Actually, we don't say that in Britain

[Wildrow12]

As opposed to popular belief, Swedes don't ride polar bears. We don't even have polar bears.

Ah, but you DO ride battle yetis to your weddings, right?

 

[Composer]

The funniest is when some Americans try to replicate the English accent and its actually Australian. And they think all us Brits say 'put another shrimp on the barbie'...

ive actually had to correct some people on this too....and im american

 

[kurupt87]

Any time an american does a british accent

It's either Dick van Dyke-esque Cockney or some stupid quasi-posh (Pronounced Poe-sh)

AND STOP MISTAKING US FOR AUSTRALIANS

AND STOP MISTAKING THE AUSTRALIANS AS SOUTH AFRICANS

AND STOP CALLING THE NEW ZEALANDERS AUSTRALIAN

Good grief, is it THAT hard to understand?

I'm English, so obviously don't have trouble distinguishing English from collonial jibber jabber. I do have trouble telling aussie from kiwi, and any non-redneck american accent is indistinguishable from another to me, and any differences between southern NA accents are also way beyond me.
I would however dispute the fact that anyone anywhere could mistake anything for a SA accent, or for a SA accent as anything else. It's completely different.

 

[Skinny Razor]

The funniest is . . .

Would this be considered "starting a flame war"? I hope not.

Nope, because a flame war occurs when the two parties are evenly matched and theres cause for a discussion...

In this case, Chelsea is far superior

Touche, mate, tou-bloody-che.

 

[Crimsonsniper]

I'm just sick of people asking if I like tea the moment they find out I'm British.

I personally can't stand the stuff, though I do like me a good beer.

Nice job trying to break a sterotype...

 

[lee1287]

why hasnt there been a fight between countries yet?

Bah, humbug. Family guy ISNT funny. End.

 

[ottenni]

AND STOP MISTAKING US FOR AUSTRALIANS

That i can understand, after all the Australian accent is a huge bastardization of a whole mix of accents.

AND STOP MISTAKING THE AUSTRALIANS AS SOUTH AFRICANS

People mistake us for South Africans! But, we are not worthy. Their accent is infinitly better than ours!

 

[Veldt Falsetto]

Any time an american does a british accent

It's either Dick van Dyke-esque Cockney or some stupid quasi-posh (Pronounced Poe-sh)

AND STOP MISTAKING US FOR AUSTRALIANS

AND STOP MISTAKING THE AUSTRALIANS AS SOUTH AFRICANS

AND STOP CALLING THE NEW ZEALANDERS AUSTRALIAN

Good grief, is it THAT hard to understand?

Oy, why don't ya put another shrimp on tha bahbie? (Because.. ha... I'm mistaking... hahaha... you for an Aus-... nevermind)

I personally do my best Monty Python impression whenever I'm impersonating British people. I find that not only is it more accurate, but funnier, too.

But seriously, ALL THE BRITS doing horrible, ridiculous, borderline offensive American accents in movies over here, and the OT is getting upset about a FAMILY GUY EPISODE? News flash, every British actor ever: Your American accent sucks balls, and your Southern accent sucks underage animal balls, and we CAN tell. So stop it.

At least the Family Guy stereotypes are supposed to be offensively amusing. These ass-hats do their schpiel with a straight face and expect us to take it seriously. (I'm looking at you, almost every single member of the cast of Battlestar Galactica).

You do know that almost every actor on The Wire is English right?

 

[PhiMed]

Any time an american does a british accent

It's either Dick van Dyke-esque Cockney or some stupid quasi-posh (Pronounced Poe-sh)

AND STOP MISTAKING US FOR AUSTRALIANS

AND STOP MISTAKING THE AUSTRALIANS AS SOUTH AFRICANS

AND STOP CALLING THE NEW ZEALANDERS AUSTRALIAN

Good grief, is it THAT hard to understand?

Oy, why don't ya put another shrimp on tha bahbie? (Because.. ha... I'm mistaking... hahaha... you for an Aus-... nevermind)

I personally do my best Monty Python impression whenever I'm impersonating British people. I find that not only is it more accurate, but funnier, too.

But seriously, ALL THE BRITS doing horrible, ridiculous, borderline offensive American accents in movies over here, and the OT is getting upset about a FAMILY GUY EPISODE? News flash, every British actor ever: Your American accent sucks balls, and your Southern accent sucks underage animal balls, and we CAN tell. So stop it.

At least the Family Guy stereotypes are supposed to be offensively amusing. These ass-hats do their schpiel with a straight face and expect us to take it seriously. (I'm looking at you, almost every single member of the cast of Battlestar Galactica).

You do know that almost every actor on The Wire is English right?

Yes. I like The Wire. Not as much as people who proclaim to everyone that will listen that "It's the best show evarr", but I like it. I occassionally find their attempts at American accents to be immersion-breaking. I like Battlestar Galactica, too, but both shows' actors' diction irks me from time to time.

 

[Veldt Falsetto]

Any time an american does a british accent

It's either Dick van Dyke-esque Cockney or some stupid quasi-posh (Pronounced Poe-sh)

AND STOP MISTAKING US FOR AUSTRALIANS

AND STOP MISTAKING THE AUSTRALIANS AS SOUTH AFRICANS

AND STOP CALLING THE NEW ZEALANDERS AUSTRALIAN

Good grief, is it THAT hard to understand?

Oy, why don't ya put another shrimp on tha bahbie? (Because.. ha... I'm mistaking... hahaha... you for an Aus-... nevermind)

I personally do my best Monty Python impression whenever I'm impersonating British people. I find that not only is it more accurate, but funnier, too.

But seriously, ALL THE BRITS doing horrible, ridiculous, borderline offensive American accents in movies over here, and the OT is getting upset about a FAMILY GUY EPISODE? News flash, every British actor ever: Your American accent sucks balls, and your Southern accent sucks underage animal balls, and we CAN tell. So stop it.

At least the Family Guy stereotypes are supposed to be offensively amusing. These ass-hats do their schpiel with a straight face and expect us to take it seriously. (I'm looking at you, almost every single member of the cast of Battlestar Galactica).

You do know that almost every actor on The Wire is English right?

Yes. I like The Wire. Not as much as people who proclaim to everyone that will listen that "It's the best show evarr", but I like it. I occassionally find their attempts at American accents to be immersion-breaking. I like Battlestar Galactica, too, but both shows' actors' diction irks me from time to time.

It's a good show, not amazing but yeah I'm English so that's probably why I find them so believable but everyone's pretty bad at doing other accents tbf

 

[inglioti]

In an episode of Murder She Wrote, there is a timeless quotation. "I want you on that like fog on tower bridge!" Makes me giggle every single time I hear it!

In my defence it's the wife that watches it!

Don't worry, your secret is safe with us.

Well, I'm a bit miffed at the stereotype that we all have bad teeth. Where the hell did it even come from?

The unhealthy/ unappealing food one is true though, fish and chips and kebabs? I'll take the american equivalent any day.

ok, it may be a stereotype, but every english person i met while in london had horrible teeth. i'm just sorry, but it was horrible.

other than that, yes the food is gross but awesome. english breakfast had deep fried chips! wow.

 

[Berethond]

I was in Mexico last year on holiday.

The Yanks treat Mexico like us Brits treat Spain: nearby place in the sun with free alcohol and strippers (generalizing, not stereotyping)

What really got me up was that, according to those with a distinct American accent, I was from England (with enormous stress on the "E")

No.

I'm from the United Kingdom, of which England is a part.

Yes I drink tea (milk two sugars, PG pyramid bags only)

No, I don't say "spiffing"

First off, you can only call people from the East Coast Yanks. Secondly, there's lots of drugs in Mexico as well. Thirdly, we don't care to be too specific with where you guys are from when our country is about the size as your whole continent.

 

[Berethond]

They call hookers in some parts of the US, "Chippys". A Chippy in the UK is a a fish and chip shop. This kind of mixup could have pretty awkward but hilarious results.

Where?

West, mostly. A Chippy is a male stripper, to be more accurate. From "Chip n' Dale's", a ladies club.

 

[Captain Pancake]

In an episode of Murder She Wrote, there is a timeless quotation. "I want you on that like fog on tower bridge!" Makes me giggle every single time I hear it!

In my defence it's the wife that watches it!

Don't worry, your secret is safe with us.

Well, I'm a bit miffed at the stereotype that we all have bad teeth. Where the hell did it even come from?

The unhealthy/ unappealing food one is true though, fish and chips and kebabs? I'll take the american equivalent any day.

ok, it may be a stereotype, but every english person i met while in london had horrible teeth. i'm just sorry, but it was horrible.

other than that, yes the food is gross but awesome. english breakfast had deep fried chips! wow.

Well, when I was there they all seemed to have normal teeth. I still have no idea where it came from, seeing as we have an extensive dental care system throughout our country. I'm a little confused and quite bemused.

 

[Pariah87]

The stereotype of Brits with bad teeth first came about during the War of Independance if I'm not mistaken, for the same reason as the phrase Limeys. The sailors and the passengers would get Scurvy if they didn't take in enough vitamin C, which causes the teeth to rot and fall out, so they would carry large amounts of Citrus fruits on the boats to suck on during the voyage.

I'm guessing a fair few just didn't bother, so the bad teeth stereotype of Brits entering the country came about, aswell as the lovely affectionate slur of Limey Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I'm 98% sure that is where it stems from.

 

[Sebenko]

All you fools who hasn't seen Dr Ashen, go look him up on youtube! He'll show you real competitors to the PSP and DS, the Popstation and Neo Double Games!:|

Too late, good sir. I am already a follower of his entertainment reviews.

Hilarity, indeed.

In my area, we kill Toffs like you!
Haha, I jest.

Some of the stereotypes for the UK are wildly wrong.
The one that most people do get right is that most of us in the UK have a strong innate dislike of every other country, and a lot of people their own, even if we don't like to admit it.

Oh, so that's how it is, is it?

Ah tell thee, lad, tha'd better stop chunterin or tha'll get warmed!

Oh yes, I can go "full Yorkshire" as it were. but for the benefit of fools, I usually use a more universally understood variant of English.

 

[Zykon TheLich]

First off, you can only call people from the East Coast Yanks

No, we can call everyone from the US yanks. It is our slang word for all of you. It doesn't matter if it originated from a word of yours (or even ours, I have no idea of the words origins) that only referred to a specific section of the population. Now, in modern British English, it refers to any American.

 

[RhombusHatesYou]

Now, in modern British English, it refers to any American.

I just call them seppos if they object to being called yanks.

Yet I've only ever had one English person complain about being called a pom/pommy... and their rationale, if you choose to call it such, was that everytime they heard it was in the middle of the phrase 'whinging pommy bastard'.

 

[Indecizion]

OH I SAY!, yeah lol and yeah there are alot of them, calling people old chap crap like that ive never heard it and its not been happening like 100 years.

 

[Ianasauras]

You brits have it easy. We Irish get it the worst! Have you seen that episode where they go to Ireland..... Pretty crappy episode as well actually.


And besides oonly two thirds of the country is actually like that