If I was living in the UK - What are the Top 10 things I should know about England?

Answer 1

1 - Never go swimming in the sea or you might meet something you really don't want to see!

2- Avoid London at all costs - expensive, dirty and way too busy.

3 - The UK is not just about England, it is made up of 4 separate countries (Wales, Scotland and Ireland too).

4 - Most Celts i.e. people living in Wales, Ireland and Scotland dislike the English.

5 - If you are squeamish, never order faggots and peas or haggis to eat.

6 - 'Chavs' is the name given to lower class, ignorant and loutish people.

7 - We hate people who are self-obsessed and too c o c k-sure. Better to be humble.

8 - The word 'fanny' and 'willie' have different meaning in America than they do in the UK so do some homework first before dropping them into a casual conversation....

9 - We like spending as much time as possible trying to escape the UK by going on holiday frequently throughout the year.

10 - Be careful what you choose to do in public! We have the most closely surveillanced public space in the world. On an average day you will get caught up to 300 times on camera.

Answer 2

1. We drive on the left
2. We use metric measurements (officially)
3. Different regions have different dialects and some can be impossible to understand, particularly if the speaker is drunk (esp glaswegian).
4. We pay ridiculous amounts of tax on petrol (gasolene)
5. The primeminister is a slimebag with the most corrupt government ever.
6. Our monetary system is based on GBP (Great Britain Pounds, also known as pound sterling).
7. Immigration is a joke- (my husband is american and I had to apply for a visa on his behalf. To do this I have to be British (I am).The immigration officer told me that just because I have a British birth certificate doesn't mean i'm British...)
8. It rains a lot and then it rains some more. If its not actually raining, its about to rain.
9. Football (soccer) is a national obsession.
10. We gets movies in the cinema 3-4 after the US.

Although this lot sounds negative, the Uk is a great place to live. We have free health care, it is a relatively safe, the people are mostly friendly, it is very multicultural esp in the big cities and it is very beautiful.

Answer 3

1. England is a great country.
2. Society is very diverse - class, education, creed.
3. We have a pub and club (drinking/drugs) culture that is quite unique.
4. English people are not as reserved as you'd expect (particularly when they've been drinking) and would shock middle america with their behaviour.
5. Whilst you will be exposed to racist/xenophobic behaviour, we are actually very multi-cultural - much more than most countries.
6. We are obsessed by the weather.
7. Our taxes are not the highest - Germany for example has much higher taxes.
8. Across most of society we hate the french but we don't really know why.
9. Don't believe what you hear - food is very good in this country, however, its original source is generally not English.
10. And yes, the most popular 'English' dish is curry!

Answer 4

1) The British are politically correct and tolerant. Be careful what you say, if it's ill informed we'll snub you.
2) Women still expect men to open doors.
3) The opening gambit of any conversation is 'What about this weather then?' followed by 'do you see they thrashed us again?' (cricket)
4) Brits have friends of all nationalities and races, and ARE all nationalities and races but generally stick to their own Class.
5) The food is much better than you think. The portions are much smaller than you have grown up with.
6) We love animals. Don't even think about wearing fur.
7) We are reserved. You won't make friends quickly
8) It is the most beautiful country in the World.
9) It is a class ridden society
10) Learn all you can about cricket.

Answer 5

1 It's always raining, expect when we're having a heatwave
2 We love fried fish and chips
3 Drive on the left!
4 We use an odd combination of metric and imperial systems
5 We're not sure if we want to be part of Europe
6 Our currency is pounds and pence (pence is another word for pennies)
7 England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland make up the 'United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland' (UK for short)
8 We have three main political parties, Conservative (rightwing) Labour (used to be leftwing, now who knows?) and Liberal Democrat (centreground)
9 We love football (soccer) even though we're crap at it
10 Ditto cricket

Answer 6

BRITISH

One of the British national daily newspapers is asking readers "what it means to be British?" Some of the emails are hilarious but this is one from a chap in Switzerland...
"Being British is about driving in a German car to an Irish pub
for a Belgian beer, then traveling home, grabbing an Indian
curry or a Turkish kebab on the way, to sit on Swedish
furniture & watch American shows on a Japanese TV.
And the most British thing of all? Suspicion of anything foreign ".

Answer 7

1) its either freakishly hot or raining...
2) don't eat yellow snow
3) a kebab is ESSENTIAL dining after visiting the pub
4) most ice cream men have dirty hands -buy ones in wrappers!
5) If get caught peeing in street in some areas you have to clean it up and/or pay a fine
6) happy hour lasts for an hour and a half
7) corner shops are a rip off
8) buses are never on time
9) lots of Ann Summers branches ;)
10) and I live here!

Answer 8

If I typed here the top 10 things Britain is good for you would want to go live in France, believe me, or apparently the Danish are the happiest people in the world so maybe we should all up sticks and go to Denmark.

Answer 9

1. We drive on the left.
2. Use use pounds and pence.
3. We use the metric system.
4. We cant stand the french.
5. We drink a lot
6. We gamble a lot
7. We fight a lot
8. We have a great legal system
9. If you cant get a visa, just move here anyway
10. Its bloody expensive

Answer 10

!. We speak English (unlike the americans) 2. Most of us know how to spell it properly. 3. We don't bang on about ourselves. 4 We can be reserved. 5. Our sense of humour is beyond most European cultures, especially the Germans. 6 We talk about the weather constantly. 7. On the rare days it is actually warm we complain that it is too hot. 8. We like to complain about Britain but we don't like foreigners doing the same.9. We like to pretend that we stand a chance of winning the Football World Cup once every four years.10 We used to have an Empire and we don't want you to forget it!

Answer 11

- drive on the left side!
- most women are tacky and ugly
- but people are generally quite friendly (beware of the working class tho)
- the food is horrible
- so better stay in london, which is very cosmopolitan and has great international food
- if you're american, please remember it's called "football" here
- if moving to london, make sure you have tons of money for living expenses
- otherwise you'll end up in such nice areas as brixton or hackney. enjoy!
- british lower-class accents can be painful to ears and brain, get used to it!
- it still is a pretty good country to live in and you'll probably have a good time. it just depends on where exactly you'll be living.

hope it helped :)