In Glasgow we have NEDS?

Question

does each country have a similar type of person? and what do you call them

NEDS = Non-educated delinquents

I will let the public decide this one. cheers

Answer 1

Please explain what you mean by NEDS.
Thanks. Agree with #3 Chav's

Answer 2

Whats incorrect with them? God! while i think of returned to the 60s and 70s i replaced right into a woman ned-merely exterior Glasgow. As for in the present day's Ned's they're packed with warm air and bored through fact they're often unemployed through fact the immigrants have taken each and all the roles - get rid of the immigrants and provide the Ned's a job and we can now no longer have Ned's or shell suit Bobs

Answer 3

Yes, Neds. We have Chavs, townies, casuals, even pikeys... I know them well, so do many people who have ever walked past McDonalds... The are pretty much hated by everyone but themselves. Mike Skinner jumped on the bandwagon, they suddenly became fashionable and got a boost for that oh so inflated self opinion they have.

But what are they at root? They are mostly teenagers, even those scary ones in the hoodies harbour a scrawny teenage boy with no real idea of what is what. And that's the point. On the whole chavs, like many other teenage trends, have not quite got it all worked out yet. There is so little inside yet that they have to make a lot of noise and huddle together with recognisable symbols of group identity (sportswear) in order to feel anything about themselves.

Or perhaps they're just kids having fun, and seemingly they can't have that without letting the rest of us know...

Whatever they are i'm afraid they do seem to be a rather British phenomenon. Even with popular white middle class culture seeping over from the US (such as 50 cent who's clever (or stupid) social comment "Get rich or die trying" has inspired many young people to disrespect just about anything in an ultimately vain material race to the 'top') it does at heart seem to be a Brit thing.

No one else could do punk like the UK, we have the best skinheads in the world, possibly bar Germany, and don't forget the Spice Girls came from the UK too. I am fairly well travelled, I have seen a lot of disillusioned youth, but I have never seen chavs, or neds anywhere but the UK. I have seen things that look like them, there are many baseball caps in Vietnam, there are gangs of youths in sportswear in the South of France, but there only seem to be Chavs and varuious AKAs in the UK.

So in conclusion to an ill-advised rant, they're particular to the UK as far as i've seen. I'm so proud.

Answer 4

NEDS are looked down upon but serve a purpose in the economy.They purchase value added products like designer clothing,consume media like tabloids and cable television.They eat fast food and drink alcohol and wager at places like NEDbrokes.There is a term in America "whigger" which is a white person who adopts the black hip hop culture.They spend money on chrome wheels and athletic clothing.One does not call them that name just like you do not go up and call someone a chav.They display their status like the middle class display status-as far as their credit line will allow.
The global economic system can produce so efficiently that labor is in vast excess,only the well educated can compete and one wrong step will cement your social class in a stratified society.Life as an unnecessary spectator causes psychological escapism that manifests in escapist behavior.The peasant analogy is good and should be said that everywhere they are exploited and kept ignorant by the classes above.They have political power but are kept helpless with pathology then are insulted.

Answer 5

They are essentially a post industrial, late adolescent version of the peasant.

They serve a funcion as a locus for a society's self-hatred. All the qualities that the Scots like least about themselves can be located in the NED (aggresion, poor dress sense, lack of purpose, ugliness, alcholic tendencies, parochialism, petty nationaism, philistinism/hatred of culture, collectivism/lack of individuality), who is then subjected to scorn.

It might be pointed out that many of these qualities are the flip side of the Porestant value system that led Scotland to be, in the past, such a successful nation.

I have not seen their like in Brazil, where I now live. The peasantry are different here.

Answer 6

Chavs seems fairly universal in England now, but back in the day in Birmingham we used to call them Kevs and Shazzas, have heard Bazzas in Cambridge and charvers in Newcastle also.

Unfortunately they do seem to be everywhere in the UK, but there isn't really a US equivalent, so there's at least one country that's chav free.

Oh yeah, and chav (like ned) has its origin in an alleged acronym - Council Housing And Violent

Answer 7

Here in the USA we call them RED NECKS. Theyre a class of their own. they dont believe in being walked on nor told how to live their lives. Some are illeterate some are college professors. They will defend their home and their land with blood if they had too. And they will protect you if you ask. Oh, by the way i am a 100% Red Neck White Boy from North Carolina, USA

Answer 8

Ive stayed in Germany for a couple of years now and i haven't seen a trace of burberry. They still have delinquents but they seem to flagging behind us fortunate Brits and still have to tolerate skinheads, punks etc.

Non educated delinquents and chavs are one and the same.....but they are funny to watch in a well lit place

Answer 9

As a fellow Glaswegian I feel I have to explain what a NED is first .......

its a form of tracksuit wearing, buckfast/mad dog 20-20/merrydown drinking teen or sometimes 20 something who is aggressive towards everyone including their own reflection......

usually found in packs shouting things like, "Whit you lookin at ya dobber/nugget/heavy dafty/slabber cabbage," and they will proceed to walk over to you to give you a Glasgow kiss (which isnt a peck on the cheek!!) or to chib you (and that aint a gentle tickle either)........

NEDS are mostly misunderstood by us all which is why the police love them so and generally like to pick them up on a friday night to take them to the station for a stern talking to i.e. a swift kicking.......

they are funny to watch too - but just dont laugh AT them, pretend to laugh WITH them if you value your belongings and/or life !

very good question btw......

Answer 10

I'm an ex-pat Brit living in Germany and I don't think they really have the equivalent here. You do see Punk types and of course the stereotype Metal fans but mainly the younger ones here are some weird blend of American/British fashion mistakes who you tend to find hanging about at train stations at night eating burgers and drinking fizzy drinks and smoking cigarettes, dropping in English words and phrases into German sentances, eg. "Cool!" and " you can't touch this" (Honestly!)

Answer 11

Neds or no Neds , I like Glasgow kiss.