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There’s this British voice in my head constantly

saying “a bit sad innit” and im so mad because I really wish I could do the accent but I can’t because I already have one 🫠

how should you deal with somebody who says you're 'not' something that you are

like i am of italian descent but i am british and i once had someone try to tell me that i am 'not' of italian descent, which i found bizzare and i was in disbelief about, because i know that i am. anyway, how do you deal with a situation like that?...

I'm still basking in the after glow of the recent Coronation.

Republics are a bad idea, constitutional monarchy is the best method for modernity.

I wish Camilla hadn't scratched behind her ear.

She is let up onto the Royal Balcony and she scratches behind her ear. Very uncouth.

Are Brits meant to be passionate about porridge or something?

I was chatting with a group of friends and we were talking about how we eat porridge and I said I break an egg in while I'm cooking mine for extra protein, And one of my friends who's an old Brit reacted like Italians react when you snap pasta or...

Do You Understand British English w/o Subtitles?

I’m just curious, but do American people or people in other English speaking countries (except for the UK) understand what the characters are saying in movies or series where they speak British English? I’m a native Japanese who was born and...

I'm so tired of so many foreign language YouTube channels using English titles on their videos, it's usually indians however any channel that does tha

Why don't they use titles in their own language? It takes me forever to find a tech review channel with an English title that is actually in English, I've always wondered why is it So they can get mofe people to click On them?

British people. Will you celebrate?

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What if the British had won the American War of Independence ?

Can you get a Full English Breakfast in the US ?

Talking to myself

Found a new wake work for Alexa "my legs hurt" Try it

My British friends; what exactly does it mean if you call someone a bell end?

Michael Gove looks like he eats roadkill

British Problems

When you've cycled to the vaccine centre and had that 4th Covid jab and it's a new variant and where you've been asked by 4 different people if you're allergic to anything and then told to stay seated for 15 mins as you're on your own and cycling...

Does the average Canadian speak both french and English?

Street party tomorrow?

Hot buttered crumpet? [I Am English]

When asked, do you say you are from Britain or England? [I Am English]

I always say I'm English if asked. I think as well as being a factual statement about a place of birth or citizenship, it's also an attitude and state of mind.

We have our habits, strange though they might seem outside our tiny borders.

I eat beans on toast. I actually do not mind our British weather. I do not own a 'brolly'. I don't eat a burger with a knife and fork. I like tea but mostly drink coffee. I was born in London but I am not a 'cockernee'. I have a good dentist.

British Problems

I wish my echo show wouldn't randomly spring up mouth watering pictures and suggestions for Prawn Tikka Masala at 9.30am on a work day as I home work. I can't concentrate now. Damn that Alexa.

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