It occurs to me that the kind of base level anglophilia was a part of American culture when I was growing up - certainly a part of 'educated' American culture - has faded quite a bit. I don't have my finger on the pulse, of course, but I don't sense that The Kids Today have the weird at least mild deference to symbols of the mother country and knee jerk positive reponses to Received Pronunciation accents that were once standard.
Just another weird old people thing.
