10 Things You May Have To Endure As A Brit In America

We just love our cousins across the pond!

1. No-one understanding a word you say...

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This may be the initial reaction to your accent...God forbid you're Scottish, Welsh or have a Geordie or Scouse accent.

There’s nothing more frustrating than looking at someone that supposedly speaks your language, speaking to them clearly and being met with a confused face.

2. Having to listen to awful attempts at British accents...

“Ello guvna!” never gets old does it?

3. Silly questions...

"England is close to London right?"

"My friend Amber lives in Wales, do you know her?"

4. You're expected to be an ambassador for all things British (supposedly)...

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There's more to the UK than the double decker buses and red phone boxes in London. Most of us have no desire to talk about the Royal family or tea and crumpets for hours on end!

5. 4th of July...

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There's always one person that just won't let it go...

“We won our independence from you guys and now we're the greatest....”

#coolstorybro

6. Weight gain is inevitable...

American food is full of yummy cheesy, well seasoned deliciousness that comes in overly generous portion sizes. Who needs a waistline anyway? Eat up friends!

7. Terrible Chocolate...

It is mind boggling how a country with such great tasting food has such terrible tasting chocolate.

8. Exceedingly friendly people you don't want to talk to

9. Sales tax

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There are few things that are more annoying that carefully crafting a shopping budget, picking up all the things you went to the store for, going to pay expecting one total and being met with a more expensive one!

10. Explaining how immigration works...

...if you're a British person of colour.

Actual questions i have overheard:

"Wait, you're Asian but you have an English accent....where are you really from?"

“There are black people in the UK?”

#mindblown