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Hi I have been watching your videos for the past few weeks and found it very interesting on your take on British culture.
Then I came a cross this video.
The first thing I spotted In the background
Of your house.was painted printed of village where I grew up as boy .
The print is of STMAWES Cornwall.
All so I have the same one but got I from range store too .
Wow .
If you haven't all ready been there do try it's the most beautiful play ever.
Thanks David
In a recent poll, 52% of British people wanted to bring back hanging for queue-jumpers. The other 48% thought that hanging is too good for them.
😂😂😂😂😂
@@susansmiles2242 My reaction too.
HDAQ at minimum
after i heard ' I managed to get the vaccine' i turned off. Bless her
From a British perspective, if someone pushes into a queue, they're basically staying that they totally disrespect you and your significance as a human being. I get seriously rattled by it.
Yep, I see it as them thinking they're superior to the rest of us 😡There are one or two roads in Cambridgeshire where there's a very short second lane especially for queue jumpers. Husband always rants about it when he gets passed but he's too English to ever use it, I'm the same😄
I really don't know how that's just British. I'm in the U.S. and I'm almost ready to knock someone out, if they did. Well not literally, but very angry. 😅
Asking your neighbour to stop parking that way is a good way to start a war that will last forever. 😂
They tend to do it even more, or get friends to park so close to you that you're blocked in. Best option is stealth, play them at their own game and they'll soon realise they can't win.
That was a quality British rant. You're really getting the hang of the whole complaining thing :)
Much appreciated, hope they take that into account on my citizenship application this year!
@@GirlGoneLondonofficial At least if they don't then you'll be able to feel British by complaining about it. Good luck with the citizenship, I'm sure it'll be fine. Oh no, look what I did!
@@GirlGoneLondonofficial If they dont, please dont complain.
im english we love to moan about everything. were called windging poms
@@PatrickKelly-lz3pv A Sternly worded Letter always quells my Ire.
I wouldn't say we like queueing, it's just good manners to get served in the order you arrived. Jumping a queue is probably the worst thing in the world to do.
I agree it's good mannerings. :) Americans definitely have a free for all attitude though!!
Through for those visiting note que jumping is not the same as quietly explaining to someone that say 'Your Trains about to pull up and you need to get your ticket and would they mind kindly letting you go in front' this will usually get met with a 'Oh it's no problem go ahead' Que jumping is if you just push in front
@@GirlGoneLondonofficial what's mannerings?
Absolutely; we hate queuing but the alternative is barberism.
@@peterleswell6621 The Captain from Dad's Army and his wife...
It’s a good job you didn’t actually confront your neighbour about inconsiderate parking as having to move house is such a pain.
It usually starts with the friendly gesture of letting your tyres down during the night, so you're late for work in a morning.
That is so crazy to a fellow American! If you confront someone respectfully than you will rarely be met with an adverse reaction. If the Brits became more comfortable doing this there would be a lot less repressed feelings which leads people to moan behind others backs and not to their faces.
@@christina5545 it’s a very compact island with lots of Victorian / Edwardian terraced housing in the towns and cities. Lots of folk (me included) have no driveway or garages so on street parking is a very contentious issue.
There’s also a bit of ‘tongue in cheek’ going on here too. Welcome to the UK
@@christina5545 When we need advice on how to stop being paranoid, well asking an American would be our last choice.
@@christina5545do you consider whether you will be shot before you confront them?
The person on the train getting wet was probably just happy to actually get a seat and wasn't going to give it up just because a few drops of water.
And you just know he got home and spent the rest of the day complaining that something was dripping on him for the whole journey!
Talking after dinner is the real reason you have been invited the dinner is just beside the point
Definitely. We frequently get up from lunch to prepare for tea!
Queue jumping is a mortal sin. I did it by accident once and the mortification nearly killed me
The guy on the train getting dripped on went home then complained for hours about it down the pub. True Englishman.
That would not be me doing that unless it was a decent amount of time left on my journey, there are no seats and plenty are standing already.
why would set there wtf get up and move LMFAO
@@lukewalker3 It was a joke Luke
@@Davey-Boyd bro I know 🤣
A few years ago I met friends for lunch. We stayed so long in the restaurant we ended up ordering evening meals, we were in the restaurant for over 9 hours, one of the loveliest day's I have ever had.
On the whole walking thing; I think it's also just a very European thing, I've lived in several European countries and people enjoy walking just for the sake of walking
Yes, so true!
Which explains the obesity rates in Europe, or lack of.
The walking thing made me giggle because I hadn't thought about it before. Isn't doing it for the exercise or getting some fresh air a good enough reason? 🙂
I lived in Berlin and everyone would go for a walk on a Sunday afternoon, all the shops were closed on Sundays but 1000’s would just walk around the main Ku Damn shopping area to get air or walk off a meal.
Indeed. I'm Dutch and I like to go for a walk. I'm not claiming everybody does, but it's a popular pastime. Walks and bicycle rides.
The sitting after a meal derives from when people used to have a meal and then 'allow it to settle' (as my mum and grandma's would say). It is basically time for your stomach to digest your meal in peace.
Ah, Kalyn, some interesting observations but I am surprised that you haven't joined the dots on your first two points, complaining and British reserve. They are connected. British reserve is part of our very soul. It shows good manners but it is also rather taxing. Complaining is our therapy. Like Americans, we also need to get things off our chest but we don't go to a therapist, we go to our friends! We don't expect answers or solutions, we just want to unload to a sympathetic ear. It's our release of the stresses of modern life.
Walking, especially if you live near the countryside, has been a lifesaver for many during lockdown, especially the elderly. It’s a non-impact exercise that is excellent for your mental health. It can also be a gateway to hiking, as there are thousands of public footpaths of different lengths, all over the U.K.
140,000 miles of footpaths to explore
At my daughters university a international student tried to queue jump, but I was already wound up by the waiting time so he had me telling him to bugger off and not to even consider it!! I felt like a marvel superhero for a moment, inwardly thanking the gods he had not kicked off..
I just went to get my covid jab, the man in front of me was chatting to the woman in front of him, he said "Oh yes, my wife came here last week for her jab" the lady said, oh shame you could come together, save on the parking" Just made me grin :)
Haha! Peak British statement! This made me smile too, thanks. :)
You only send X to someone you know well or feel you have that type of relationship if in doubt use a smiley face.
So, the UK is like RUclips;
- You can complain without solving.
- It's a social community.
- You're getting nowhere.
- You're at peace when waiting.
you should come by some time
XXX,
(please park in the designated spots only)
“Gone off on a little tangent there...” or in other words, you just complained about your husband, instead of taking steps to solve it, lol. See you are becoming British without noticing. Now you only have to work on taking the decibels down when you talk and you’re on the home straight! ;)
Think of the x's as a virtual kiss on the cheek like the Spanish and Italians do. Its not sexual or flirtatious its just saying hi or bye
For the British, going out for an evening meal is synonymous with going out for the evening. The conversation will continue after the meal either at the table or a pub nearby. Perfectly normal. Lunch tends to be a shorter occasion as there are other things to do during the day.
I was once talking to an architect about old peoples’ homes and he told me that the residents always prefer the ones that are adjacent to busy roads instead of ones set in formal grounds, because the residents like to look out the windows and comment about the people passing, the parking and car noise. It gives them something to collectively moan about. I think internal seething is good for the British soul. X;-) PS you are becoming more British (like) everyday.
Haha, how interesting!!
It REALLY annoys me when foreigners (no offence 😜) like to tell British people that we LOVE to queue, who loves to queue, no one that's who, it's about fairness, first come, first served, if we're all vying to go first it would take much longer, and I'm sorry, but most nationalities queue or there'd be anarchy even if you call it something else. That's my British moan for the day 👍😊
Oddly unless your at the bar in which case its a free for all and your eying up whats the easiest path to the front based on who's getting served next and how the mass will move accordingly!
Well said mate, You worded it a bit better than me.... That gave me the right Hump
@@leebramhall8353 True I forgot about a bar and being drunk, manners what manners being 6 ft I used to just shimmy through the gaps stand on the foot rails add the extra height and lean forward worked 90% off the time.
I find it really hard to contemplate the alternative to queuing it's a no brainer, it's the fairest way. I may invite someone to go ahead of me for some reason then I feel good and vice versa if someone does it for me.
The joy is in the journey not the destination.
Spot on.
Yes, correct. Unless the destination is..... a pub! (Especially if you've walked far enough that Steak, Chips and Peas is well deserved as well!)
Nobody I know smothers cake with cream or custard! Maybe it is just your husband's family?
As a British male I don't usually put x or multiple xs in texts, etc unless the person sending to me has done so. The one exception being my children and grandchildren
My take from this video is that some Americans really overthink everything! And tend to generalise far too much! 😉
I disagree. Most Americans start by saying "I feel like...." and then take that as fact.
Queuing is just about fairness. We like to be fair. We'll even queue mentally when you have to take a random seat in a room to see someone in another room. You note who is there when you go in so you know you're next when they have all gone.
How do you know you have British passengers on a plane?
When the plane lands, the whine doesn’t stop!
But when things are really bad & other people are losing it, we keep calm & carry on!
My wife can't be normal British. We were having lunch in a pub one day and the landlord came along to ask us how was the meal. My wife said, with considerable emphasis, that it was horrible which completely threw the, obviously very British, landlord who did not know how to respond. He just backed away and left us to it.
Going for a walk is an opportunity to talk. Especially if tricky subjects come up as you talk without eye contact. It also puts you in touch with the tiny seasonal changes in nature you cannot spot from a car.
Never publicly or personally ask someone to change they should learn to recognize what they are doing and fix themselves when they recognize their mistake without you directly asking them
It's classed as bad manners to eat & run, so that's why no one wants to move, they don't want to be rude
Makes sense. :) Explains why my husband always used to give me the side eye when I even looked like I was ready to get up. He thought I was being rude, but I genuinely just thought the meal was over! :D
So this is the reason why, whenever I eat in a restaurant, the waiting staff, who have been buzzing around the table all through the meal, seem to hide in a cupboard when I want to pay the bill and leave? (and I'm British born and bred, but on a night out , after a couple of hours in a restaurant I want to get the circulation back in my legs and bottom and go for a drink).
At someone's house, you're invited for a meal because they enjoy your company, the conversation after the meal is paying the bill for the meal. Ideally you should also have brought some booze to share with your hosts during the chat
One thing British men used to do a lot but now not so much since the invention of the sat nav, is talk endlessly about the route they took to get to said destination and what the traffic was like. Knowing all the road names and shortcuts used to be a thing of pride, but if I'm honest I'm glad it's not so common now, so many boring road related conversations are no longer needed!
The is one place where the notion of queuing and politely waiting your turn goes straight out the window, the pub bar on a busy Friday Night, then it's everyone for themselves.
I complained to neighbour about him constantly parking in front of my garage. He stole the number plates and put deep scratches into the paint work.
The problem was sovled when he was jailed for 2 years for drug dealing
Poetic justice!
It is always interesting someone from outside telling us about things we never notice in ourselves.
I love walking. Pre pandemic the days I wasn't at work I used to go for a 26 mile each day. For no reason other than just to go for a walk 🙂😄 xx
and i just kept on runnin
@@leviking4891 Running. A good walk, ruined.
The North, the South, Scotland, Noirish and Welsh - yay she mentioned all the regions...
The Midlands - "are we dead to you?"
My bad, Midlands. My bad!
@@GirlGoneLondonofficial Don't worry you can hardly cover the entire country.
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Personally in my experience, x = female friend, xx = female family, xxx = girlfriend. Females send kisses to anybody, males only send to females.
You don't look old enough to have had the vaccine yet.
Whilst most of these made me feel a bit proud, I can't help feeling that you wanted to call this video, "Things that British people love doing that actually drive me up the wall with exasperation", ^oo^
I’m a Brit living in NJ and the queue thing over here really bothers me, because half the time it isn’t even clear as to whether there’s one queue or many queues. As for the queue jumping, it’s just so rude. People have been standing and waiting however patiently or impatiently and then someone just walks up to the front disregarding everyone else, it’s plain rude.
I also get annoyed at how I’m expected to eat a whole meal in 45 minutes and then clear out of the restaurant. It isn’t as if there are even any decents pubs over here in the US where you can move onto for the rest of the evening. I’m always telling my American friends as to how a meal at a restaurant is a night out in England, you will probably sit there for up to four hours. This is why recently when looking for a very nice restaurant (with views of NYC across the Hudson River) to take a friend to for her birthday, which have stated on their website that even with a minimum of spending of $250 you are given a time limit of 90 minutes it has turned me off booking a table.
@@spanishdncr71 I would be OK with that (special occasion + good view) as long as the timer starts when the food arrives, with a pre-order option available.
Your first moan about the British was they moan but don’t actually change anything. True.
You then went on your 9 moans and quite frankly...... nothing has changed.
In point of fact we do not enjoy queuing, instead, we recognise it’s efficiently. We resign ourselves to a queue as experience and culture tell us it is the only way.
When you were talking about your partner and the neighbours...that is so true! I always complain about my neighbours but then will always say hello in the street 😂 Also I must say que jumping is a no no,you que like everyone else! Wait your turn. With regards to family meals, a meal at my mum's will take a good three hours,it's nice to talk after and have a glass of wine.
A glass?
The fact you’ve worked out the whole complaining and moaning thing is hilarious and shows you are now truly in tune with our psyche 🤣
parking in the street can cause ructions, Parking in someone else's spot can cause great anger( its all public highway)
Many other Europeans don’t queue either. It’s just absolutely polite .
I was really proud of the bloke putting up with the drip, living his best Japanese life.
On adding cream or custard to desserts, i do it because the dessert is either too sweet or too dry without it.
With regards to this video:
1. It’s not a British thing to enjoy a meal and relax, it’s actually that Americans can’t sit still to eat and enjoy their food, meal or ‘coffee to go’
2. Walking is a British pastime to walk off a meal usually or to just sample the life that is all around us and I think possibly a European thing too? americans just generally don’t take time out to enjoy and relax as their lives are rushing from one place to another.
3. The only kisses I send are to my other half or my mother and I have usually found that this is more a female thing but the young generation may have adopted it more?
4. You sound like a moaning old Brit in this video I have to say....
5. A reason why brits don’t interfere with other people is because of manners, it is quite Victorian and built into us from a very young age, not all, but a good proportion of the the UK
With regards to your “washing up bowl” video, I tried living without one for the past couple of weeks and there are soooo many reasons why we have them...
1. First I have to assume that you have a dishwasher which most brits don’t (I personally had one inbuilt when I moved in here but I soon removed that and sold it as I am not keen on them)
2. A bowl stops the crashing/breaking of glass in the sink when washing up
3. When you only have 1 sink (the default in the UK), you can pour away old tea/coffee/ drinks etc down the side of a full bowl when so one brings it in half way through washing up
4. Plugs tend to leak so you lose your water
5. Bowls are really good for moving water round the house or unblocking toilets
6. Yes you restrict room for washing up, but you can only wash one thing at a time and you don’t want everything in at the same time unless you had chance to pure-rinse all the gunk off before hand
7. When someone is ill, washing up bowls are fast and easy...
8. When you have small houses only big enough for 1 sink, having a plastic bowl that can come out actually can give you a second bowl when you need it urgently
You say that you have been here for 10 years, however the comments you make seem to be from someone who hasn’t been here that long or has not taken the time to understand/ask why certain things are so?? I do enjoy watching your videos though, I am always full of answers for your questions but can’t always be bothered to reply to them hence you get one long one now :)
Almost everyone I know has a dishwasher. Why do you think they're uncommon?
@@twigletz7384 I am going on the national figures. Dishwashers are not that common. I don’t care what your friends have.
@@philsexton5761 Very close to 50% of all UK households own a dishwasher (according to national figures). I wouldn't call that uncommon. And I don't care that you don't care what my friends have.
I would no more put an X at the end of a message to someone who I wouldn't actually kiss than I would hug someone I don't know. Those hideous violators of personal space should be disposed of in the most vile way imaginable.
For the cream thing- for me I like to have cream on overly sweet desserts as the cream seems to cut through the sugar. Like chocolate fudge cake is so sickly sweet. With cream I can actually enjoy it.
I had to go and lie down when you suggested your husband should or confront your next-door neighbour about the car parking. As for the chap on the train, my chest swelled with quite unassuming pride knowing that he sat there in stoic silence and didn't even complain. What a legend. I only hope that one day I too will have such a stiff upper lip as he. Sir, I salute you. P.S. Your anxiety regarding correct etiquette (the xes at the end of letters) is so British
Unfortunately, the guy on the train died of hypothermia.
@@hughtube5154 At least he did it with a quiet understated dignity. Hahaha
I love the undercurrent of “these people are mad” vibes I’m getting with this video. It’s true, we are x
its not a concept , its etiquette and we have the best
I found your channel an hour ago and I have thoroughtly enjoyed what I;ve seen so far. I love how you are amused by what you're seeing about you, and you are quietly chuckling inside at the strange habits of your adopted country. Oh and as a radio jock who is perpeturally struggling with the dreaded '"um ah um" sound, you can talk freely and apparently endlessly wihout any such noises. You are so fluent. I wish I could be as fluent as you!!!!
Thank you so much for watching and your awesome feedback, appreciate you being here on the channel! :)
Lol
The X dilemma sound similar to the French cheek-kiss problem. Just what is the right number of kisses in any given situ? I never worked it out.
oh man!! I find it so awkward! Always ends up with me accidentally turning the wrong way...
This post prandial chat thing is actually fairly ubiquitous throughout Europe, and South America, and even parts of Canada. There is even a word for it in Spanish, sobremesa. Restaurants in many countries generally assume a table is reserved by a family or group for the entire lunchtime, in Spain from about 13.00 to 16.00, to allow for the talk, wine, cheese, coffee, whatever, particularly on none work days.
“He waves and says hi...but inside he’s seething!” Yep,that’s us to a tee
As a Scottish person I would never dream of going to someone's house for a meal and then leaving immediately afterwards. That would be considered exceptionally rude. It would be like you just went for the free food rather than wanting to spend time with them. It is something I have never even thought about before you brought it up.
Our guests generally leave after midnight when asked to dinner and vice versa! Sometimes the music is put on and we have an impromptu dance. It’s not about the meal .. it’s chatting and having fun.
My auntie and uncle are serial walkers 😂they would make me walk everywhere when I was younger I feel like walking runs through our veins 😂
👍Excellent turn of phrase. ✔👏
Heres one thing that surprised me in the USA that I have NEVER seen in the UK. The Leftovers Box!! In the USA I was told by my friends to ask for a box for my leftover food in a restaurant (steak house actually) to take it home to eat later. WHAAATTTTT? In the UK, we would just leave the food on the plate and go (no matter how much food was left over). 🙂My friend was like "its yours, you paid for it! 🙂
I can certainly relate to some of your observations but to be honest as I’ve grown older I don’t have a tendency to notice that many quirks anymore. It’s often viewed as “small talk”, something that makes us British. As for the xxxx’s it could mean a sign of affection, friendship or simply saying you love someone but not in a relationship way.
Your husband didn't want to complain; he just knew that had you knocked on that door and asked them to move their car, you'd walk away with a bloody nose 🤣. I'm more likely to shunt the vehicle out of the way.
And there's the problem. To many people here in the UK, when it comes to road use and parking think that the same amount of courtesy that they expect in every other area of life is not applicable. They have the attitude that 'I pay my road tax, I paid a lot for my car, Ill park anywhere that the law doesn't say I can't and you have no right to object, if that causes you a problem, say making it difficult for you because you're carrying a sleeping child or you have mobility issues and now you have to walk further than your able to walk comfortably because I'm parked outside your front door, that's tough, your problem, and don't dare try to ask me nicely if I can help you because I'll see that as an attack on my rights and turn it into a fight"
The alternative British response is to leave an anonymous passive-agressive note on the windscreen asking them not to do it again
@@henryduke951 ✔. I was discussing this with a friend and I said you might stick the note to his windscreen on the driver's side. If that didn't work you could let the air out of one of his tyres. My friend replied. No. 2 tyres.
Oh I just took it when our bus from Glasgow to Edinburgh kept dripping water on me. At first I cared, but I was already soaked within 5 minutes of my noticing. At that point it's like, why bother?
What a great video you got us bits exactly right,especially the bloke on the train 🤣
I Love the way Your Videos kick off,as in mid conversation. It makes it feel more like You are talking to me,and not a Camera.
So funny, very cathartic just to get it all out. I liked how you were walking the imaginary line just this side of your observations against your frustrations. Water drip guy... legend.
I think about water drip guy often and aspire to be as unbothered by things as him, haha!
I hate waking as well lol! Blinking headbangers! Lol
An x on the end of a text is like a kiss on the cheek. Something lots of people do with friends and family.
The staying on to chat after a meal is just another way of looking at an evening out. The meal is incidental to the whole thing but this isn't just British. It is normal throughout Europe - it is the US that is different!
The most complained about thing is the weather
Taking time to relax after a meal in a restaurant is not just British, it is common in continental Europe too. Two hours for lunch here in France is common. An evening meal at friends homes can go on for 4-5 hours.
It's funny, I always think we Brits don't really linger over a meal like that, but that's probably because I'm comparing us to our continental neighbours who really take that to its extreme! But compared to Americans I suppose we're a lot more European in that sense.
Loved your video. I just found your videos. I must say, you hit the nail on the head with your observations of the British. I've been living in the US, for 38 years, after hearing your list of, 9 things Brits like to complain about, I'm glad to say I'm proud of our British idiosyncrasies. My, most embarrassing experience, (culture speaking shock), soon after moving to the US, to marry my pen pen pal, was during a conversation with a young lady, one to one. When we were parting, she said 'I'll see you later'. I said I'm sorry, I'm married. That's stuck with me for all these years. X 😁
At our big family get-togethers, at some point in the day an older member of the family will say something like 'Shall we go for a wander?' and then everybody gets their shoes on and we just walk to see what we can find. There are a few dogs in the family so it doubles up as a dog walk I guess.
We send an X as a way to mean ‘Best Wishes’ . A friendly affectionate term. Other halves usually get no x’s or lots. Family and friends 2/3. No ‘X’s from family or friends could mean they are annoyed with you or busy. 😀 Love these video’s.
Thanks for watching!! I'm glad my husband doesn't use x's actually as maybe that means I don't have to second guess whether he's annoyed all of the time, haha!
You got it spot on x 🤣🤣...the X is a validation to say I agree as well and lime minded
queueing in turn shows good manners. queue jumping is not only the height of bad manners but it also invites confrontation which good people like to avoid at all costs.
queue jumping is definitely bad manners!
Great vid. As a Brit, I do agree we love a natter after a meal. The only time we don't want to talk is when the greeting 'Alright, mate?' is given.
I’m not sure your correct about queuing. The queuing outside restaurants in the US for a seat is astonishing (up to an hour?) and it is often explained as queuing equals great food. However if you haven’t pre-booked a table in the UK, most people would go next door, around the corner, down the street or across the road to somewhere else!
I'm from Iowa though, and that is kind of my identity. :D
I actually feel like my Iowa pride has gotten stronger since moving to Yorkshire. (Seriously, my dog is named after my college mascot... It's ridiculous.)
That sort of thing happens to ex-pats.
In London you are sometimes faster when you walk instead using the tube or bus.
Now I understand why my kids had problems with the others in school.
Even though I am British I use the same principle of going over to try to work things out and so do they.
lol I get you on the complaining bit. Perfectly valid for that tangent lol, you are assimilating to the British way. I have grown to love sitting down after a meal and just talking, whether it be at the dinner table with the in laws or at a pub or restaurant lol.
With the cream thing; I haven't completely gotten on board with it yet either, save for Christmas Pudding.
Waiting your turn and queueing is more of fairness and politeness. We don't go around joining queues and waiting because it brings us so much joy. No. We prefer short queues, and even better, no queue.
Everyone waits patiently while queueing for a ride. So doing the same everywhere else makes sense.
At the start of the first lockdown, we had some big queues for the supermarket, one guy made a show of getting a trolly next to the front of the queue, and he stayed there, 2 guys in front of me nearly lynched him, a store manager had to calm the situation.
I slipped on wet gravel into metal once. I was bleeding and was asked how I was. I said "fine" even though my bone was sticking through my skin. It was true. It hurt but I felt fine apart from my leg 😁.
Sitting and talking after a meal is wonderful and the way we should eat. Sitting at a table is not just functional to eat, it is bonding and socialising. Yes cream, yum!!! Definitely, cream cakes hmmm. Walking is good!!😊
I love the exisential crisis on sending kisses 😂😂 xxx
XxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxX
X s in a text is the same as French Tu and Vous ! When to use Tu and Vous in France or physically kiss an acquaintance on the cheeks in France - I worked there for a while - very very similar
By your logic, the guy on the train wasn't British...He wasn't complaining.
We complain to people we know, privately.
Noooo, you never complain then and there while it's actually happening, that would be dangerously close to complaining in order to actually solve the problem! You go away and complaining afterwards to your spouse, friends, or colleagues as a way of making smalltalk.
The use of an X preceded an Omigi. For example, One x is a friendly thumbs up, 2 xx is a smiley face and a thumbs up and 3 xxx is a heart.
Looking to leave somewhere? Well you simply say "Right! " a slap on the knees as you get up or can add "must make a move" it's the universally acknowledged statement for leaving just about anywhere.
Couple of things from me. 1. Not sure the cream on everything is right. Custard is more likely.
2. Maybe it's a generation thing but I've never put XX at the bottom of an email, I don't work in an office and don't write many emails either so maybe I'm wrong. And the only person I'd ever put X after a text message would be my wife.
On a separate note I've never seen anyone who's happy standing in a queue. They're a necessary evil in an ordered society so it's something you endure rather than enjoy.
Cream on a cold pudding, custard and cream on an hot one, you may notice I said pudding, the correct name for the course after the main, that would be followed by the cheese board and then the dessert course which was fruit. Before the main one would have an appetiser, the soup, then the fish course. The reason why dinner lasted from 8 pm until about 11 before the Ladies retired and left the Gentlemen to their Port, Stilton , Cigars and bawdy tales. A tradition at Family dinners sadly now missed.
Hi . The “X” years ago during WW2 service men would write “code” words on the backs of envelopes home. At that time all mail was censored. One code was “SWALK” - Sealed With A Loving Kiss. Another risque version was “NORWICH” - Nickers Off Ready When I Come Home”. There were many others but my Mum & Dad would never tell me!
CHINA....coming home I need action
HOLLAND...Hope Our Love Lasts And Never Dies.
BELFAST...Be Ever Loving, Faithful And Stay True.
SIAM...Sexual Intercourse At Midnight
BURMA...Be undressed and ready my angel!
CHIP come home i'm pregnant FISH F*@k i'm staying here
These added "codes" are priceless.
Those 'codes' are in use for Valantine Cards.
My wife complained to a neighbour regarding parking a few days later all 4 tyres of her car were spiked and had to be replaced.
One thing you will never hear a British person talk about ever is how much they earn, money is a banned subject. It used to be in stores like Harrod's or other high end stores that nothing was ever priced, if one had to ask how much one could not afford it. Harrod's could also supply anything one asked for including exotic wild animals. xx
We don’t like to queue. That implies that we enjoy it. We don’t, but it’s rude to cut a line, as you would say, and so we queue and wait our turn.
Queues. An Englishman, left to his own devices, will form an orderly queue of one.