What do you think have been the most culturally significant nations of the past 150 years?
What specific cultural phenomenon do certain nations have reputations for.

Think of
sports
TV
cinema
language
fashion
street style
art
dance
various form of music
food
religion
popular thought
novels
science

usa

Try and give a reason if you can.

US
UK
and Japan

It depends on which category and traditional or mordern
I would say on 21st century, China and US will be the leading of eastern and western

i find this kind of indentical to my "which country is the king of pop culture in each continent" thread.

worldwide it's USA..it's too obvious..i dont think we need reasons..

No, because pop culture is very limited, wereas this concerns culture as a whole

But yes, worldwide it's the US

Of the top of my head, I would credit these nations in order of influence though I'm sure I will be corrected for all the things I've missed out.
remember they must have influenced other countries.
Remember to think globaly not just the western world.

Sport:UK (football has to be no1,need help with other countries)
Cinema:India,USA,Uk,France(last two have proportianly bigger film industries than the USA)
TV:USA,UK are big exporters.
Language:UK(english ,dur)
Fashion:Italy,UK,France,USA(all western dont know about the rest of the world, not sure of the order)
Streetstyle:USA(black street fashion)UK(Punk,goth, indie style fashions)
Art:France,Spain(First half of 20thCentuary)USA(Middle)UK(end of centuary)
Dance:Argentina,Brazil(Don't know much about dance)
Music:UK,USA(rock and POP)
Food:Italy(pasta, pizza),India,France,Marrocco,USA(fast food)
Religion:Italy,Saudi Arabia.
Popular thought:USA,UK,France (all have influencial writers)
Novels:UK,USA(have no idea about the rest of the world)
Science.UK(evolution, DNA)USA(Atom bomb),Japan(robotics ,computers)

the main exporter of english language is USA not UK,

Of the top of my head, I would credit these nations in order of influence though I'm sure I will be corrected for all the things I've missed out.
remember they must have influenced other countries.
Remember to think globaly not just the western world.

Sport:UK (football has to be no1,need help with other countries)
Cinema:India,USA,Uk,France(last two have proportianly bigger film industries than the USA)
TV:USA,UK are big exporters.
Language:UK(english ,dur)
Fashion:USA,UK,France,Italy(all western dont know about the rest of the world, not sure of the order)
Streetstyle:USA(black street fashion)UK(Punk,goth, indie style fashions)
Art:France,Spain(First half of 20thCentuary)USA(Middle)UK(end of centuary)
Dance:Argentina,Brazil(Don't know much about dance)
Music:UK,USA(rock and POP)
Food:Italy(pasta, pizza),India,France,Marrocco,USA(fast food)
Religion:Italy,Saudi Arabia.
Popular thought:USA,UK,France (all have influencial writers)
Novels:UK,USA(have no idea about the rest of the world)
Science.UK(evolution, DNA)USA(Atom bomb),Japan(robotics ,computers)


Aren´t you forgetting Germany with their world famous philosophers like Marx, Heidegger, Wittgenstein, Marcuse, etc?

Aren´t you forgetting Austria and one of the most influencial intellectuals Sigmund Freud?

With the rest I agree, but i would include Russia somewhere, somehow.

It depends on which category and traditional or mordern
I would say on 21st century, China and US will be the leading of eastern and western

eastern you say means the second(communist) world?

Aren´t you forgetting Germany with their world famous philosophers like Marx, Heidegger, Wittgenstein, Marcuse, etc?

Aren´t you forgetting Austria and one of the most influencial intellectuals Sigmund Freud?

With the rest I agree, but i would include Russia somewhere, somehow.

Yes you're completely right,lot of things missed out.

Also how about Russian Ballet.

the main exporter of english language is USA not UK,

No its the UK, and its former colonies.

most people know english through american pop culure, they learn american english, not british english.

most people know english through american pop culure, they learn american english, not british english.

It seems wrong. I learn both american and native.

Sports:Brazil, Argentina(futbol), India/Australia/Pakistan/England(cricket),India/Pakistan(hockey), Canada,US,Russia(Ice hockey).
TV: USA, UK, India(the tv sops are damn popular in neighbouring countries).
CInema: US, India.
Language: US, UK.
Fashion: US, dunno abt others.
Streetstyle: No clue.
Art: France, quite a few European countries.
Dance:India(almost each state has its own dance form), Brazil, dunno abt others.
Music: US, India, dunno abt the others.
Religion:Italy, KSA, Israel, India.
Popular thought: No idea.
Novels: US, UK in English, tho I believe other countries do have a fair share of English authors.
Sciene: US, UK, and maybe India a bit, tho not sure.

Yes but if the US would not have become such a powerfull country, you can be sure almost all of those who actualy learn english in non-english speaking countries would have never done it, and people should not forget Japan as well as the arabs and China, most of our basic knowledge, in mathematics, science, astronomy etc comes from those

Yes but if the US would not have become such a powerfull country, you can be sure almost all of those who actualy learn english in non-english speaking countries would have never done it, and people should not forget Japan as well as the arabs and China, most of our basic knowledge, in mathematics, science, astronomy etc comes from those

Then if the US had not been a superpower what language would have been the world common language? I think English is at least easier to read than French.

By the way the US citizens use the mile but the people in most countries seem to use the meter.

Maybe they would not have been a world common language, and frankly speaking, I don't know what would have hapened, because this century's history would have been totaly different

The world used to use the mile. Then switched to metric. Prior to metric, the world used the imperial system (which was exported by the British). For some strange reason, while the USA fought a revolution to get rid fo the British, they held on to colonial British measurements! One would think the US would be the first country to have embraced a measurement other than the one imposed by its former colonial power.

My list...

France
China
Egypt
Itaq
India
Palestine
England
Germany
USA
Netherlands
Russia
Switzerland
Brazil

USA: music (both pop and classical), theatrical performances (Broadway shows, opera), films, English, research papers, media (broadcast, newspaper, magazines), books, food & beverage (junk food, steak, soda, alcohol), games (PC games, X-box), religion (missionaries), socio-economic system (Capitalism-oriented social structure), TV shows, sports (basketball, American football, ice hockey), fine arts, literature, design (arcitecture, fashion, machine, cars, ships), dance (pop and ballet)

Japan: Manga, Anime, music (J-pop, J-rock, Japanese traditional music), martial arts (kendo/kenjutsu/iaido, aikido/judo/jujutsu, karatedo), films (Japanese thriller movies), cultural icons (samurai, ninja, keisha, sumo wrestler), food (sushi, sashimi, sake), TV shows, literature, language, books, research papers, design (fashion, gardening, table setting, china, machine), games

China: Chinese thoughts (Confucianism, Taoism, Zen Buddhism, Legalism, Realism, and so forth), Chinese classical texts, literature, language & Chinese characters, martial arts (kungfu/wushu, qigong), Chinese traditional medicine, theatrical performances, food, design (fung-shu, architecture, fashion)

India: Indian thoughts (Buddism, Hinduism, Jainism), ancient Indian linguistics, literature, music, films, architecture, food

Korea: music (K-pop), games (online games, mobile games), TV shows, religion (missionaries), experience of development, sports and martial arts (taekwondo, hapkido, judo, kendo etc.), food & alcohols, design (cell phones, portable electronic machines, home appliances)

Arabs overall: music (Arabic music), religion (Islam), classical texts

Germany: philosophy, music (classical), food (beer, ham), legal system, socio-economic system (sociodemocratic social structure, social welfare system, public school system), language, research papers, design (cars, machines), sports, dance

Russia: literature, music (classical), ideology, research papers, dance (ballet)

France: philosophy, music (pop & classical), food, socio-economic system, language, literature, fine arts, design (architecture, fashion, airplanes, etc.), films, sports, research papers, dance

Britain: philosophy & ideology, music (pop), design (fashion, architecture, cars, alphabet), TV shows, films, language, literature, sports, research papers, media (newspapers, broadcast, megazines)

Spain: literature, fine arts, design (ex. architecture), language, sports

Italy: design, fine arts, music, design (fashion, architecture, cars), sports, literature, religion

Greece: philosophy

Brazil: martial arts (jujitsu, capoera), religion, dance, music

Taiwan: music (pop), TV shows

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I think USA, Russia, Germany, Japan, Britain, China, India, Arabs, France, Spain and Italy are the countries which have shaped the current world. Others too have great cultural tradition and potential, but not influence the world very much. Also, even though some countries like S. Korea, Taiwan, and Brazil do influence the world, the thing is that their influences are not deep and powerful enough to produce great change in thought, belief, lifestyle, and social structure of other countries.

USA: music (both pop and classical), theatrical performances (Broadway shows, opera), films, English, research papers, media (broadcast, newspaper, magazines), books, food & beverage (junk food, steak, soda, alcohol), games (PC games, X-box), religion (missionaries), socio-economic system (Capitalism-oriented social structure), TV shows, sports (basketball, American football, ice hockey), fine arts, literature, design (arcitecture, fashion, machine, cars, ships), dance (pop and ballet)

Japan: Manga, Anime, music (J-pop, J-rock, Japanese traditional music), martial arts (kendo/kenjutsu/iaido, aikido/judo/jujutsu, karatedo), films (Japanese thriller movies), cultural icons (samurai, ninja, keisha, sumo wrestler), food (sushi, sashimi, sake), TV shows, literature, language, books, research papers, design (fashion, gardening, table setting, china, machine)

China: Chinese thoughts (Confucianism, Taoism, Zen Buddhism, Legalism, Realism, and so forth), Chinese classical texts, literature, language & Chinese characters, martial arts (kungfu/wushu, qigong), Chinese traditional medicine, theatrical performances, food, design (fung-shu, architecture, fashion)

India: Indian thoughts (Buddism, Hinduism, Jainism), ancient Indian linguistics, literature, music, films, architecture, food

Korea: music (K-pop), games (online games, mobile games), TV shows, religion (missionaries), experience of development, sports and martial arts (taekwondo, hapkido, judo, kendo etc.), food & alcohols, design (cell phones, portable electronic machines, home appliances)

Arabs overall: music (Arabic music), religion (Islam), classical texts

Germany: philosophy, music (classical), food (beer, ham), legal system, socio-economic system (sociodemocratic social structure, social welfare system, public school system), language, research papers, design (cars, machines), sports, dance

Russia: literature, music (classical), ideology, research papers, dance (ballet)

France: philosophy, music (pop & classical), food, socio-economic system, language, literature, fine arts, design (architecture, fashion, airplanes, etc.), films, sports, research papers, dance

Britain: philosophy & ideology, music (pop), design (fashion, architecture, cars, alphabet), TV shows, films, language, literature, sports, research papers, media (newspapers, broadcast, megazines)

Spain: literature, fine arts, design (ex. architecture), language, sports

Italy: design, fine arts, music, design (fashion, architecture, cars), sports, literature, religion

Greece: philosophy

Brazil: martial arts (jujitsu, capoera), religion, dance, music

Taiwan: music (pop), TV shows

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I think USA, Russia, Germany, Japan, Britain, China, India, Arabs, France, and Italy are the countries which shape the current world. Others too have great cultural tradition and potential, but not influence the world very much. Also, even though some countries like S. Korea, Taiwan, and Brazil do influence the world, the thing is that their influences are not deep and powerful enough to produce great change in thought, belief, lifestyle, and social structure of other countries.

Mexico should be on that list:

Language influence in the USA the 1st world power.

Soup Operas through all South East Asia and Latin America.

Food all over the world plus Corona Beer.

Cinema, recently some famous movies.

Pop Culture over all Latin America, Singers and TV shows in all the American continent except Canada.

Mexico should be on that list:

Language influence in the USA the 1st world power.

Soup Operas through all South East Asia and Latin America.

Food all over the world plus Corona Beer.

Cinema, recently some famous movies.

Pop Culture over all Latin America, Singers and TV shows in all the American continent except Canada.

OK. I just didn't know which country is culturally dominant in the world of Latin America. BTW, is it true that Mexican soap operas are widely popular in South East Asia? WoW, I hope it comes to N. E. Asia too.

I am not sure about the US and English... Here for centuries French was the main language - you know who changed it to English? - the British Invation (it also took place in continental Europe)... and that was in the early 60s. Before French and Italian (and German) were more important especially because of aristocracy, literature and music (opera).

For politics - enlightment, human rights and democracy France and Switzerland were the most important (Voltaire, Rousseau, Pestalozzi, Montesquieu...). Maybe also with Germany (Marx, Engels, Schopenhauer, Kant)

Aren´t you forgetting Germany with their world famous philosophers like Marx, Heidegger, Wittgenstein, Marcuse, etc?

Aren´t you forgetting Austria and one of the most influencial intellectuals Sigmund Freud?

With the rest I agree, but i would include Russia somewhere, somehow.


Marx,Freud,Ainstein=jews:))

OK. I just didn't know which country is culturally dominant in the world of Latin America. BTW, is it true that Mexican soap operas are widely popular in South East Asia? WoW, I hope it comes to N. E. Asia too.

Yes they are famous in Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and some reality shows like "La Academia" aka. "Akademi Fantasi" are mexican franchises in the same countries plus Indonesia.

The next MTV Music awards for Latin Music will be hosted by Cancun, Mexico and is the first time they are celebrated outside of the USA.


Mexican Soup Operas are also famous in Russia and other eastern european countries.

Gabriel García Márquez, Jorge Luis Borges, Octavio Paz, Carlos Fuentes, Miguel de Cervantes, Julio Cortázar, Federico García Lorca, Leopoldo Alas, Luis de Góngora, Rubén Darío, Camilo José Cela, Mario Benedetti, Ramón del Valle Inclán, Miguel Delibes, Juan Rulfo, Mario Vargas Llosa, Ernesto Sábato, Juan Ramón Jiménez, Francisco de Quevedo, Augusto Roa Bastos, Gonzalo de Berceo, Miguel de Unamuno, Miguel Ángel Asturias, San Juan de la Cruz, José Donoso, Miguel Mihura, Horacio Quiroga, Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Miguel Hernández, Santa Teresa de Jesús, José Hierro, Fernando de Rojas, Vicente Aleixandre, Garcilaso de la Vega, Pío Baroja, Lope de Vega, Antonio Machado, Carmen Laforet, Mariano Azuela, Ramón Pérez de Ayala, Alejo Carpentier, Gonzalo Torrente Ballester, Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Manuel Scorza, Cristina Peri, Luis Martín Santos, Leopoldo Lugones, Jorge Asís, Benito de Feijoo and so many others wrote in a very beautiful language.

Marx,Freud,Ainstein=jews:))
Kafka, Einstein, Mahler, Zweig, Bergson... Jesus!

So many important jews in History :)

heheh Kafka was gay bar in T-A:)))))))))
Einstein's sister living in North Israel:)

^ imagine all the important contributions in the world that have not been made because of the Nazis.

some another famous jews in the world:
M.Bloomberg(NYC chief)
John Kerry
Steven Spielberg
Madonna(Esther)
Calvin Klein
M.Duglas
Jesicca Parker
William Staig( Shrack'sillustrator)
Roman Abramovitz(Chelsey football team)
Madlen Olbraight
Monica Levinsky
Hillary Clinton
Sarah Mishel Geller
David Duhovnii
Roman Polanski
David Shwimmer("Friends")
Lisa Cudrow("Friends")
Dastin Hoffman
Wolfovitz Pol
Liberman Joseph
M.Howard(politician in UK)
Kertesh Imre(Hungarian Nobel Price)
Artur Miller(poet died in 2004:(
Nataly Portman
Dana International
Ofra Haza
David Kouperfeld
Lenny Kravitz
Uri Geller
Libeskind Daniel
Yudashkin Valentin(popular designer in Russia)
Barbara Streizand
Silvester Stallone(him mother in Israel he is jew)
Garry Kasparov(the best chess-player)

I suppose Sergéi Einsestein, the great russian moviemaker, was jewish too, wasn't he?

JEWISH LAST NAME......

woow in Russia so many popular jews!!!!!!!!
in politic and music/culture

5 richest people of Russia are jews:
Roman Abramovitz
Michael Hodorkovski
Fridman
Nevzlin
Vladimir Gusinski

I suppose Sergéi Einsestein, the great russian moviemaker, was jewish too, wasn't he?

heheh it's my lastname too:)))))
Aisenstein

aisen=iron
stein=stone

Boris Pasternak, WOODY ALLEN :)

I suppose Sergéi Einsestein, the great russian moviemaker, was jewish too, wasn't he?

According to his Bio he was a Jewish-Baltic-German with Russian heritage ;)

Please be aware that the achievements of all those famous Jewish figures came out of the culture and tradition of the countries where the figures lived and grew, not from that of Jewish tradition. Einstein is a famous Jewish scientist, but is science something of Jewish tradition or European tradition?

After all, this is about country vs country thread, not ethnicity vs ethnicity.

popular culture is dominated by the us but many ideas from other countries got into 'america'
russia's films were very influential
nazi germany's riefenstahl proved very influential
japan's appliances have changed people's homes
just like sweden (IKEA ;) )
britain got the world into sports
germany got us into cars and on autobahnen
and australia got us into BBQ :D

Please be aware that the achievements of all those famous Jewish figures came out of the culture and tradition of the countries where the figures lived and grew, not from that of Jewish tradition. Einstein is a famous Jewish scientist, but is science something of Jewish tradition or European tradition?

After all, this is about country vs country thread, not ethnicity vs ethnicity.


about nation not about country!!!!!!!!!
and of course they are from jewish tradition.......

sports: Britain, Australia.....
TV: USA...Japan, S.Korea, Taiwan & Hong Kong in the Far East.
cinema: Obviously USA...
language: American English if saying globally...then Spanish, Chinese, Japanese I think...
fashion: western-USA, Italy, France, UK; eastern-Japan, S.Korea, Hong Kong.
street style: western-USA; eastern: Japan & S.Korea
art: hard to say...
dance: no idea about that...
various form of music: USA, UK, Japan
food: China, Japan, Mexico, USA for fast food, France, India, Italy, Thailand, Vietnamn...
religion: Christian, Buddism, Islam...
popular thought: ?_?"
novels: don't know...
science: USA & Japan. (China used to be one of the most influential thoudsands of years ago...)

That's all I know-.-

sports: Britain, Australia.....
TV: USA...Japan, S.Korea, Taiwan & Hong Kong in the Far East.
cinema: Obviously USA...
language: American English if saying globally...then Spanish, Chinese, Japanese I think...
fashion: western-USA, Italy, France, UK; eastern-Japan, S.Korea, Hong Kong.
street style: western-USA; eastern: Japan & S.Korea
art: hard to say...
dance: no idea about that...
various form of music: USA, UK, Japan
food: China, Japan, Mexico, USA for fast food, France, India, Italy, Thailand, Vietnamn...
religion: Christian, Buddism, Islam...
popular thought: ?_?"
novels: don't know...
science: USA & Japan. (China used to be one of the most influential thoudsands of years ago...)

That's all I know-.-


language:Japanese??????????
what about Russian???

religion:what about Judaism?

novels:Argentina,Brasil,Mexico,Peru,Venezuela

http://www.fifa.com/en/modules/fairplaypopup_brazil

sports: Britain, Australia.....
TV: USA...Japan, S.Korea, Taiwan & Hong Kong in the Far East.
cinema: Obviously USA...
language: American English if saying globally...then Spanish, Chinese, Japanese I think...
fashion: western-USA, Italy, France, UK; eastern-Japan, S.Korea, Hong Kong.
street style: western-USA; eastern: Japan & S.Korea
art: hard to say...
dance: no idea about that...
various form of music: USA, UK, Japan
food: China, Japan, Mexico, USA for fast food, France, India, Italy, Thailand, Vietnamn...
religion: Christian, Buddism, Islam...
popular thought: ?_?"
novels: don't know...
science: USA & Japan. (China used to be one of the most influential thoudsands of years ago...)

That's all I know-.-

science: USA & Japan ???

Britain and Germany produce more research papers than Japan. Japan may be in Top 4, but by no means the 2nd. If you're talking about technology, then it's right, but science, excuse me.

Now: The United States by far, with some minor influences by Japan and the UK. What movies do they watch in Sri Lanka, Slovenia, and Surinam? American ones, of course.
Late 1800's to early 20th century: UK, Germany, U.S., France
1500's to mid-1800's: France, Britain, Spain, as well as the small Italian countries and German countries
500's to 1500's: Arabic countries, China
Before that: Roman Empire, China
Even before that: the Greek countries

sports: U.S., with UK a distant second. Most sports are either American or British invented. Just look at the names of sports in other languages. "beisbol" (Spanish for baseball), "foot" (French for soccer)
TV: USA by a mile. Japan and the UK are a distant second and third respectively.
cinema: USA.
language: The UK spread English around the world, but nowadays, people aren't learning English for the UK, they are learning it to do business with or get into the culture of Americans.
fashion: U.S., Italy, France, UK
Music: USA by a mile, UK is a distant second.
food: China and Europe for traditional foods, but the U.S. for new foods (mostly fast food)
science: USA. Sure Germany, UK and Japan put out a lot of research. But the U.S. has vastly more, plus they have so many elite universities. Everyone knows Stanford, Berkeley, Brown, Cornell, Pennsylvania, Harvard, MIT, Columbia, NYU, Princeton, Yale, etc.

COOL COUNTRIES WITH MORE PERSONALITY THAN PEOPLE OR TERRITORY:
-Cuba
-New Zealand
-Jamaica
-Costa Rica
-Nepal

INFLUENTIAL LANGUAGES:
-American English
-Latin American Spanish
-French
-Japanese
-German

INFLUENTIAL POP CULTURE:
-USA
-France
-Japan

OLD DYING COUNTRIES WHO WERE THE GREATEST A LONG TIME AGO, BUT TODAY THEY ARE NOTHING BUT OLD SOCIETIES W/ DECADENT OVERRATED CULTURES:
-Italy
-the UK
-France

COUNTRIES W/ BEST FOOD:
-Mexico
-Italy
-China
-India

ECONOMIC POWERHOUSES:
-USA
-Germany
-Japan
-China comming soon to a theater near you

UNDERRATED COUNTRIES WITH A LOT TO OFFER, BUT THE POWERFUL MEDIA DONT PAY THEM ANY ATENTION:
-Dominican Republic
-Madagascar
-Paraguay
-Columbia
-Quebec
-Kazhakstan
-Sri Lanka
-Seychelles

COOL COUNTRIES WITH MORE PERSONALITY THAN PEOPLE OR TERRITORY:
-Cuba
-New Zealand
-Jamaica
-Costa Rica
-Nepal
don't forget Belgium - painters, cartoon writers, musicians. Belgium introduced forms of art we take for granted now but were controversial by the time of conception

TV means TV programs?

My list...

France
China
Egypt
Itaq
India
Palestine
England
Germany
USA
Netherlands
Russia
Switzerland
Brazil

euro-centric indeed...
by the way Egypt today is NOT pyramid building pharaoh's Egypt....

If any of you :

1. Love pineapples
2. Depend on products made of rubber
3. Eat anything made from soybeans
4. Eat processed cornbeef
5. Love modernist architecture
6. Love landscaping
7. Love Jazz and or music played by a guitar...

then you forgot to add Brazil on to your list...

...religion:what about Judaism?...
That's something I don't know much about and can't easily think of. ..

science: USA & Japan ???

Britain and Germany produce more research papers than Japan. Japan may be in Top 4, but by no means the 2nd. If you're talking about technology, then it's right, but science, excuse me.
I think I got mixed up with the terms "science" & "technology"...I thought they meant the same thing...

US, UK, Japan, Italy, France, India, Hong Kong SAR

I think I got mixed up with the terms "science" & "technology"...I thought they meant the same thing...


:eek2: :eek2: really????

Even when Britain once was an empire, it never much influenced the rest of Europe. It's just the language. Enforced by America, not Britain! Try to imagine Britain: of little relevance to Europe but for some 2 centuries the global #1.

But you can give credit to 19th century Britain for the Industrial Revolution and naval technologies.

I agree, most of the English words flooding the world's languages today are due to American culture and technological influence, nothing to do with Britain. e.g. the Spanish word "software" is not a product of the British isles.

sports: U.S., with UK a distant second. Most sports are either American or British invented. Just look at the names of sports in other languages. "beisbol" (Spanish for baseball), "foot" (French for soccer)
TV: USA by a mile. Japan and the UK are a distant second and third respectively.
cinema: USA.
language: The UK spread English around the world, but nowadays, people aren't learning English for the UK, they are learning it to do business with or get into the culture of Americans.
fashion: U.S., Italy, France, UK
Music: USA by a mile, UK is a distant second.
food: China and Europe for traditional foods, but the U.S. for new foods (mostly fast food)
science: USA. Sure Germany, UK and Japan put out a lot of research. But the U.S. has vastly more, plus they have so many elite universities. Everyone knows Stanford, Berkeley, Brown, Cornell, Pennsylvania, Harvard, MIT, Columbia, NYU, Princeton, Yale, etc.

Sorry Buddy, but you are very brainwashed and very biased. If you think about it realistically, the US doesnt have half as much of an impact as you like to believe.

Sports, US? How?

What are the 3 Most played sports in the world? ... Football, Cricket and Rugby (all British)

TV - US has some great shows and exports but influence culturally is something thats real, and thats something Americans cant do. When was the last time you watched an American sitcome that had any real relevence to normal live in it throughout the show?

Language - How are people saying American. Didnt the British spread the English language throughout the world during the greatest stage of the biggest empire even seen. It spread the language to over 1,000,000,000 Inhabitants from, India to the Virgin Islands. Think about it. stop trying to make out things which arent even close to being true.

Cinema - Yeh US has a juge impact, but believe it or not Bollywood and India has a larger impact on more people in the world.

Fashion - Italy, UK, France, Japan and US are all equal

Music - well culturally, I would have to say the US and UK are equal if not the UK being ahead. it has mroe recognised bands then anywhere and has probably had the most impact on modern day music. although nowadays US has more main streem proclaim.

Food - Traditional food's Italy, France, China, India, US, UK, Mexico, Turkey.

Science - UK wins this hands down, if you're talking about its impact culturally. like the chart submitted not long ago posted by a Japanese fourmer, the UK has been credited for 52% of all patents and has created probably the most important things in the world in this modern day. For instance - THE INTERNET which we are all squabbling on now ... Italy, Japan, US, France can all be credited for extensive breakthroughs however but in a much smaller proportion.