How polite are the English?
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Are you serious? I'm from the Midlands and I've been to the South plenty of times. And in all of those places, I've only ever encountered a rare few nice people. Generally people in the South are bigger tossers than those in the North. I live in the North now for nine months of every year, I go to a Northern university, and I've only ever met the exceptionally rare idiot up here. Most Northerners I've met, and I've met plenty of locals here, are really nice, friendly people. Down south people are just arrogant. I can't say anything about Scotland as I've never been that far north, though I do know some Scottish people who are really nice people.Macksheath said:Greyfox105 said:I'm over the top polite. visit the UK, and I don't meet many polite people D:
there are some, but I haven't met many.
The stereotype shows English in a better light than most people deserve. unfortunately.
Fixed for you.
After all, the English are tea-swigging tuxedo wearing gents that kiss a poster of the Queen every night before going to bed. Go further North into Scotland and there is as much politeness here as in Bernard Manning visiting a foreign country.
OT: It depends. The further south they go generally the more polite they are. I still think Londoners are tossers though.
As for the Welsh, they're alright, and I absolutlely love the Irish (Eire and Northern Ireland) to the point where I want to live there. If I couldn't then I'd stay here in Leeds, up in the North, where it's nice. I don't agree that Londoners are tossers though, as I know plenty and I actually live with two girls from London. They're some of the nicest people I know, for the record. I wouldn't want to live in London though, unless I could live right in the centre (somewhere like a fancy Docklands apartment, or Notting Hill/Camden way), and that's hardly going to happen (I'd never be able to afford it)...
The Scottish are too busy drinking and complaining to be polite.Trivun said:Are you serious? I'm from the Midlands and I've been to the South plenty of times. And in all of those places, I've only ever encountered a rare few nice people. Generally people in the South are bigger tossers than those in the North. I live in the North now for nine months of every year, I go to a Northern university, and I've only ever met the exceptionally rare idiot up here. Most Northerners I've met, and I've met plenty of locals here, are really nice, friendly people. Down south people are just arrogant. I can't say anything about Scotland as I've never been that far north, though I do know some Scottish people who are really nice people.Macksheath said:Greyfox105 said:I'm over the top polite. visit the UK, and I don't meet many polite people D:
there are some, but I haven't met many.
The stereotype shows English in a better light than most people deserve. unfortunately.
Fixed for you.
After all, the English are tea-swigging tuxedo wearing gents that kiss a poster of the Queen every night before going to bed. Go further North into Scotland and there is as much politeness here as in Bernard Manning visiting a foreign country.
OT: It depends. The further south they go generally the more polite they are. I still think Londoners are tossers though.
As for the Welsh, they're alright, and I absolutlely love the Irish (Eire and Northern Ireland) to the point where I want to live there. If I couldn't then I'd stay here in Leeds, up in the North, where it's nice. I don't agree that Londoners are tossers though, as I know plenty and I actually live with two girls from London. They're some of the nicest people I know, for the record. I wouldn't want to live in London though, unless I could live right in the centre (somewhere like a fancy Docklands apartment, or Notting Hill/Camden way), and that's hardly going to happen (I'd never be able to afford it)...
Varies per area, person and circumstance. Met an angry englishmen and like anyone else in the world he's not a jolly ol' chap.
Then I'm moving up North to Scotland. I've always been a big fan of scotch whisky...Amnestic said:The Scottish are too busy drinking and complaining to be polite.Trivun said:Are you serious? I'm from the Midlands and I've been to the South plenty of times. And in all of those places, I've only ever encountered a rare few nice people. Generally people in the South are bigger tossers than those in the North. I live in the North now for nine months of every year, I go to a Northern university, and I've only ever met the exceptionally rare idiot up here. Most Northerners I've met, and I've met plenty of locals here, are really nice, friendly people. Down south people are just arrogant. I can't say anything about Scotland as I've never been that far north, though I do know some Scottish people who are really nice people.Macksheath said:Greyfox105 said:I'm over the top polite. visit the UK, and I don't meet many polite people D:
there are some, but I haven't met many.
The stereotype shows English in a better light than most people deserve. unfortunately.
Fixed for you.
After all, the English are tea-swigging tuxedo wearing gents that kiss a poster of the Queen every night before going to bed. Go further North into Scotland and there is as much politeness here as in Bernard Manning visiting a foreign country.
OT: It depends. The further south they go generally the more polite they are. I still think Londoners are tossers though.
As for the Welsh, they're alright, and I absolutlely love the Irish (Eire and Northern Ireland) to the point where I want to live there. If I couldn't then I'd stay here in Leeds, up in the North, where it's nice. I don't agree that Londoners are tossers though, as I know plenty and I actually live with two girls from London. They're some of the nicest people I know, for the record. I wouldn't want to live in London though, unless I could live right in the centre (somewhere like a fancy Docklands apartment, or Notting Hill/Camden way), and that's hardly going to happen (I'd never be able to afford it)...
My father is from Wales, and he's the most polite person I know, as well as the calmest and most sensible as well. Generally anyone over the age of 40 from England that I have met has been polite, educated, intelligent or really funny.
The youth of the UK on the other hand.... bad, mostly. When I was still in high school (about five years ago), we had a group of UK high school students come over for a month or so. They were nasty little jerks. Extremely proud and full of themselves, swearing constantly, and basically acting like a bunch of spoiled brats. Every single teenager I have met from the UK has either been one of two things:
1) A soccer hooligan type or
2) A complete and utter snob, dedicated to trying to prove that he is more intelligent and sophisticated than you at every opportunity. The way they just casually insult you for no reason is unbelievable.
I don't want to sound too negative - I love the old British culture and generally any British person over the age of 40 to 50. But somehow they've utterly failed to impart their manners on their children. Something has gone dreadfully wrong in the UK when it comes to raising their kids.
The youth of the UK on the other hand.... bad, mostly. When I was still in high school (about five years ago), we had a group of UK high school students come over for a month or so. They were nasty little jerks. Extremely proud and full of themselves, swearing constantly, and basically acting like a bunch of spoiled brats. Every single teenager I have met from the UK has either been one of two things:
1) A soccer hooligan type or
2) A complete and utter snob, dedicated to trying to prove that he is more intelligent and sophisticated than you at every opportunity. The way they just casually insult you for no reason is unbelievable.
I don't want to sound too negative - I love the old British culture and generally any British person over the age of 40 to 50. But somehow they've utterly failed to impart their manners on their children. Something has gone dreadfully wrong in the UK when it comes to raising their kids.
I'm fairly polite, especially to people I don't know
However, people have told me I kinda Hulk Out when I get frustrated enough.
People's patience erode, like chalk. Mine is like a bendy twig, you can push it very hard, but it eventually snaps, and then there's no going back
However, my best mate, Josh, is horrendously polite, and makes me look quite the lout.
He never even swears, or says a bad thing, except when it's clever irony aimed at a thug too stupid to catch the insult
However, people have told me I kinda Hulk Out when I get frustrated enough.
People's patience erode, like chalk. Mine is like a bendy twig, you can push it very hard, but it eventually snaps, and then there's no going back
However, my best mate, Josh, is horrendously polite, and makes me look quite the lout.
He never even swears, or says a bad thing, except when it's clever irony aimed at a thug too stupid to catch the insult
I may be 16 but people have always complimented me on my manners and me beign well spoken (besides my accent) but Iwouldn;t say I'm very polite I ofte nswear and I'm loud.
Some of the people around where I live are polite(ish) Most of them are of the older generation though. But as with anywhere else, where there are polite people, there are chavs, or just plain annoying people. Like the single mums from the council estate living off the taxpayer, who go shopping for crisps and blackcurrent squash with all 5 of their kids from 4 different dads, who then scream the shop to the ground.
ravens_nest said:
Ahh, well Im from the north, near Leeds. Leeds is probably the most unpolite town, its really bad.
Nothing can be as bad as London however. Everyone there just ignores you completely. When I went with school, this woman sold me a bottle of coke adnd she honestly looked like she wantedto snap my neck. Ive never been to Milton Keynes however but, no offence, it does sound pretty bad.
HIGH FIVE! Oh sorry, too slow.ultimateownage said:
Whereabouts in Reading? Do you know where Twyford is? Cause I live near there, in Charvil.
It's not actually in Reading, but on the outskirts. I have Reading in my postcode though.
I think that's 'cause you can't get banned from life.Mana Fiend said:
... Well, you CAN, but nobody will kill you or throw you in jail for swearing.
