The trouble with the UK is that it's so bloody old. Where, what and how do you define it's culture? It's not as though there are any old traditions that are passed down from generation to generation. There are probably forum members living in houses that are older than historic and important buildings in the US or Australia.
Then we could move on to modern culture. For example, do immigrants really want to get involved with the binge drinking culture which is quite apparent every Friday or Saturday night in a town near you? I'd hope not.
You can argue that maybe first generation immigrants don't get as culturally involved as you would hope but that can't be said in the majority of cases about their second generation off spring. My mother is English and my father is an immigrant. I'm proud of my heritage on both sides but to me I'm just English or British depending on the sporting occassion. The rest of the time I don't give it a second thought. Maybe it just me but at times I'm somewhat
suprised when I hear friends that are second or third generation immigrants speaking their native language. I just kind of forget that someone might be fluent in a different language just because I hear them speak in their thick Brummie accents everyday.
I don't know where in Scotland Ayreshire is either.
