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Forest
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 Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2004 4:52 pm Post subject: All things British |
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Just wondering a few things really. (And this is directed at everyone, including Brits)
1. What people like/dislike about the Brits.
2. What British food everyone has always wanted to try but either never had the chance to, or has put it off accidentally on purpose, till a later date.
3. What people find strange/amusing/completely hilarious about the British way of life. 
4. Where anyone has always wanted to go in Britain
5. Where you or someone who know has had a particularly bad/so bad it was funny experience in Britain. You are permitted to include details! 
Ta ever so, ducks!
~Forest
PS: I know. Strange topic, but then again, I am hyper on account of coffee flavoured things.  Cut me some slack! |
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Moralanqua
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 Ahem! Not everyone in 'Britain' thinks of themselves as British!
To avoid offending ME! further, maybe you all should break down what it is you like by the actual country.
Scotland is NOT England and I believe those in The Republic of Ireland would be annoyed too.
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Viv
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| Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2004 5:09 pm Post subject: |
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| Don't forget the Welsh. |
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Moralanqua
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| Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2004 5:16 pm Post subject: |
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Leek munching sheep shaggers? How could we?
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| Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2004 5:26 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm a big fan of breakfast, and I hear that English breakfasts are intense. I have no idea what they contain, only that I long to dig into one. |
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SpaceWeavil
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| Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2004 6:00 pm Post subject: |
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| Moralanqua wrote: | Ahem! Not everyone in 'Britain' thinks of themselves as British!
To avoid offending ME! further, maybe you all should break down what it is you like by the actual country.
Scotland is NOT England and I believe those in The Republic of Ireland would be annoyed too. |
I do think of myself as ‘British’, having lived down south for a while (and hoping to do so again), but I do get irked when people think England is the sole extent of Britain, and say things like ‘UK’ meaning ‘England’. Had it all the time in London from the tourists and it always got on my nerves.
The only thing that annoys me more than that are the stereotypes, which I see far too often in films, books etc. that are supposedly professional and serious. The sort of thing where everyone in ‘Britain’ (i.e. London and some of the Home Counties) is either related to nobility or is a forelock-tugging serf who talks like Parker out of Thunderbirds, where we get rain all year round without fail (OK, so that one if partly true) and have tea on the lawn with the vicar. Not everyone in England talks with a Cockney or RP accent, and certainly not everyone in ‘Britain’ does.
That is actually the only time I have left really scathing reviews for fan fic writers on things like FF.Net and the SHADO Library, because I find that so offensive.
OK, rant over. I feel better now. (I’m taking out my frustrations as I’m getting nowhere with a story right now…)
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Moralanqua
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| Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2004 6:10 pm Post subject: |
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You can forgive the internationals for getting it wrong but when it comes from the English, it always sounds bad. Poor wee Forest prolly had no idea!  We forgives you, hen!
I dont care about stereotypes, its just the Ignorance and Arrogance that get ma naps hackled!
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| Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2004 6:12 pm Post subject: |
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| Moralanqua wrote: | | that get ma naps hackled! |
My mind is supplying all sorts of naughty translations, but I shan't ask. |
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SpaceWeavil
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| Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2004 6:52 pm Post subject: |
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| Viv wrote: | | Moralanqua wrote: | | that get ma naps hackled! |
My mind is supplying all sorts of naughty translations, but I shan't ask. |
I supposedly come from the same part of the country and I don't know... 
(Mind you, I'm a Fifer..) 
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Moralanqua
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Ooooh! Fife! Dinnae say that! *ponce ponce*
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Actually, just to clear up, I wasn't getting at Forest with that last post. It wasn't even aimed at anyone on the archive. It's just something that annoys me in books and the likes. Sorry if it sounded like I was having a go.
I really am a mild mannered sort...just have a big mouth 
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Yeah - no one attacking the wee Gumpster! 
(even if shes from 'Down There' )
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Amlee
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| Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2004 8:10 pm Post subject: |
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I have to say that when I think of the British I think only of England. I know some of the history of Britian, Ireland, Scotland and the Welsh. So I know not to think of them as one group of people.
As for the topic of this thread.
1. Can't say I have ever met a Brit that I didn't like
2. Not sure
3. Not just the Brits, but Europe in general. I also am not sure I am spelling this right. but roundabouts just blow my mind.
4. the whole country
5. not sure |
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Yavanie
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Must say, don't want to offend anyone, but here are my views and perception (please correct me if i'm wrong -gently)
I have a very dear friend who is British (considers herself so, and from England). She does say "funny" things though, like that space on the back of your car you use to haul stuff around in - she calls it a "boot" and I call it the "trunk".
I sometimes get to sneak off with her for "tea" (she says there are a few tea rooms around here that feel authentic). Although before I met her I was a hot tea drinker (I know, strange for a southerner). I have since ejoyed many a tea time with her (and yeah, I could listen to her talk forever).
My heritage is decidely Irish and Scotch (see the red hair, freckles, brown eyes, can't tan at all, just sunburn). I also seem to have inherited an affinity for songs played on harps and pipes.
Never been there, would love to see the whole UK and experience each part independently.
Not sure if I want to try kidney pie or not.
anyway, my two cents.
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Anna
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Say Britain, and I´m thinking Monty Python! Sorry...can´t help it. 
Never been there, but I would love to go. I would especially love to visit Scotland (thinking whisky and Highlander now....don´t kill me, Mora!). When I think about Wales, elves pop into my mind. *grin*
| Quote: | Moralanqua wrote:
that get ma naps hackled!
My mind is supplying all sorts of naughty translations, but I shan't ask.
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English (British English, mind you) is a part of our education here in Sweden. We begin to study it at the age of 10. The problem is, we´re faced with American English every day (more so than British English). This makes school a bit confusing at times. I remember the arguements we had in school with our English-teachers about spelling and pronounciation. They simply refused to accept 'favorite' instead of 'favourite', 'color' instead of 'colour' and so on.
And now I´m  !
How did that happen? |
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