The toy car is an American model, made in the U.K. British culture has imported from American culture in a number of instances, but not all.
Things we HAVE imported from the U.S.
Starbucks
Hollywood
Fast food
Fried chicken
Cadillacs
Ford toy cars
“like”
A lot of bad tv drama
A lot great tv drama
Personality politics
Drive-thru
The gold rush
Mormonism
Skyscrapers
Google (the verb)
TV confessional talk shows
“show me the money!”
2x wars (21st century only)
Things we HAVE NOT imported from the U.S.
3-holed ring binders
Republicanism
The American Dream
A Can-do attitude
SUVs (much)
The right to own a gun
A written constitution
Land borders
Thanksgiving
Prohibition
Separation of church and state
24hr pharmacies
A non-white head of state
A legal requirement of ZERO for employers to provide any paid annual leave.
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References:
No vacation nation USA: a comparison of leave and holiday in OECD countries. By Rebecca Ray and John Schmitt, European Economic and Employment Policy Brief, 2007.
