Do We Have To Wait So Long?
are the things I've come up with so far. Hum...
How about: Non-American Buffistas: We have words and myths.