Non-American Stereotypes of the British

[flyingchicken]

I can't speak for my countrymen, but I will say that anything vaguely British in mass-media here seems to be limited to the Harry Potter movies, those adverts with British accents to make them sound more -- I don't know -- authoritative (?), and any British thing that comes up in TV.

So, I guess our stereotype Brit is anything we import from American cultural exports.

(Tangentially, most Filipinos don't know about the 2-year British occupation of the Philippines.)

 

[Munch]

Another one: Perpetually drunk and filthy backpackers who work in bars and go out at night in large, loud, stupid mobs (Brits and Irish).

That's pretty much spot on, to the chagrin of anyone nearby who isn't at that precise moment part of a large, loud, and stupid mob of drunkards.

 

[holy king]

then, on the next day, still drunk they fall asleep at the beach and get the sunburn of their lifetimes.

 

[BARBEERIAN]

Around where I live the stereotype of the Brits is generally nice people, though a bit conservative, tough under fire (stiff upper lip), horrible teeth, and really really really weird slang sayings (though unlike those Yankees to the south we don't require subtitles to understand most of them).

 

[Rossiya]

I know, thats the thing, the English absolutely love our team, yet we hate theirs...

I am English and I don't absolutely love the Irish team. The likes of looking at Robbie Keane's stupid pale, freckly face is enough to drive anyone insane.

Has anybody told him where the goal is?

 

[Verbose]

The English?

Bad teeth, bad complexion, double glazing and central heating are mysteries of building design, and they carpet the bathroom floor. Have a weird public school traumatised closet-gay upper class. Still suffering from PISS, post-imperial stress syndrome, keeps picking at this scab through a cultic veneration of their own role in WWII. Attractive self-depreciating sense of humour, until one works out that' just another way for them to formulate their self-perceived awsomeness. Have another kind of humour as well, the cruder kind revolving around ugly old men in women's dresses and tacky sex jokes.

 

[Rossiya]

I do a lot of binge drinking at home as well.

And sadly there aren't that many ginger women in Britain, maybe more in Scotland however.

EDIT:And RRW stated the footy thing

EDIT2: Nope, it was holy king but he supports Liverpool so what does he know about football

Seeing that 1/3 of all Scoursers are of Irish descent, there must be a lot of gingers in Liverpool.

 

[ParadigmShifter]

Not enough gingers though

Cilla Black isn't really ginger I think.

Sonia is though, wahey!

 

[holy king]

Has anybody told him where the goal is?

great. 20 million pounds and six months of idiotic back and forth and you come up with this idea now?

 

[ParadigmShifter]

He scored lots of goals at Tottenham. I think he does know where the goal is but found it hard to reach from the bench

 

[Moggy]

The English?

Bad teeth, bad complexion, double glazing and central heating are mysteries of building design, and they carpet the bathroom floor. Have a weird public school traumatised closet-gay upper class. Still suffering from PISS, post-imperial stress syndrome, keeps picking at this scab through a cultic veneration of their own role in WWII. Attractive self-depreciating sense of humour, until one works out that' just another way for them to formulate their self-perceived awsomeness. Have another kind of humour as well, the cruder kind revolving around ugly old men in women's dresses and tacky sex jokes.

But apart from that we are fantastic!

I think like all countries we have good people and bad people. I was on holiday in Thailand a few years ago and noticed a group of Englishmen having an argument with a French bloke (who was on his own). We listened in and found the English were going on and on about how Britain defeated Napoleon and other such stuff. We went over and joined in on the French side and ended up having a fair few drinks with him.

And the difference between my group and the other English group? The nasty English were from Manchester….

 

[Rossiya]

great. 20 million pounds and six months of idiotic back and forth and you come up with this idea now?

When would you like me to come up with this idea?

 

[holy king]

six months ago.

 

[Rossiya]

But I wasn't online six months ago.

 

[dosed150]

The English?

Bad teeth, bad complexion, double glazing and central heating are mysteries of building design, and they carpet the bathroom floor. Have a weird public school traumatised closet-gay upper class. Still suffering from PISS, post-imperial stress syndrome, keeps picking at this scab through a cultic veneration of their own role in WWII. Attractive self-depreciating sense of humour, until one works out that' just another way for them to formulate their self-perceived awsomeness. Have another kind of humour as well, the cruder kind revolving around ugly old men in women's dresses and tacky sex jokes.

the teeth thing i always though was an american thing, i rarely see ppl with bad teeth here just the same as most sensible countries the whole hollywood unnaturally white, unnaturally even teeth are worse, whats weird about double glazing, ill give you central heating you try selling a house without it, electric heaters are much better anyway, my bathroom floor isnt carpetted but i have seen a few that are

 

[Verbose]

But apart from that we are fantastic!

Nah, it's worse!

Aside from the odd choices in housing design, the English, wether they will credit this or not, are much too much like the Swedes for comfort.

I've known Australians who have sworn Swedes and Englishmen are very much alike, and not in the good way.

 

[scherbchen]

hmmm... self-deprecating, view queuing as the hallmark of civilization, ever apologetic, extremely class-conscious, males are usually very "laddish" and nutters for football.

while the list sounds somewhat negative I find them to be quite endearing.

 

[Brighteye]

British women are sexless and style-less. English men are crude, drunk and ignorant. Welsh men are crude, spiteful and ignorant. Irishmen are crude, drunk and mad. Scottish men are warm, friendly and spiteful.

We share our qualities in these great isles.

 

[Shaihulud]

They are like Americans, but milder.

 

[RedRalph]

would most non-Brits or Irish view us, the Scot, the Welsh and the English as being more-or-less alike?