As everyone knows, the Olympics have been going on for a little over two weeks. I will admit to watching some of them but others just don't seem to interest me (for example anything that deals with horses). What I just realized this week, was the fact that sometimes I do not even cheer for the American team. This in my opinion, does not mean I am any less American than a person who is rooting completely American.

I am a Anglophile. Or in other words, someone who is fond or greatly admires England, but I am also an American.

I am an American because I was born here but, I am an Anglophile because my relatives are from there. Therefore, I see nothing wrong with voting for a team from where you are born but also where you come from. I now have an excuse as to why I can root for both.

Many people say that I am way too loyal to my ancestors because I talk about England so much and don't really care about the U.S. at all. This is simply just not true. I do many things that some may be called "stereotypical" of both cultures. For my American inside of me, I am loud and love my American food such as hamburgers. For my Brit loving side, I often eat a lot of take-away food, complain if someone or something is running even the tinniest bit late and have several cups of tea a day.

For many others, they say that I act way too British to be an American. These things include for example, taking in a British accent, drinking copious amounts of tea and biscuits, and not complaining when the weather is really bad.

They are completely mistaken. I do not pledge my allegiance to anyone, I believe in the freedom of religion, press and speech. These things are not found within England as they believe in a queen, have a national church, and limit what a person can say in a democratic society. For these reasons I believe that the United States is a better country to live in for all of those reasons.

Given the chance however, if I was asked to live in England I would in a heart beat. It would be hard to adjust but I would not mind it as I have done it before when I lived there for four months. Is will be hard to maintain my American lifestyle over there but with shops such as Partridges, Harrod's and the American section of Sainsburry's I think I could survive. In addition I could always visit my family in the states when I needed to.

I can mix both cultures into my everyday life. I may be more partial to my side that comes from the across the pond but at heart I will always be an American. No matter where I go I can both maintain my style as an American but also a Brit.