Thread: Tell Me About Being British

You can't write a book about being British, you have to record it and release it as a CD. Awesome accent.

Class status is in decline. I drink coffee far more than I drink tea.

I'll be damned if J.K. Rowling and a handful of bishops represent 'Britain'.

I cant drink it now as had my teeth whitened

But I think being British is easy! Depending on where you're from. Your roots are generally important when it shouldn't be. Typically people are judge from where they grew up, where they are now.

Clear example is I live in Brighton & Hove. BUT when people say "Oh you're from Brighton?" the usual reply from those in the Hove area is "No, Hove actually!" because that is the better area. (Might I point out I also live in 'Hove actually!' lol)

I think we are too stuck up, too highly strung, too work orientated, not good enough at what we do in terms of business efficiencies and working practises. We like to think we set good standards but really we don't. The level of general intelligence is shocking, and it really surprises me just how bad a lot of people are, not just with general intelligence but common sense too!

Being British is over rated... But still I wouldn't change it for the world!

Meh, we're pushovers. People come here and complain that it isn't like their country so we suffer for it.

I dunno really, it's just a piece of land with a name. I guess we're no different to the rest of the world except slight different beliefs and attitudes on stuff. We're not as classy as we used to be with social status ect although some places still like to think that.

As people said, it depends on what area you are from.

You guys have the habit of abusing your tasebuds with dry, boring food. You are too stuck up about your beer and your shitty futbol team (I spell it futbol when I mean soccer) and also your women are not typically attractive (neither are american women though so its not a big deal) but your accents are chick magnets... if you're in an english speaking country.

That's all I've observed so far.

Here may be a good anecdote about british people:

This american football team travels to england for vacation, they make some friends and get invited to play rugby. After understanding the rules, they begin the game. When this story was explained to me, the rules of rugby and terminology were explained with it but as I've forgotten the rules I can't really tell this story properly. Anyway, the americans are less than one score ahead, and it's the english ball, the english man carrying it is taken down 3 meters from the score line. The english man gets up, looks into the sky and declares, "Well, it appears it's about to rain soon, let us go in and watch a little news on the telly." and all his english teammates agreed with a score expressions like "cheerio!" and "well exclaimed, faulkner!" and "Oh I do say what a splendid idea!"

And that is a good description of british people. I'm not saying americans are better, I'm saying there's a difference in principles. An american would never, ever in his life leave a ball 3 meters from the score line. The brits were more concerned with being gentlemen.

Originally Posted by Omnius Deus

You guys have the habit of abusing your tasebuds with dry, boring food. You are too stuck up about your beer and your shitty futbol team (I spell it futbol when I mean soccer) and also your women are not typically attractive (neither are american women though so its not a big deal) but your accents are chick magnets... if you're in an english speaking country.

That's all I've observed so far.

Here may be a good anecdote about british people:

This american football team travels to england for vacation, they make some friends and get invited to play rugby. After understanding the rules, they begin the game. When this story was explained to me, the rules of rugby and terminology were explained with it but as I've forgotten the rules I can't really tell this story properly. Anyway, the americans are less than one score ahead, and it's the english ball, the english man carrying it is taken down 3 meters from the score line. The english man gets up, looks into the sky and declares, "Well, it appears it's about to rain soon, let us go in and watch a little news on the telly." and all his english teammates agreed with a score expressions like "cheerio!" and "well exclaimed, faulkner!" and "Oh I do say what a splendid idea!"

And that is a good description of british people. I'm not saying americans are better, I'm saying there's a difference in principles. An american would never, ever in his life leave a ball 3 meters from the score line. The brits were more concerned with being gentlemen.

Just to let you know, there aren't many people in England like that...like at all.

It's like me saying you're fat and incredibly stupid that loves to fire guns and shoot your own men in war. It's just a stereotype.

lmfao!!!

Not all of us are like that when it comes to rain.

I had a wonderful barbeque last night with a few friends.... Thunder, lightning, rain and hail all added to the experience. I'll be damned if I was going to go indoors after all the effort of setting it up; it's British Summer time over here, so there will be (badly) barbequed food and wearing of shorts until we go back to Grenwich Mean Time.

The beer thing however is true. It's not a beer unless its cloudy in the bottom and got twigs in it. It has to have a proper name too, like "Slaughter" or "Dambuster".

Regards

Ric
(now standing to attention until the end of "God save the Queen")

Originally Posted by Omnius Deus

You guys have the habit of abusing your tasebuds with dry, boring food. You are too stuck up about your beer and your shitty futbol team (I spell it futbol when I mean soccer) and also your women are not typically attractive (neither are american women though so its not a big deal) but your accents are chick magnets... if you're in an english speaking country.

That's all I've observed so far.

Here may be a good anecdote about british people:

This american football team travels to england for vacation, they make some friends and get invited to play rugby. After understanding the rules, they begin the game. When this story was explained to me, the rules of rugby and terminology were explained with it but as I've forgotten the rules I can't really tell this story properly. Anyway, the americans are less than one score ahead, and it's the english ball, the english man carrying it is taken down 3 meters from the score line. The english man gets up, looks into the sky and declares, "Well, it appears it's about to rain soon, let us go in and watch a little news on the telly." and all his english teammates agreed with a score expressions like "cheerio!" and "well exclaimed, faulkner!" and "Oh I do say what a splendid idea!"

And that is a good description of british people. I'm not saying americans are better, I'm saying there's a difference in principles. An american would never, ever in his life leave a ball 3 meters from the score line. The brits were more concerned with being gentlemen.

Originally Posted by NeAvO

Meh, we're pushovers. People come here and complain that it isn't like their country so we suffer for it.

I don't know. In my experience nobody complains about Britain like the British.

If an immigrant has started complaining about stupid stuff, it just means they're on course for cultural assimilation.

Gosh I love all of you brits!...best accents ever!

and omnius, that was hilarious, "its going to rain lets go watch the telly" "splendid!"

LOL

Our accent although i don't know how it sounds to other people, english breakfast- eggs, bacon, sausages, hash browns the works. It's good to be british, *Sings national anthem*

Yea but you guys have one large drawback to being british, you live in england...now don't get me wrong the country is gorgeous but..the weather! heh It reminds me of back home in new york...new york and england have similar weather as in..humid muggy and foggy and rainy.

But I guess a pint will take care of that no? I wish here in the states they sold pints of beer at the bar, they give us these little bottles!

Originally Posted by guerilla

But I guess a pint will take care of that no? I wish here in the states they sold pints of beer at the bar, they give us these little bottles!

And lite beer at that! Maybe one day you guys will be able to handle your beer

Originally Posted by Adam

And lite beer at that! Maybe one day you guys will be able to handle your beer

Maybe? I can already handle a case of beer on my own...but I don't really love beer that much im more into mixed drinks or just straight out pure alcohol with ice, I kind of like getting drunk fast and not drinking tons of fluid to achieve it lol...

Less peeing anyway, and girly drinks taste great.

Originally Posted by guerilla

Yea but you guys have one large drawback to being british, you live in england...now don't get me wrong the country is gorgeous but..the weather!

Argh. Admittedly I'm ethnically English, but I'll still fight my corner on this one.

I live in Wales. Still British, but a whole other country to England.

I guess the difference is similar to going to the deep south and calling the natives yankees.

Admittedly, the welsh weather is worse.

It sucks to be British,

Majorly...

Originally Posted by Omnius Deus

You guys have the habit of abusing your tasebuds with dry, boring food. You are too stuck up about your beer and your shitty futbol team (I spell it futbol when I mean soccer) and also your women are not typically attractive (neither are american women though so its not a big deal) but your accents are chick magnets... if you're in an english speaking country.

That's all I've observed so far.

Here may be a good anecdote about british people:

This american football team travels to england for vacation, they make some friends and get invited to play rugby. After understanding the rules, they begin the game. When this story was explained to me, the rules of rugby and terminology were explained with it but as I've forgotten the rules I can't really tell this story properly. Anyway, the americans are less than one score ahead, and it's the english ball, the english man carrying it is taken down 3 meters from the score line. The english man gets up, looks into the sky and declares, "Well, it appears it's about to rain soon, let us go in and watch a little news on the telly." and all his english teammates agreed with a score expressions like "cheerio!" and "well exclaimed, faulkner!" and "Oh I do say what a splendid idea!"

And that is a good description of british people. I'm not saying americans are better, I'm saying there's a difference in principles. An american would never, ever in his life leave a ball 3 meters from the score line. The brits were more concerned with being gentlemen.

What's ironic is that the stereotypes (such as everyone talking in a very specific posh accent, drinking tea and eating crumpets and having terrible teeth) are by and large completely and utterly false.

Compare that to stereotyping the typical American as fat, which actually has about a 65% chance of being accurate. And especially so amongst the teenage punks that I'm often cursed with meeting online :/

For the record, no I do not talk with a stereotypical english accent or in such stereotypical language, my teeth are in perfect condition, and I don't like tea or crumpets.

Meh, we're pushovers. People come here and complain that it isn't like their country so we suffer for it.

No, the retards in power are pushovers. Any decent person (i.e. not those in power) would tell people complaining about our culture to fuck off back to the shithole they came from, and rightly so.

I have a typical British accent, love tea and crumpets

Damn you Adam!!, why do ya have to be straight? LOL...

(just messing with you..)

Why can't I find any cute brits out here in the US? I think I have met maybe 4-5 brits in my lifetime here in the US.

Having good manners, being polite, loving the Glorious British Empire and despising people who laugh at your accent.

I dislike tea although crumpets are nice. I don't like bitter beer but larger is good. The queen can go to hell plus I don't know the full national anthem if anything more then the first line

I hate tea (and coffee), crumpets are gross, my teeth are in top condition and I don't have a "posh" southern English accent because I come from the North. =P

And I don't know the national anthem, maybe a line and that's it. xD And as silly as it sounds I often forget we have a Queen -- she doesn't really do anything. xD

Who could laugh at your accents? They are amongst the most SEXY accents ever devised...I also think Aussies and Russians have amazing accents.