I wish I could say I knew what Britain was like, but unfortunately I live in central London and therefore don't have the slightest clue.
What's Britian like?
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Well im Scottish, and for all its many many faults, im still happy I live here, we have amazing banter, saying theres a variaty of accents doesnt do it credit, my wee village which is quite close to alot of major places is considered to hav an odd difference in its accents compared to the next town and the same can be said for them.
Weather isnt that great, espec not lately, one of the harshest winters ever, the people are crazy in every way, good, bad you name it.
and ye, cant think of much else, but dont look to much into what you read in the papers, just like everywhere else on the planet, its usually egerrated or just not true etc, you get the picture
Weather isnt that great, espec not lately, one of the harshest winters ever, the people are crazy in every way, good, bad you name it.
and ye, cant think of much else, but dont look to much into what you read in the papers, just like everywhere else on the planet, its usually egerrated or just not true etc, you get the picture
Coming from someone who lives there; it sucks. Basically what Octorok said, especially this:
Octorok said:
Actually, I've got a single tid-bit which will represent Britain. Recently, Channel 4 held a viewer voted poll of the best song of the decade. The winner:
'Chasing Cars' by Snow Patrol.
The last molecule of respect I had for this nation was mercilessly obliterated when I heard that news...
'Chasing Cars' by Snow Patrol.
The last molecule of respect I had for this nation was mercilessly obliterated when I heard that news...
Could be worse. Could be one of Cowell's.tricky_tree said:
(Why hasn't he been stabbed yet? I mean, honestly, we're meant to have all this knife crime around the place and you never see it where it's needed)
I was born in Hilo, Hawaii, but moved to Britain when I was 5 and am of British descent (Mum's Scottish, Dad's English). My first experience of snow was when my dad brought some down in a thermos flask from the top of Mauna Kea.
Now, I live in Edinburgh, Scotland's capital, and can say there's nowhere else I'd rather live. Edinburgh gets it pretty light as far as the chavs are concerned (here, we call them NEDs, meaning Non-Educated Delinquents), and we have a huge arts festival during the summer which basically means lots of people and clubs are open 'til 5am (normally they close at 3am).
I'm of the opinion that the people whining about Britain are generally just miserable people who would find something to whine about no-matter where they lived in the world. The weather's generally cold in winter and warm-ish in summer, which I can't really fault it on. I would describe it as wet, but then-again I lived in Hilo for 5 years and the drizzle here is nothing compared to the rainstorms there. To give a comparison of temperatures, the way I described it when I was 5 is that the peak of summer here (Edinburgh) is comparable to the coldest it gets in winter in Hawaii.
A little more sun would be nice, but as I'm a geek and spend most of my day in-doors I doubt I'd notice.
Some points I'd like to mention in the UKs favour is that it's a lot less commercial than America. The TV has far fewer advertising breaks, and notably the BBC channels have no adverts as they're paid for by the TV license. Now, some people dislike the TV licensing system, which is basically a tax on TV, but I personally prefer the reduced level of advertising in the UK so I happily pay it. Or, at-least, I did happily pay it until I stopped watching TV and started watching everything from on-line sources.
Our cities are smaller as they were mostly built before the invention of the motorcar. As such, you can generally get from place to place in-city just by walking, and I most cities have decent public transportation systems (note that my experience has mostly been Edinburgh, Glasgow, and London). We drink a lot, as there's no real social stigma linked to drinking in excess as I've seen in America. In the UK, drinking to excess is usually encouraged whenever possible. There are no designated drivers or anything, as there's usually somewhere to drink within a short walk (or crawl) of where you live. If you're further away then there's often night-time public transport, walking, a taxi, an after-party, a friend's flat to crash at, a casino open in the small hours, one of the pubs that open at 6am, and so on.
Anyhow. I'd strongly recommend actually coming to Britain to see for yourself, particularly Edinburgh during the festival. During the festival, the city's population doubles, the town centre is over-taken by street performers, any place they could in-theory stage an act has one on every night, and the clubs are all open 'til 5am.
Now, I live in Edinburgh, Scotland's capital, and can say there's nowhere else I'd rather live. Edinburgh gets it pretty light as far as the chavs are concerned (here, we call them NEDs, meaning Non-Educated Delinquents), and we have a huge arts festival during the summer which basically means lots of people and clubs are open 'til 5am (normally they close at 3am).
I'm of the opinion that the people whining about Britain are generally just miserable people who would find something to whine about no-matter where they lived in the world. The weather's generally cold in winter and warm-ish in summer, which I can't really fault it on. I would describe it as wet, but then-again I lived in Hilo for 5 years and the drizzle here is nothing compared to the rainstorms there. To give a comparison of temperatures, the way I described it when I was 5 is that the peak of summer here (Edinburgh) is comparable to the coldest it gets in winter in Hawaii.
A little more sun would be nice, but as I'm a geek and spend most of my day in-doors I doubt I'd notice.
Some points I'd like to mention in the UKs favour is that it's a lot less commercial than America. The TV has far fewer advertising breaks, and notably the BBC channels have no adverts as they're paid for by the TV license. Now, some people dislike the TV licensing system, which is basically a tax on TV, but I personally prefer the reduced level of advertising in the UK so I happily pay it. Or, at-least, I did happily pay it until I stopped watching TV and started watching everything from on-line sources.
Our cities are smaller as they were mostly built before the invention of the motorcar. As such, you can generally get from place to place in-city just by walking, and I most cities have decent public transportation systems (note that my experience has mostly been Edinburgh, Glasgow, and London). We drink a lot, as there's no real social stigma linked to drinking in excess as I've seen in America. In the UK, drinking to excess is usually encouraged whenever possible. There are no designated drivers or anything, as there's usually somewhere to drink within a short walk (or crawl) of where you live. If you're further away then there's often night-time public transport, walking, a taxi, an after-party, a friend's flat to crash at, a casino open in the small hours, one of the pubs that open at 6am, and so on.
Anyhow. I'd strongly recommend actually coming to Britain to see for yourself, particularly Edinburgh during the festival. During the festival, the city's population doubles, the town centre is over-taken by street performers, any place they could in-theory stage an act has one on every night, and the clubs are all open 'til 5am.
Lol, we don't speak pidgin, but Britain is quite unique, there's a much more socialised outlook from the government, so there isn't the whole aggresive cry of socialsim everytime you try and suggest the government should try stop people dying...mrhappyface said:
Apart from that we can be very like the US ^^
Yeah, it's a pretty sweet place, if you come in the winter to New England be ready for a TON of snow, we get lake-effect snow from the great lakes and it pours on. And I can't really blame those guys from Boston for pretending they were Canadian, they have a much better national image than ustricky_tree said:
Watch Hot Fuzz- thats basically where i live- except northen and no crazy cult.
Britan is cold, damp, depressing, poorly run, full of arseholes, the food is 90% grease, the beer is brown and has twigs in it, the government is hopeless, the school system sucks, sotherners are dull, the northeners are mental, the midlanders are indesicive of whether they want to be northeners or southeners, London is the capital and is the worst city I have ever had the misfortune to visit, Manchester is awesome and should be the capital, our music is great as long as you ignore the pop music from the last 10-15 years, our films are either arty, funny or crappy, the people hate themselves and each other.
I love this little island in the middle of nowhere and can't see why anyone would ever want to move away
Britan is cold, damp, depressing, poorly run, full of arseholes, the food is 90% grease, the beer is brown and has twigs in it, the government is hopeless, the school system sucks, sotherners are dull, the northeners are mental, the midlanders are indesicive of whether they want to be northeners or southeners, London is the capital and is the worst city I have ever had the misfortune to visit, Manchester is awesome and should be the capital, our music is great as long as you ignore the pop music from the last 10-15 years, our films are either arty, funny or crappy, the people hate themselves and each other.
I love this little island in the middle of nowhere and can't see why anyone would ever want to move away
Oh, and we have roundabouts.
The Yanks are only recently getting on that. I saw two in this one place in Arizona; it had only been recently made and was still confusing the hell out of drivers, but we were like "HELL YES STEP ASIDE THIS IS WHAT WE DO"
The Yanks are only recently getting on that. I saw two in this one place in Arizona; it had only been recently made and was still confusing the hell out of drivers, but we were like "HELL YES STEP ASIDE THIS IS WHAT WE DO"
I love the idea of a Northerner driving on the right-hand side, coming up to America's first ever roundabout. "Get out'a road ya gret gurls"Leodiensian said:
IMO the problem isn't Cowell; it's the idiots who buy the records. without them, Cowell n similar types would be on the doleLeodiensian said:
Teeee. "You know darling, we could have sex right now." "yes we could" "but let's not"tricky_tree said:
