You know you're British when...

[Da Orky Man]

You know you are British when you roll your eyes every time you encounter a British person playing the typical villain in films and computer games.

Hey, I like it when the bad guy is British. The posh accent can make anything sound evil, and we have the suave to pull it off.

 

[Ushiromiya Battler]

You know you are British when you can watch Looking for Eric without subtitles and actually understand something

 

[Baradiel]

Good news everybody, We don't actually worship her because half of us have never even heard of her. Sorry make that more then half really. What all did she do to make everyone so pissed off at her because she got mentioned and like three or four of you guys, so far, went off right away.

Also Meryl Streep is able to make even the worst person awesome.

Well, Reagan LOVED Thatcher, and she was quite popular in the US when she was in power. Not sure what its like there now, but anyway...

Basically, from what I understand of it, Thatcher totally screwed over the working class in Scotland, the north and southeast of England and Wales, messing with the Unions, and shutting down mines, factories and shipyards with her economic policies, effectively putting millions out of work and destroying livelihoods.

Oh, and she stopped free milk to schoolchildren.

Depending on who you talk to (and where they're from) she is either a saint or the Devil incarnate.

 

[silent-treatment]

snip

LOL sounds like every politician in America right now...Except the part about taking milk from school children, not even Bush would stoop that low.

 

[Baneat]

I'm not British, so this bit of opinion is pure heresay. Take this as you will, and I concede to an actual Brit disagreeing with me...however, I imagine that a British person, and only a British person, would ever think that Cockney rhyming slang makes a single lick of sense.

Also to be clear, there is sure to be a "Not all rectangles are squares, but all squares are rectangles" situation here. All people who think Cockney rhyming slang makes a lick of sense are British, there is no one outside of the country who would ever call it sensible, making it a sure fire indication of being a Brit, but plenty of Brits don't think it makes a lick of sense. It can prove that you are British, but it can't prove that your not. That fair to say?

Cockney rhyming slang is easy.

Apples, and pears - Stairs

Dog, and bone - Phone

Pork pies - Lies

Skin, and blister - Sister

Tommy Tank - Wank

You just have to find two things related and rhyme it with another word. It was used in London as a sort of inside language, that most people wouldn't get. I would love to confuse an American with it though, that would be quite the laugh.

And are you British?

Well, no shit Sherlock...I kid, I kid.

Yeah, but i don't see how it's confusing if you know about it, that is.

Unless you don't have a mental capacity to rhyme words, then yeah.

...Meaning you have strengthened my hypothesis.

Every person I have ever talked to about it now knows what it is, and thinks it's just silly. Leading me to think that its got to be a British thing.

Cockney WoW raid-leader = some funny wipes due to communication error.

"Take off aspect of the smack" (Translation, remove this: http://www.wowhead.com/spell=13159/aspect-of-the-pack)
-Hunter has no fucking idea he was being told to do something
Everyone dazed, total carnage, lols to be had.

And that wasn't the only one, I just can't remember the words he used in other cases that caused this to happen.

ITT: Stop thinking England = Britain. Seriously.

 

[Shadu]

What does it say about me when over half of these apply, but I'm American?

You are an ex-colonist! Ofcourse there are elements of the true, pure British way in your blood! [sub]Unless you are descended from French or Dutch colonists, any other nationality...[/sub]

Yes! I knew it!

I actually am descended from British stock a ways down the line. I mean, there were a lot of other nationalities in my ancestory, but British was definitely in there somewhere.

 

[XIII's Number XIV]

Spoiler: When this occurs.

 

[Febel]

When you have some of the best television...

Spoiler

...In the world

You know you are British when you roll your eyes every time you encounter a British person playing the typical villain in films and computer games.

Hey, I like it when the bad guy is British. The posh accent can make anything sound evil, and we have the suave to pull it off.

Well the reasoning behind that is quite simple really. Most movies and video games are made by Americans and pretty much all Americans believe, at least subconciously, that a British accent carries with it notes of authority and intelligence. And what do Americans hate more than authority and intelligence? That's why some of the best villains are British. This is from an American BTW.

 

[GideonB]

You know you are British when you roll your eyes every time you encounter a British person playing the typical villain in films and computer games.

This
You know you are British when every american says to you I LOVE YOUR ACCENT OMG because briitsh accents are cool. Apparantly. lol

They haven heared a geordie accent then. Its funny becuase isnt that why Cheryl Cole was kicked out of the US x factor, haha.

I wonder where the "British" accent comes from.

I will tell you where
London
My accent is a combination of Watford (just outside of London) and a South East London sorta accent so uhh I sound like some sort of gruff bastard apparantly xD (even my mates take the piss of how deep my voice is xD)

When you have some of the best television...

Spoiler

...In the world

Aww yeah Jeremy Clarkson

 

[Dr.Susse]

When you back in Australia and get horribly sunburnt at Bondi, Drunk beyond recognition and sleep on a door step in the one avro.

 

[ScoopMeister]

You know you're British when you still think that your country is the most powerful in the world.

I am British and I have never met anyone who thinks this.

I'm also British and I neither think this, nor have I met anyone who does. I was joking, I'm sorry if I offended you.

 

[Mandalore_15]

You hate everyone in your country that isn't from the small village where you were born.

 

[The Diabolical Biz]

When the words 'Balderdash', 'Poppycock', 'Scallywag', 'Shenanigans', 'Cad', 'Bounder', 'Egads', 'Haberdasher', 'Nincompoop', and 'Rapscallion' are all used as exclamations/insults in your daily vocabulary.

Well, mine anyway.

I say shenanigans and nincompoop and rapscallion all the time and I am not British.
I am Canadian.

Everyone in this country uses all of them at least twice a day, or they're deported to France.

Fact.

 

[The_Emperor]

Apparently giving an opinion about my own country in this thread warrants a warning so I will again exercise my right to give my opinion on my own nation, with gusto.

You know you are British when your prime minister invades other countries on a false premise, speculatively for a share in said country's oil, and you continue a debilitating war in yet another country that bankrupts your nation under the premise that you are "liberating" said country. While ignoring every other nation that treats it's population inhumanely because they don't have anything you want.

this comment is my opinion and is in no way intended to offend others.


If you want to know why I'm making a fuss view post 180 in this thread.

Also read the forum rules
Which state that I am entitled to my own opinion but that anything deemed offensive by anyone can lead to reprimand.

in that case this whole thread is offensive as it contains racial stereotypes yet I am the only user to be reprimanded.

 

[StormShaun]

Your British, WHEN YOUR BRITISH!!!

also when your half Australian, a bit spanish and a bit cyborg...its true.

 

[Dr.Susse]

When your reaction to a thread like this is just tutting.

 

[Thamian]

You know you're British when you start using the word "glass" as a verb.

never heard that one before but I'm not British either

Tbf, the verb 'to glass' does actually have a meaning outside Britain... In science fiction, it often is used to refer to heavy duty (often with nuclear or plasma weaponry) bombardment of a planet. For example, in the film Starship Troopers, Leiutenant Razcak at one point describes their mission as 'Fleet glasses the planet, MI mops up.'

OT: You know you're British when you find yourself mildly miffed at how much uncomfortable sun and heat we're getting in this apparently British summer.

You also know you're british when you used phrases like 'mildly miffed' in conversation.

 

[NotSoLoneWanderer]

When you become the main villain

 

[James Hobbley]

I do drink my coffe black in the office; although having said that I do like the odd six shot latte. A nice mid morning pick me up!

Having said that I used to drink tea.
Years ago I worked as a fork lift driver, and in order to keep warm I would drink around 14 cups of tea a day with milk and sugar (I kid you not).
When I cut the sugar i lost half a stone in weight!

 

[praygon]

you know your british when you've had the same conversation about the weather 20.000 times in a row