Help needed immediately! What things do YOU associate with the British?

Question

Helpful sugestions only. This would be especially helpful if it were from Americans. So far people have said tea, bad teeth, and Austin Powers! :) I need a bit more than this! Thanks in advance.

These are all really good so far! Can anyone think of anything musically related to Englang? I've heard they like to play in pubs. And I can think of bagpipes, but that's really Scotland and Ireland, with not so much England. As far as I know! Thanks again. :)

I actually was looking for more...cultural music than the Beatles! Trust me, I'm a HUGE Beatles fan, but I would have a tough time tracing them back to Celtic roots. :-) I'm looking for more...folk music type of thing.

My boyfriend is actually British....I asked him a few things, but hes got a bloody concussion (not rugby, just football apparently!) so I'm leaving him be about this. He's a fan of Manchester United as well!

Answer 1

Ok, i'm American... and i will say that 'Crumpets' are the bomb! Hahaha... simple but delicious, i tell ya. And the 'Bacon Sarnies', EVERY time i go visit my 'English' fiance, over in England... first thing i'm asking for is a 'bacon sarnie'. To die for....

As far as music, well let me tell you.... The British, are hands down, the best when it comes to musical talent! The list is everlasting... BUT my favorites mind you are:
DEF LEPPARD.... #1 baby, **ROCK ON...
Queen...
Ziggy Stardust/Spiders .. aka David Bowie
Rod Stewart
Iron Maiden
Judist Preist
Sex Pistols
Duran Duran
Rolling Stones
The Clash
Rooster
Elton John
The Beatles

The music talents could go on and on.... The Brits have definately done well for/in the music business.

Another thing.. Footie! Oh sorry, thats 'soccer' to us Americans. LOL Either way, English Footie is making its way into the hearts of us Americans. My team? MANCHESTER UNITED... All the way! GO REDS!!!!

Answer 2

Benny Hill - best of the best. Lady Di - best of the best. The Queen. Scones. Only thing I find extremely irritating is the accent, especially cockney - it's like fingernails on a chalkboard, or they have a stick up their butt.
Other than that, from my experience, they are an extremely polite
people who try to keep the peace and avoid conflict. I'm not sure what aspect of British culture you're looking for. And I've yet to meet a Brit with bad teeth. And one of the best musical groups - actually there were more than one, which is why they called it the British Invasion in American music - The Beatles! Did they not change the course of musical history or what? And I also associate double-decker buses with the British, and one of the most fantastic tv shows of all time on public television - and his famous telephone booth -- Dr. Who. And I associate certain parts of Canada as well. And if my memory serves me correctly, without giving away my age, they had some of the best flying aces in the war against Hitler. And Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson -- how much do you need? Mercy, if all they know is Austin Powers - Yuk! That's like saying Gerry Springer and his trailer trash is a true representation of the USA! NOT!
Redpillow, you are so right!! How could I have forgotten Monty!

Answer 3

The day the USA has a military style dictator and not three branches of power to balance govt. all hell will break loose. The people will riot and fight back. A dictator doesn't really care about the people's best interest and the people won't care too much about removing them. The taxpaying citizens end up losing all their personal freedoms. I don't want to be forced to do what is best for a dictator all the time. Lock and load. People would rather fight and die free than live under that tyranny!

Answer 4

The Royal Family, Stonehenge, Buckingham Pallace, Cunard Cruise Line (before Carnival bought it out), Tea, Castles, Sherlock Holmes, Jack the Ripper. If you need any more, drop me a line. I've only been there a few times and most of that was spent in Southampton, but I may be able to help.

Answer 5

Malt vinegar (to go with the Fish and Chips)

Polo

Ladies and Gentlemen

Red coats and black hats

London and Manchester

Shakespeare and Douglas Adams

History

Cockney

The Clockwork Orange

Answer 6

Toad in the hole
Spotted Dick
Bottingtons
Newcastle Brown
Rhyming Slang
Winston Churchill
Irn Bru

Answer 7

Accents, large colonial land holds around the globe, a pathetic obsesion with the royalty (which most Americans are the same way with Hollywood stars so...), involvement in many important wars, an ancient and rich society and culture. I could go on but these are just the first ones. Oh and the Church of England, Puritans, an interesting government set up, interesting relations with the E.U.

Answer 8

I'm Canadian but....I associate the things you said as well as old castles, King Henry VIII, Big Ben and driving on what I call the "wrong" side of the road. :)

Edit for music: Greensleeves (song), God Save the Queen, Elton John

Answer 9

Fish and chips-egg and chips-beans on toast-bangers and mash-fried bread-sausages-pork pies-mushy peas-fudge-cheese and onion pasties-roast beef and Yorkshire Pudding-treacle tart-HP sauce-porridge-apple pie and custard-scones-kippers-crisps.
The Beatles-Stonehenge-Tower Bridge-Yorkshire Dales-Dartmoor-train spotting-Bingo-Pubs-darts-Blackpool-Stag Nights-cricket-fog-The Pennine Way-Tweed-James Bond 007

Answer 10

Old intellect, modern tolerance, stuffy manners, good gardeners, excellent sense of humor, slightly fatalistic, and one British gentleman whom I knew once who was the best lover I ever had.