A tradition I miss - caring about what song was number one at Christmas. Most Americans who I've watched Love Actually with don't believe it's a real thing. It was usually a tense race between some novelty tripe like Mr Blobby and a rock band singing something with sleigh bells in…Â
Every American I meet seems to expect Brits to really care about the Revolutionary War, the tea party, and how they 'saved our asses in World War Two'.
Sorry folks, we couldn't give a toss.
Don't really understand what Skepta's doing in there. It doesn't seem particularly offensive or dumb to me, unlike some of the others. He's also the only one not talking about East Asians ('Asian' in the UK is nearly always South Asian).
"All Roald Dahl's books" meaning all his children's fiction, by the looks of it. But you've still missed out the Vicar of Nibbleswicke, which is definitely children's fiction, and is definitely by Roald Dahl.
Also, "Believability"? I'd have thought the less believable…Â
Good post.
But for the last time.
UK = England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland
Britain ('British') = England, Scotland, Wales
Ireland ('Irish') = Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland
Next week we can cover the Channel Islands, Isle of Man, and Irish who identify…Â
I'm a Londoner. While there are perfectly good explanations for most of these, I know that's not the point, and that the author is well aware that, y'know, some countries are different. Lighten up compatriots, it's a bit of fun.
Besides, have you seen how screwy things…Â
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