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.'^{[citation needed]}

In some extreme cases, Anglophilia may represent the wish of an individual to be English.

1 Alleged examples
2 References
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Alleged examples

Alleged 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
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 entrepreneur
Nirad Chaudhuri, Bengali writer
David Soul Hutch from Starsky and Hutch, now a British citizen
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.
Paul Mellon, American philanthropist and scion of the Mellon family.
Vivienne Aliu, an avid fan of Jamiroquai, BBC, Coupling, Absolutely Fabulous, Kate Moss