A Vinnie Jones type.

Like the typical working poor lad who had a military dad and rough uncles. That played a rough sport (rugby, football) at a high level and decided to go into an occupation that monetized this trait (cop, bodyguard, soldier, bouncer/doorman, labourer, combat athlete, personal trainer, emergency responder or eventually actor lol).

I am getting bored of having the same meals each week. Inspire me please.

From talking to friends, seems like such a mixed bag. Some its just show up in something sporty, some have stupid strict rules and some had a different kit for every sport practically. Also I haven't been to school in 7 yrs so has it changed since then?

There’s just something cozy about those British cartoons, especially those preschool ones 🧸

Someone that you think oozes charisma!

I never watched the show but I knew about the show in 2019 and I've never met anyone who has watched it or is a fan of it (I am not from the UK so this may make sense).

Does anyone who watched the show when it first aired still like it? Has your opinion on Little Britain changed over time?.

All this in the first 30 seconds...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTEx0ohFyGg

His Rs are so soft they come across as W

"gwocery shop" "the diffewence" "the quality is gweat"

I don't notice this with other Brits

I'm not sure it's an impediment, he makes the R sound just fine elsewhere

"religiously" "gone viral"

Is this a personal quirk or some local accent? What do you call it? Where are these people from?

In the US, when I was growing up yall was mostly used in the southern states and in the north they said “you guys” but because of tv and movies, most of the younger generation across the entire US started saying it in casual conversation. I don’t say the word Ain’t very often but I was told growing up that I should be saying am not because ain’t sounds unintelligent.

We're visiting from the US and plan to visit Conwy and Caernarfon. What else should we see?

Watching Starmer's final speech and Burnham's opening speech, I was struck by how those standing around (presumably Labour supporters) wildly and loudly cheered and applauded at nearly every sentence (with lots of "whooooooooooo"). This struck me as very American (and unBritish or at least not following the usual reserved/understated stereotype).

Am I correct in saying that 50 or even just 30 years ago, they would at most have just occasionally politely and relatively quietly applauded (and certainly would not have made the frequent loud vocal whoooooooooo cheers)?

Is this practice now common in most scenarios/walks of life in the UK (e.g. if a CEO, head prefect/student councillor, football team captain is making a speech to employees, team/council members, or supporters)?

Or is this just in politics?

A foreigner who made their success in the UK despite maybe struggling to get a break in their home country at first. But is still tethered to their home country and isn't completely disconnected from them.

Ruby Wax 🇺🇸

Michael Ignatieff (as a TV presenter; not politician) 🇨🇦

Danni Minogue 🇦🇺

Katherine Ryan 🇨🇦

And saying things like mush, wagwan, peng, creps

I know we all change, but it’s sad and common to get over someone who was once your friend, and think it was forever but wasn’t. Talk about that friend you had memories with, and when the last time you heard from them was.

Around 2011/2012, I went to an education centre and sat next to my friend in class. We talked about Disney, The Simpsons, and pop culture in general, had a laugh, and shared silly stories. The centre was boring, but as it closed that year, he did volunteering in a charity shop, and I went to another college. I emailed him to ask how he is and still write stories to him, but not many replies. The last I heard from him was in 2016, and nothing since. That’s when I knew he changed. I do miss him still, but I don't have any regrets as it was fun times. I wonder what he’s doing today.

throughout my travels in britland having gone to a lot of bars what ive rarely seen really is guys buying girls drinks. Over the pond its pretty common stuff, buy a girl a drink, spit some game, if she likes u then boom. Doing this in britland a lot of girls seemed caught off guard.

Is this not customary here?

For context, where are you from?

House prices in general are cheaper up north but given the plans to increase growth in every postcode will this cause House prices in the north to rise?

Soo ima try not to make it very long. Basically I use to live in a city from England called Bristol, and I recently when back on vacation and realised how beautiful England and the UK is. Also iam getting an English language certificate here where I am from (Spain) and I was looking forward to make friends from the UK/England/Bristol idm. Soo I practice my English and to get to know people, experiences and opinions.

(Btw iam 17 and I got this idea from chat gpt 💔🥀)

Actors that are movie tough guys but are actually the real deal in real life.

Vinnie Jones

Craig Fairbrass

Frank Harper

Ray Winstone

Mark Strong

There’s no baseball there, but there’s a difference between a baseball hat and knit hat, so how do they differentiate and what do they call them?

In the US it's very common to have a flat sheet in between your fitted sheet and your main comforter/duvet. When I visited the UK I noticed there was no flat sheet in any of my airbnb beds. Do you use a flat sheet?

I personally like using it because I feel it insulates you nicely for sleep and can sometimes protect the duvet cover from needing to be washed as frequently as the sheets. But I also can appreciate that making the bed is much easier without a flat sheet.

I am on holiday in London right now. I have endometriosis and unexpectedly got my period, I bought Siempre overnight pads but I keep bleeding through them. Can anybody recommend good thick overnight pads with wings? Thank you!

has this happened anyone else where if you go to a fast food restaurant. and you order at the kiosk what you want to order is not on there.

But if you go and order at the counter they would then know the item you want then they have it then?

Edit: since people are asking why I have so much time on holiday: I have a back injury which prevents me to go on attractions here in Alton towers, so I have to wait while kids and wife are in the queue.

Hello, we are a Belgian family (a couple, both 47 years old, with two teenagers aged 16 and 12), currently on a road trip in England. Because I always find it interesting to see how other countries view our own country, I would like to share my perspective on a number of seemingly trivial things that have caught my attention. This is not only to point out a few things that seem unusual to us, but also because you may sometimes have a very good reason for something that we find strange.

This is all based on our experiences in the following places: London, York, Manchester, Liverpool, Kent, Canterbury, Foxt (Peak District), and the theme park Alton Towers. We never stayed in hotels, but always in houses (both through house swapping and Airbnb), never in the tourist centre but just outside it, in ordinary residential neighbourhoods.

\* Ban on teenagers in sports pubs and attitudes towards alcohol: In a small village not far from York, we wanted to watch the Belgian match in a pub at 8:00 p.m. We never expected that the first two pubs would refuse entry to our two teenagers. A third pub did allow our children in, but initially only until 9:00 p.m. It was only after we insisted that we were allowed to watch the entire match. We found this very strange, because in Belgium our daughter could, if she wanted to, stay in a café until the middle of the night and also drink beer that is considerably stronger than your ales. Here, it also apparently was not a problem for her to drink beer, but only with a meal. Yet in a pub she was not even allowed to drink a cola after 9:00 p.m.? Weird considering the general image foreigners have how English deal with alcohol abroad.

\* Power sockets with on/off switches: Why is this necessary? To us it seems unnecessary, because almost every appliance already has its own on/off switch.

\* Supermarket loyalty cards: In itself this makes sense, but as a foreigner you cannot sign up for them, at least not at Tesco or Asda. We tried, but it was not possible with a Belgian phone number, and a Tesco employee confirmed this. Why?

\* Lack of yoghurt varieties: This was what stood out to us most in the supermarkets: whereas in Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, and France (and we thought also in Ireland) there are many different yoghurt varieties, the selection in England is really quite limited. Is yoghurt simply not very popular here?

\* Theme parks with limited theming: We only visited Alton Towers, and although it is a fantastic park in terms of attractions, the theming in most areas is really quite minimal. The rides themselves are very attractive, but when you walk through the park you do not really feel as though you are immersed in a particular atmosphere.

\* Excess staffing: In supermarkets, shops, museums, and theme parks, we noticed that there seemed to be a lot of staff simply waiting around with little or nothing to do. My father-in-law worked at a theme park in Belgium, and we saw a very similar ride here that he used to operate alone, whereas here it was staffed by five people.

\* Expensive outings: Ordinary outings or visits, separate from theme parks, are considerably more expensive than in Belgium. Of course, there are the wonderful free museums such as the British Museum and the Science Museum, but privately run attractions are much more expensive.

\* General impression: Generally quite clean cities (except Manchester). We had a slightly less favourable image of England beforehand, especially of the larger cities, but only Manchester confirmed that impression.

These are simply the small things that have surprised us; they are by no means things that have bothered us, because we are very much enjoying our trip!