Noobsaregae7 Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 i left a school assignment to the last minute and my parents suggested i ask people on here what life is like in britian and whats your favorite and least favorite part about living there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubsa Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 Good: You can't buy guns in a supermarket. This is how much you all raised for charity. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketman089 Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 I hear they like fish n' chips. Gamertag: King Arizona Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadburys_egg Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 It's nothing like the sterotyping on shows :wink:. We dont drink tea every 2 minutes. :o But it is nice in the afternoon with some muffins ^^. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fortress2000 Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 What I don't like? The neds. No, not nerds..... neds. Stands for non-educated-delinquents. I know, quite a mouthful. A bit like chavs. Oh, and I like fish and chips. More of an english meal, though... I prefer sushi. :D Edit: And no, Scotsmen don't always wear kilts, we don't ever, I repeat, EVER, say "Och, aye, the noo." And we only eat haggis on a Burns night. Rabby (Robert) Burns, famous poet. "Tae A Mouse" I love that one. Edit 2:And no again, a haggis isn't a little creature that runs round mountains. Writing in colour was fun while it lasted...The Tip.It. Furry! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadburys_egg Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 Edit 2:And no again, a haggis isn't a little creature that runs round mountains. You killed my imagination :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vladmoney Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 wiki ftw? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_topics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain#See_also i realize UK doesnt equal GB, but they are close are they not? Visit my DeviantArt Page at http://vladmoney.deviantart.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubsa Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 wiki ftw? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_topics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain#See_also i realize UK doesnt equal GB, but they are close are they not? It's basically the same, except that Great Britain doesn't include Northern Ireland like the United Kingdom does. This is how much you all raised for charity. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 Like: The high quality of life. Dislike: The way we seem to get ripped off on things, like petrol prices for example. we don't ever, I repeat, EVER, say "Och, aye, the noo." I dunno about people in Glasgow, but I say it all the time :shock: - athough it's more like "Och aye, Jock Mackay" :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubsa Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 Actually, seeing as we're on the topic of Scots dialect, Phil: would you say that this little snippet of my English coursework is accurate? :P Enfield: WhatÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ã¢ââ¬Å¾Ã¢s wrong, Utterson? Ye seem troobled. Utterson: Och aye, ah am. ItÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ã¢ââ¬Å¾Ã¢s mah CainÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ã¢ââ¬Å¾Ã¢s heresy. Enfield: What dae ye purre techt? Utterson: SomethinÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ã¢ââ¬Å¾Ã¢ a ladyÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ã¢ââ¬Å¾Ã¢s cheil like ye wouldnae understand. Enfield: Ha ha! ThatÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ã¢ââ¬Å¾Ã¢s a wee bit harsh, try me! Utterson: Awrite. It's an obligation tae help fowk. Enfield: Ah, 'en aiblins ye can help me. Utterson: With whit? Enfield: Awrite Utterson. Utterson: Awrite Enfield. Enfield: Fit lake en? Utterson: Aye, you? Enfield: Fancy a donner? Utterson: Aye, alrecht. This is how much you all raised for charity. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futurama Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 Goin to gigs. going cinemas, going out with girlfriend. sitting in and drinking and listening to music, playing comp games and watching tv. goto college, study, go to chip shop at dinner, go to the pub, go back to college. thats it. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 Actually, seeing as we're on the topic of Scots dialect, Phil: would you say that this little snippet of my English coursework is accurate? :P *snip* accurate of most scottish people? no. Although there are poeple who talk in Scots about. I know a few myself. In your coursework I could just understand what they were talking about but a few words there just go straight over my head. Pretty heavy stuff for a non-scottish person to understand though. Btw Scots isn't a dialect, it's a language. Scots is as much a dialect of English as English is a dialect of Scots. Meaning they both developed in their own ways. (I'm watching a series about the Scots language on the tv. atm, interesting stuff.) :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
logic-is-overrated Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 British teenagers generally do the same thing as American teenagers, except they talk funny while they do it. This is the way the world ends. Look at this [bleep]ing shit we're in man. Not with a bang, but with a whimper. And with a whimper, I'm splitting, Jack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 The one thing i love about England is the football. Simply the best in the world. The most annoying thing is probably the weather. Freezing cold. BK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terley Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 Big things; Football (NOT SOCCER!), Pub life, casual showers 60% of the time, clubbing, Reality tv shows, a lot of american influences, crude slang/accents 99% of the country (rest posh), old people swarming quite seaside towns.. Chavs/scals/manc's (scum of the country), politics, Great cars (we have good cars), Fit women, Fish and Chips(Fries) (all basic fast foods, chinese, indian etc).. Pop music, BAADD RAP (don't even listen to any, some brits don't even know how to.. Dizzy Rascal is said to be great but seriously he embaresses us.), emo's, films.. Etc.. Look main places, the difference between London'ers, Liverpool, Lake District.. Don't go for a stereotype view, I've never met a posh person in my life, only old people like tea and biscuits, and not many people love the queen, I couldn't give a rats a rse about her. A lot of americans are patriotic, but we aren't, a lot of us are just living to live, not to serve.. Everything else would be almost Identical to what you americans know of.. Is why we get on so well :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 A lot of americans are patriotic, but we aren't, a lot of us are just living to live, not to serve.. What? I can't talk for England but most Scottish people I know are proud of their country, call it "patriotic" if you like. Being patriotic doesn't mean you have to serve your country. paÃÆââ¬Å¡Ãâ÷triÃÆââ¬Å¡Ãâ÷otÃÆââ¬Å¡Ãâ÷ic (ptr-tk) adj. Feeling, expressing, or inspired by love for one's country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellsurfer Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 likes : Rugby, its the real mans sport, we have ground floors 8) which is your first floor :roll: . drinking age of 18, Pounds which own USD$ and we dont have that annoying thing where tax is added after u get to till :evil: , binge drinking, university's, thin girls Dislikes: nothing UK > US woo yea hope that helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terley Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 A lot of americans are patriotic, but we aren't, a lot of us are just living to live, not to serve.. What? I can't talk for England but most Scottish people I know are proud of their country, call it "patriotic" if you like. Being patriotic doesn't mean you have to serve your country. paÃÆââ¬Å¡Ãâ÷triÃÆââ¬Å¡Ãâ÷otÃÆââ¬Å¡Ãâ÷ic (ptr-tk) adj. Feeling, expressing, or inspired by love for one's country. woah steady there, im not insulting anyone, im speaking from opinion about people I know in England, not Scotland :wink: When I mean serve, I mean a lot of countries go to war because they believe they're fighting for their country. Like I see a lot of Americans doing, or is that just a stereotype view?? I know what patriotic means :) just don't believe I, or anyone I've ever met has ever 'loved one's country'. I didn't know I was insinuating that a patriotic person was someone who though they have to serve they're country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoRnMaN Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 thin girls lmao I'm no from GB but I had a dream I was in london once. "Walking down a dark ally and someone pulled me into a room. Once I got into the room is was really nice. Lots of shower curtains and alot of feet under the curtains. Then I walk into one and there is a toilet. I said I thought they pooped on the streets and my friend said "this is a secret place". So I sit down on one of the cans and look at the opposite wall in the stall and it has cigerettes on shelves, hundreds of boxes, and a sign that said $0.50 per pack. And a little box to put the cash in." Then I woke up. Are there really coed comunity bathrooms like that? And how much do ur pack of cigs really cost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terley Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 ÃÆââ¬Å¡Ãâã2.00 I pay $3.45342 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futurama Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 A lot of americans are patriotic, but we aren't, a lot of us are just living to live, not to serve.. What? I can't talk for England but most Scottish people I know are proud of their country, call it "patriotic" if you like. Being patriotic doesn't mean you have to serve your country. paÃÆââ¬Å¡Ãâ÷triÃÆââ¬Å¡Ãâ÷otÃÆââ¬Å¡Ãâ÷ic (ptr-tk) adj. Feeling, expressing, or inspired by love for one's country. compared to the rest of the uk we're very unpatriotic, and with good reason. i hate living in this festering crap heap. can't wait to leave to tell you the truth. Irish have St Patricks day with celebrations in the street. All we really have to celebrate is new years eve (mahogmany to you), and its just like an amplified saturday night really.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellsurfer Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 thin girls lmao I'm no from GB but I had a dream I was in london once. "Walking down a dark ally and someone pulled me into a room. Once I got into the room is was really nice. Lots of shower curtains and alot of feet under the curtains. Then I walk into one and there is a toilet. I said I thought they pooped on the streets and my friend said "this is a secret place". So I sit down on one of the cans and look at the opposite wall in the stall and it has cigerettes on shelves, hundreds of boxes, and a sign that said $0.50 per pack. And a little box to put the cash in." Then I woke up. Are there really coed comunity bathrooms like that? And how much do ur pack of cigs really cost. so u hav been here b4, and bathrooms are rarly used for its purpose more like drugs and um relations? ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invidious Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 What's with everyone citing the less obese women? Thin women? Check out Korean/Japan... Maybe Taiwan... Things I liked: 1. The architecture. True, The cathedrals and castles of England pale in comparison to some other European countries but they are still magnificent... 2. The history/museums. In the British museums, the art and culture of almost every civilization is represented in one fashion or another.(Mostly because of the Empirical days...) 3. The pubs. They're actually pretty friendly... The atmosphere is light and gentle... Things I did not like. 1. The people... Londoners seem OK but when you move towards the country the people out there are literal hooligans... What happened to the English Gentleman? 2. The weather. Wet. Very very wet. During my 4 months stay there I scarcly ever saw sunlight... And then there's the fog/smog. 3. The food. There aren't too many original English dishes. Yes, I did find the fish & chips delightful(I found the wally to be a surprise) but other than that and the roast... There wasn't much else to eat(Excluding Italian, French and other relativley foreign foods... Although I have to say that I enjoyed and ate my first kebab with great relish... Kebabs OWN burgers...). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J4K3 Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 Hookers are harder to find here, Guns are permitted for hunting only, we dont have guvoners shooting friends in face's thinking thier deers. We drive on the other side, Drinking 18 smoking 16. We pay more for less, and you pay less for more, what can i say, how about ill come to america and live your life and you live here in england :lol: then your whole report can consist of "England is a waste of space and time - The end" .... :lol: Cheap Clan Hosting, PM me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 woah steady there, im not insulting anyone, im speaking from opinion about people I know in England, not Scotland :wink: I never said you were insulting anyone. You should have also made it clearer you were talking about England and not Britain (which was asked for in the original post) I didn't know I was insinuating that a patriotic person was someone who though they have to serve they're country. Well what am I meant to think when you put the two together in your previous post ... "A lot of americans are patriotic, but we aren't, a lot of us are just living to live, not to serve.." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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