Your Favourite British Thing(s).
- Thread starter BlueberryMUNCH
- Start date
Recommended Videos
Without a doubt, Top Gear. I have less than 0 interest in cars, but with the chemistry of those three, the patently ridiculous metaphors they use, and all around jack-assery, I would gladly watch them do a show on paint drying.
I don't find them funny, they're just another accent xD.believer258 said:
But yeahhh, I do American accents all the time ^_^ haha.
Lol, "what's a queue?" Heh.believer258 said:
I think most of us think most of you sound annoying thanks to the stereotypical California 90210 crap. We're kinda desensitised to it now, though, thanks to shows like scrubs and friends.
We are quite similar in many ways. Many of your political ideas come from English sources, after all. Also,
[HEADING=1]The NHS![/HEADING]
I cost the state Eight Million Pounds.
I would've died almost anywhere else in the world!
Eveything exept:
Reality TV shows, Current political issues, chavs and Swindon... not sure why just dont like swindon
My favourite thing (being as I am an expat) is arguing about the quality of our food and why our entire 'cuisine' is heavy, baked/fried, pastry covered ort stolen en masse from somewhere else (read Balti).
oh and Real Beer, I dont half miss a good pint of Bathams!
best comedy, best literature, best big bands (name 5 non british bands who were Huge/Legendary).
Reality TV shows, Current political issues, chavs and Swindon... not sure why just dont like swindon
My favourite thing (being as I am an expat) is arguing about the quality of our food and why our entire 'cuisine' is heavy, baked/fried, pastry covered ort stolen en masse from somewhere else (read Balti).
oh and Real Beer, I dont half miss a good pint of Bathams!
best comedy, best literature, best big bands (name 5 non british bands who were Huge/Legendary).
Sauces, Condiments and cheeses.
It's what the British Empire was based on, "buying" fancy foreign herbs and jarring them. I really like american food but they just fall so far short when it comes to sauces.
Hellman's Mayonaise = perfection. I tried "American" mayonnaise, and all of a sudden I understood all those American jokes about mayonnaise... it was more like lard, disgusting, i would hesitate to even use it as a base ingredient in cooking.
Though I will admit American food in general I prefer. I'll have a cheeseburger over a pastie, a hotdog over a sausage roll, or Kentucky Fried Chicken over Coronation Chicken, etc. Also, call me a philistine but I prefer american style pizza over more traditional italian style.
It's what the British Empire was based on, "buying" fancy foreign herbs and jarring them. I really like american food but they just fall so far short when it comes to sauces.
Hellman's Mayonaise = perfection. I tried "American" mayonnaise, and all of a sudden I understood all those American jokes about mayonnaise... it was more like lard, disgusting, i would hesitate to even use it as a base ingredient in cooking.
Though I will admit American food in general I prefer. I'll have a cheeseburger over a pastie, a hotdog over a sausage roll, or Kentucky Fried Chicken over Coronation Chicken, etc. Also, call me a philistine but I prefer american style pizza over more traditional italian style.
For me, it includes Doctor Who, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Harry Potter, and possibly Red Dwarf - if I ever get around to watching it...
Oh I know! Many regional dialects are quite endearing and Texan accents make me melt!believer258 said:
The best thing about Britian is everything as far as I'm concerned.
Food, telly, books, history, cities, countryside, actors, singers, comody... for all people could claim we're just the 51st state or just a county in Europe I'd say the best thing about Britian is there's a certain I don't know what about it, a Britishness if you will.
That's the best thing and it's part of everything else that can be claimed to be British, from Doctor Who to the England Cricket team. (Sorry to brag Australia, but it's been a while since we could brag about anything in Cricket really and if I'd made that quip a few mounths ago it would have still stood, prevously it was quinticentially British to have a bad cricket team and make jokes about it.)
Food, telly, books, history, cities, countryside, actors, singers, comody... for all people could claim we're just the 51st state or just a county in Europe I'd say the best thing about Britian is there's a certain I don't know what about it, a Britishness if you will.
That's the best thing and it's part of everything else that can be claimed to be British, from Doctor Who to the England Cricket team. (Sorry to brag Australia, but it's been a while since we could brag about anything in Cricket really and if I'd made that quip a few mounths ago it would have still stood, prevously it was quinticentially British to have a bad cricket team and make jokes about it.)
