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highwaystar101 on 06 March 2012

I'm from the UK, but I've been thinking that it's amazing how people from the UK lack any kind of glamour. Whenever someone from the UK tries to be interesting or stylish, they usually just come across as slimy and weird instead.



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MegaDrive08 on 06 March 2012

Well when women in Britain try to be glamourous they end up coming off and looking like a slag, desprate scouse wife's anyone!!



 

Kamal on 06 March 2012
radishhead said:

There are a lot of ugly British people, but again these seem to be in the poorer areas - these are the people that we can watch on Jeremy Kyle, a show pretty much designed for us to laugh at/shout at society's failures


What!?

The level of ignorance here is laughable~



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TruckOSaurus on 06 March 2012
TWRoO said:
TruckOSaurus said:
When I think about the UK, first and foremost I'm confused about all countries that compose it (UK is Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Great Britain is England, Wales and Scotland).

Apart from that, I love love love the accent, I have this misconception that British people sound distinguished because of it (even if they're saying the foulest things). They have a fascinating history (love stories about kings and queens, their power struggles with other nations, although I have to admit most of what I know comes from what I've read in books about France's history since their history is often interconnected with England).

I like their music too since a lot of the artists I listen to come from the UK (Muse, Adele, Franz Ferdinand, Florence + the Machine, The Fratellis, Queen, etc...)

It is confusing... hopefully this will help.

The British Isles is the name for the group of islands... there are lots of islands in the British Isles. Great Britain is the biggest island, followed by Ireland, then there loads of Scottish islands, the Isle of Man, the Isles of Scilly and the Channel Islands.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_islands_of_the_British_Isles

On the political side the Republic of Ireland is a country in it's own right. Then N.Ireland, Wales, Scotland and England are the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom.

The Channel Islands (Jersey & Guernsey and a few other small islands) and for some reason the Isle of Man are "British Crown Dependencies" which is where the proper madness occurs... as none of the islands are part of the UK, (and by extension not part of the EU) but are also not classed as overseas territories.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_Dependencies

Thanks, it does help. Now I just have to remember it.



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The Fury on 06 March 2012
MegaDrive08 said:
Well when women in Britain try to be glamourous they end up coming off and looking like a slag, desprate scouse wife's anyone!!

Well, really they were slags already, trying to hide this nature of themselves.

Although I do wonder why Highwaystar meant by glamour? I need exmaples of whay UK folk are trying to be instead of just British or Irish



Hmm, pie.

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brendude13 on 06 March 2012
RolStoppable said:
Pyro as Bill said:
RolStoppable said:

6) Still annoying to call the same stuff different names, especially because the same word (chips) refers to different kinds of food across languages. You are doing it wrong, so do the world a favor and change it.

Which languages would they be exactly?

Crisps are called crisps because they are crispy potato, chips are called chips because they are chips of potato. It's not a difficult language to learn Rol.

German, of course. Since I am Austrian, it's in my blood to force my worldviews on everybody else.





NightDragon83 on 06 March 2012
SnakeDrake said:
NightDragon83 said:

This is all that needs to be said about the UK...

Holy !!!!!!! forgive my ignorance but wtf have i never held of this badass cartoon before this is insanely good what channel is it viewing

It's called "The Boondocks", and it airs in the US on Cartoon Network as part of the "Adult Swim" lineup.  Not sure where else in the world it's aired, you'll have to Google it or something.  Some full length episodes are on Youtube if you care to check them out too, plus endless clips of some of the funniest scenes of the series of course.



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