Top 5 British Stereotypes That Are Probably True
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- Опубликовано: 27 авг 2024
- Top 5 British Stereotypes That Are Probably True
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Some cultural clichés are there for a reason. For this list, we're counting down the national stereotypes that the British can't help but abide by. Try as we might, we just can't seem to stop following these predictable traits - for better, or worse!
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#5: Foreign Languages
#4: Rampant Sarcasm
#3, #2, #1: ???
Does anyone else sarcastically make small talk about their social class in broken French while drinking a pint in their local pub? :p
No
OK sorry but I just have to say I'm British and I speak fluent French and am learning three more languages(I am the Queen of sarcasm tho).
Oh sod off @WatchMojoUK . . . J/K 😉😂
@@matty5152 yess, i am so sarcastic too, i hadn't noticed before but maybe all britain people are
@WatchmojoUK what do u mean Broken french do u mean Broken english
You should've mentioned chavs in this. Honestly, the number of times I see a stereotypical chav is uncanny😂
William Parker neds for us
What's a chav? (I'm American)
LoquaciousLaners42 council house and violent
LoquaciousLaners42 wanna be gang banger Scottish ones are pretty much the same but ofen are in gangs n carry knifes
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Doesn't the not speaking other languages also apply to other english speaking countries such as America and Australia
& Canada...
Unless you can speak french
Well Canada speaks French and the USA has no official languages.
most Americans barely speak English so clearly a second or third language is not possible, haha
omfug Jokes aside the USA has no official language anyway, so they wouldn’t have to speak English.
I'm sorry but I never apologize, sorry but that's just the way it is. xD sorry.
😂
Haha, ace!
wait wot?
Yesssss, that is so true. I have literally heard people say "i am really sorry but there is no way i am apologising to you at all. I am sorry if you don't, like it" lmao
So British that my eyes were colonized!
The class system is so much apart of everyday life, even if you don't realise it is. xD
I am british and I have to admit that everyone I know does 1 or more of these things, especially sarcasm
Everyone does most if these things
The Sarcasm is so true
Lol
British stereotypes does not mention drinking tea...that is probably the truest of them all
Does not need to be mentioned
RiderofStorms that is a fact not a stereotype
Not true
I don't care if anyone wants to lie, the biggest british stereotype drinking tea, and everyone does it lmao
You forgot to mention that the power has to be amped up several times a day in britain to cope with the amount of people putting their kettles on for a cup of tea
I'd say that this is accurate.
Yes, and am proud of it
Na what about smoking at the age of 4 and drinking at 8 and doing drugs at 12
I’m a brit and guilty of 2 & 4 (especially 4)
Probably would be guilty of 3 as well if I was old enough 😂
I am from Australia. But my grandparent come from Britain. I am probably guilty of doing some of these thing
Me two @Lucas Clark
Before arrive to UK I used to hear stereotypes such "English people are running all the time from home to work, that's because they are really hard workers".
Another consecutive thing I used to hear is that they are really cold people and they do not show emotions to their partners.
I come from a small village in France and since I arrived to the UK I can say British people are polite and quite warm!! And their education system helps a lot to people who wants to improve in life. I think that's why British people start business.
i was born in england but i dont speak british because i moved to america when i was a baby
Yoi really do sound American with the way you phrase your thought. I just hope you dont teach English.
Hi! Welcome to Britain we have lots of different weathers such: Rain, More rain, A lot of Rain, A little bit of rain, piss rain and sun- pffft I’m sorry I almost said sunny with a straight face haha we never get that 🤣
No tea? Even Brits are not ashamed to admit this.
Another slice of pub life--pub quizzes! This list reminds me of the series "Very British Problems." Though I'm American, my British roots run deep.
lol cheers
Why did you comment on your own comment?
As someone who travels a lot. The class system thing is true, though, a lot of countries also act similarly but they attribute more geographic angles to it. City people versus rural versus town. State versus state. Its all based in a classist idea that two groups are different in certain ways. We do have a weird sensationalist view of it though if you consider the types of TV we digest (downton abbey, benefits street, shameless, everything royal family related and the royal family itself)
Yeah, nah, that's completely different Thomas. You are what your parents were in a class based system. It's pretty bloody awful.
Im trying to work out what this reply even means. My point is that there is a different angle to classism internationally and you're saying im wrong because its based you're parents class? We're talking about different things brother.
Hey Thomas - I am from a new world country too - albeit one with much stronger roots to the 'motherland', not to mention having worked closely with many English for many years, having an English mum, and having been there a lot. My point is that I think the kind of classist prejudice you are talking about is quite different to the actual class based history of the UK, and much of Europe. There are similarities for sure, but at the end of the day, historically the upper class were considered simply superior humans to the working class and some remnants of that remains. The way people talk about immigrants or people of colour today - that is quite literally what was thought of the working class until very recently. (I exaggerate there a bit Thomas, but the principal is true enough(
Well ...Sorry I'm off to the pub..
damn, for once these stereotypes actually got me.
P.s I'm English
Same I felt attacked 😂
Yes, yes, no, yes, no.
There is Poop on my Lollipop no, just a sarcastic SOB
There is Poop on my Lollipop no
Coronation street 🤣😂
2:41
A thing thats true we are we are sarcastic and bloody funny
We really do like tea
All of these are 100% true. On the pub one I was a bit "not entirely accurate" but then it got to "you have your own table" and I remembered in my last local there was a stool at the bar that, if I came in, I would always sit at and if someone else was sat in it, they would generally move within half an hour to let me sit down.
My dads starting a brewery and he’s calling it the Winchester and I told my pen pal and she was so confused!!
I also do penpals! Omggggg if you wanna be penpals do message me on Instagram @Anika.wetherbee
I'm from the Philippines. ❤
Ahhh I loved the Buffy clip with Giles 💛
As an American, I can definitely say that we have #5 and #2 in common. Speak any language other than English to the average American, and their eyes just glaze over. On the other hand, we are also experts at small talk, although we never really get to the awkward bit.
here are some stereotypes I've formed about British people while living in ksa
1. they expect everyone to understand them: when speaking with Arabs or any other foreigner, they will continue speaking multiple sentences on end even when the other person isn't responding.
2. they have bad teeth: I have interacted with many Europeans
in saudi but every single British person I've ever met irl has very yellow teeth for some reason
3. they are goal oriented: which I understand tbh. they come to saudi to earn money but don't want to live here for too long bcs other than being overpaid to teach basic things like grade 4 English or social studies there isn't much here for them to do (like getting drunk at a pub) so they focus on their work and go back home after earning a good amount. now if Saudi Arabia was their colony maybe they'd spend 100 years of their lives here teaching people how to be woke like them by being able to read year 4 English textbooks
4. they are usually funny: except the British version of the office. that one just sucks sorry
It does suck
1:53 -- The guy in the background dressed as the Fourth Doctor!!!!!!!
😂
What in your opinion would be a song that describes a stereotypical British?
Bloody ‘Ell Mate, you killed every fucking one of ‘Em!
I can if someone is British by their teeth
British people have better teeth than americans. I have no respect for your kind
@@signity5540 i know you lying
@@belladonna4666 I'm not literally google it. We are 4 places ahead of you
@@signity5540 well God damn we fucked up
The British have better dental hygeine however we don't glorify straight bleached teeth like in America so dental surgery is only done for medical reasons. Our teeth statistically are better due to less-corrosive diets (corn syrup isnt used here), we put flourine in the drinking water and we have NHS dental checkups for children and adults. What we don't have is a cultural obsession with the appearance of teeth beyond good dental hygeine so we don't have them artificially whitened, straightened (unless actually needed) or filed.
Ok Now We Need A Video Of The 7 Classes In The UK
Word watchmojoUK hit different 😂
as an American, i would agree that you agree that i agree you Brits tend to be a bit on the really sarcastic/flippant side of things, you always seem to keep your humour on the back burner, regardless of how serious the topic is.
I know you do it to be polite and cheeky sense you dont like stewing in angst, but you need to understand why us Americans can misconstrue it as you being a rude and disrespectful, especially when we mistake your insults for compliments.
Hi guys, over here in the uk i honestly think there is diffrent kinds of brits, some are gangster some are tea lovers some are pretty much nothing like what stereo types say
Yeah i walked into a pole earlier and i apologise to the pole.
I also spilled my tea and i cried
Pigeon The Otaku oh no rest in peace tea it will not be forgotten
@@whiterunguard8916 As it should be
Nobody drinks tea and everyone under 16 is a roadman
Yes we are very polite but we also swear all the time. For example when I was in reception (4/5 years old) I got annoyed so I ran around the playground with my middle finger in the air and I already knew most swear words I just didn't use them. I use them all the time now
John Lennon was the sarcasm master
Winston Churchill and Noel Coward weren't slouches either.
Yer right there,la.
The stereotype I was surprised to find was actually true was the drinking tea thing
i'll put the kettle on.
Why,would we lie to you ?
Same, i was sure but suddenly it wasn't here
Yeah, these are pretty true
where is your obsession with a cuppa? that should rank, Americans drink tea and being from a Family with a British background my older relatives had to have a cup of tea daily--but Americans prefer coffee so this tea obsession is slightly perplexing, LOL
omfug nope, sorry. Not true. Maybe in the long distant past, but coffee overtook tea as the UK’s favourite hot drink a long time ago. The U.K. has something like five speciality coffee shops for every specialty tea shop. Europe’s most popular chain coffee shop is British-based Costa Coffee, which has more franchises in The EU than Starbucks. Like warm beer and shillings, the British tea drinker stereotype is history.
It is our national drink, true however not everyone in the UK is obsessed with tea. According to the UK Tea and Infusions Association, Britons drink 95 million more cups of char every day than they do coffee, but sadly (according to numerous sources) the popularity of tea (in general terms) is said to be declining and coffee shops, coffee houses (or whatever you wanna call em') are now commonplace on our high streets and in our town centres. Although flavoured teas are said to be popular amongst the "millenials".
By 2016 Britons were said to be drinking (on average) twice as much coffee as tea (well that's what some studies claim to have found). Although this can be disputed.
And by April 2018, Britons (on average) were said to be drinking 95 million cups of coffee a day (according to some sources). Although according to the UK Tea and Infusions Association (and some other sources) coffee consumption is currently estimated to be about 70 million cups a day.
In other words our obsession with tea is waning (although some sources state we drink more coffee than we do tea nowadays).
Plus coffee is now the preferred choice of drink for some people (with Lattes being one of the most popular).
Although I must say, I prefer tea over coffee (but that's my choice).
OK,but is there such a thing as 'builders' coffee ' ?
16 pubs a week are being shut down in Britain! Soon there will be more coffee shops than pubs.
Huh. I was about to get all stroppy about this being English stereotypes, not British, but actually... these do mostly work for Scotland as well.
American here, known as the most sarcastic person around, I know only one language, and I ALWAYS say sorry too much! I stand out here in America!
You forgot to say you´re likely to not saying the truth.
Number 5 is true because I live in England and not all people from England like drinking tea
I can say in Glasgow people drink a lot a fuck ton
Love the video! Keep up the good work.
I am soooo not sarcastic.
This was 80% narration and less than impressive visual/audio back-up
Speaking a foreign language when you can speak english is like driving a Toyota Yaris when you've got a Lamborghini Aventador.
Above is also an example of our famous arrogance which we borrow from the french. Something that could also be added to the list.
I barely ever apologise
sorry but what about the tea ive not met a single British person who doesn't like it sorry
as a Brit, guilty of Possibly 4 and 2
I hate I mean HATE when they say WE ARE FAT we ARENT FAT !!!!
Number 1 doesn’t really apply to me, I like to try and learn the native language of the country I’m visiting. Seeing as I mostly visit spanish speaking countries I can speak almost fluent Spanish.
They don't wash their arse😂🤦♂️
The first one noooo
Im british and I can speak fluent Spanish, I prefer to drink beer from a bottle and not a pint, i dont go to pubs but prefer bars, i dont care about social classes and I am not sarcastic at all.
Are you handsome too? Well the handsome among the species defy these stereotypes.
Ok so this is watch mojo uk and the title of the video is stereotypes that "probably true" right so the person who directs this video is british but doesn't know if the stereotype is true or not
There is Poop on my Lollipop yeah ik but im from greater Manchester so I dont care
As I watch this exhibition, I thank the stars that George Washington took us out of The British Empire. (To answer a question posed by the SBO of "The Great Escape," we're doing just fine, thank you.;)
Pretty sure another one is swearing every 5 seconds
That's a feckin lie!
I’m 13 and I speak french! (No I’m not part french)
Most britains are just like :YOU WOT FAM SHUT UP BLUHH
If you’re unsure if they’re British or not just check their teeth
You know british people have better teeth than americans.
Signity true
Je suis Britannique mais je parle Français .
1:17 but how did they see it?
That's the point, i think it is an old comedy thing
Number 4, shame they didn't show clips from Fawlty Towers.
Oh no
Alan Partridge = instant like
Pretty sure apologizing is Canadian
the canadians come from british origins which is why theyre so polite lol
Thank you for the picks! Was away on travels and miss your updates!
Number 5 is true with us Americans too!
This video is so british that it colonized half of the world and massacred millions of people
Sad to say, number five is more true than not about the US as well.
Bloody good
Sorry
Very sarcastic, love alchohol and best comedie in the world good old Britain
And I have never met any one who cares about the social classes of society
They hate perky and cheesy Americans.
@@eduardochavacano also that we actually hate most of them the Karen's and trump supporters are the worst
I don't drink because I'm underagee
It’s true I am very sarcastic my family calls it the sarcastic bitch trait
#1: Being the biggest snobs on earth... which probably goes with the class obsession thing.
Oh the irony in your snobbery is quite exquisite mate 😄🍻
The key word here is probably
*OK I A BRITISH CITIZEN IS ABOUT TO GET TRIGGERED I AM GOING TO DO A FULL ON RANT IN THIS COMMENT SISSIES PLEASE LEAVE*
1.Britain is not just England Britain its 4 countries
2.99.999999 percent of the time no one will talk to you on a bus
3.BRITONS ARENT TETLEY ADDICTS!!!
All true
What about obsessed with Football
Duran Ventura
Football's never coming home.
1066 and 1966 -both are ancient history.
I will say sorry even if you bump into me
First English speaking caveman was a gypsy
Go in pub and watch a football game in england
Not sure about the first one...
v_v
Not all stereotypes are true for everyone though are they that's why they are stereotypes. Some of these will be true for everyone and some won't.
4 is true
stereotypes exist because they are usually true, such as stereotypes towards the races.
Race is just a social construct, my dad is biracial and from Jamaica but he doesn`t have dread locks and didn`t live in poverty like the kind Bob Marley used to sing about.
I´m so glad someone said it. So simple. How can anyone not see it?
Pubs
I’m not bothered we have Lara Croft
bri ish
The yellow teeth?
nah
You mixed possible with definitely and decided to distract people with Probably because you couldn't word the video title any way better.....gowls
These are the ones I believe are true (my opinion)
4: yep
3: ahhh mate I’m not old enough but yep
2: yes, if your not a chav like 45% of people in Britain lmao
1: hmmm kind of but I guess you can also guess how posh people are by where they shop lol. I’m gonna do a rating of how posh I r if you shop at these places.
Waitrose: 10/10
M&S: 8.5/10
Lidl:6/10
Aldi:5.5/10
Asda: 5.5/10
Sainsbury’s: 5/10
Tesco: 4.5/10
Co-op: 3/10
Mcolls: 3/10
Poundland: 100000/10 😂
Also, you missed the obsession with soaps. Where’s good old Corrie, Eastenders and Emmerdale huh?! 😂 if your not British you probably won’t understand but god, Britain is an interesting place 🤔 😂
(These are just my opinions) xx
1:54 who is in the background
Don`t know but the guy pouring a drink in the next scene was sitting next to me in a fancy chip shop in Belsize Park a year ago, I just realised watching this now.
+Peter Allan Yes, he is. 😀
Peter Allan people....
Sadly.....they are correct