Stereotypes about UKers

[Fifty]

I was wondering if any of ya'll with extensive UK experience could indulge me in some of the weird stereotypes about UKers from other cities/regions. You know like [i'm just making this up as an example] "people from leeds talk like they have a sock in their mouth"

For some reason I find it endlessly amusing to hear all the stereotypes about UK regions.

Oh and I'm especially interested in stereotypes about people from Liverpool, as I'm going to be seeing someone from there soon and I'd like very much to be able to annoy him.

So what are the sterotypes about Londoners? Liverpoolians? Leedsese? Scotsman? Edinburghians? Welsh? Northern Irelandish? Isle of Mannian? etc. etc. etc.



Love,

Fifty Q Fiftyson

 

[TheBladeRoden]

"Chip! Chip! Cheerio! And all that other sort of thing!"

"Bloody 'ell! Ey've got armoured lorries! Ready your PIAT, mate! We shan't be back in time for tea, now!"

"'Ave at ya, bloody wankas!
...Don't tell me mum I say such things."

"Remember! Don't mention the war!"

 

[ParadigmShifter]

I'm from Liverpool. You can annoy him by checking that he hasn't stolen your car (or any other worldly goods) every 5 minutes.

Say "Calm Down! Calm Down!" in a scouse accent frequently. Get a perm and grow a tash.

EDIT: Like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7VspOs3Qt0

Find out if he supports Liverpool or Everton, and turn your house into a shrine to the other team before he arrives. If he supports Liverpool though, I would ban him from your house entirely

 

[Ecofarm]

In the US and Sweden, people from/in the north are considered smart, and people from/in the south are considered dumb. Is this stereotype in England as well? I think I remember hearing so.

 

[Rambuchan]

Ecofarm: It's usually the other way around in the UK. And this view is supported by wealth generation figures and cost of living.

I'll ignore the stereotypes request for now. But here are some names we give to people from different cities around the UK, so you've at least got the right terminology:

Liverpool - Scousers or Liverpuddlians.
Newcastle - Geordies.
Birmingham - Brummies.
Manchester - Mancunians.
Glasgow - Glaswegians.
Londoners - Southern Pooftahs.

 

[Disenfrancised]

Londoners - Southern Pooftahs.

Obligitory everything between Watford and the Tweed - Northern Monkey.

And aren't you thinking of the home counties? Besides London is overrun with the "muslim hordes" apparently, so you'll have to think of a new nickname.

Isle of Mannish

The Manx are all crazed, inbred* fishermen. Lovely people though.

*Anyone else think it amusingly apt that the Isle of man's flag has three legs ?

 

[Zardnaar]

The stereo type here is that pple form the UK are a pack of whiners and are soft and useless. One of my German friends nominate the Germans for the biggest pack of whiners out there.

I think I might have to agree with him.

 

[Swedishguy]

Whenever I think of UK, I get reminded of that shopkeeper in that gum commercial.

In Sweden, UKers are often viewed as sheepherders we sometimes visit with Stena Line.

 

[Brighteye]

Londoners are indeed feminine. This is because they drink water with extra oestrogens added. It helps their bodies reflect their minds.

 

[ComradeDavo]

Here in the West Cooountryyyy we are a bunch of farmers who drive combine harvesters and drink cider. All right my luuuuverrr?????

 

[AL_DA_GREAT]

I think of working class people and brick buildings.

 

[Kan' Sharuminar]

Here in the West Cooountryyyy we are a bunch of farmers who drive combine harvesters and drink cider. All right my luuuuverrr?????

You do sing that "I got a brand new combine harvester" song as well, don't you? Please say you do!

As for Scots, I think we have a reputation for being rather tight with money. Which is unfair, as I've donated a whole ten pounds to charity this year. Of course that was at a charity shop, where I got a nice shirt in return, and I haggled the price down a bit...

 

[Rambuchan]

Kan: Fox hunting has now been outlawed in England. But, as I understand it, many Scots happily mount their trusty steads, grab the bugle, incite the bloodhound pack and go off hunting haggis in the highlands without any infringement of any laws. Am I right?

 

[GenMarshall]

They drink a lot of black tea (紅&#33590 and always add in milk/cream to it .

 

[bathsheba666]

What do you call a scouser wearing a suit....

...the defendant.

There are many of these.

 

[GinandTonic]

Why do Essex Girls wear knickers?

To keep their ankles warm.

There are many of these.

 

[Kan' Sharuminar]

Kan: Fox hunting has now been outlawed in England. But, as I understand it, many Scots happily mount their trusty steads, grab the bugle, incite the bloodhound pack and go off hunting haggis in the highlands without any infringement of any laws. Am I right?

Close. We sound bagpipes, not bugles, of course. Steads are pretty rare - we prefer hunting on foot and without dogs or such assistance. It's actually quite fun - I remember my first haggis-hunt, at the tender age of seven. He had some stamina, that beast, but I held on!

And yes, there's no laws against it - personally I believe it's because the Scottish PM's spend most of their week off on a hunt themselves. May explain a lot...

 

[Disenfrancised]

Close. We sound bagpipes, not bugles, of course. Steads are pretty rare - we prefer hunting on foot and without dogs or such assistance. It's actually quite fun - I remember my first haggis-hunt, at the tender age of seven. He had some stamina, that beast, but I held on!

And yes, there's no laws against it - personally I believe it's because the Scottish PM's spend most of their week off on a hunt themselves. May explain a lot...

Also the great dangers feral Haggis present to any right-thinking society! Without the brave men of the moors and glens keeping down the numbers, the entirity of Britain would be overrun by this scurrying pest!

 

[Till]

Close. We sound bagpipes, not bugles, of course. Steads are pretty rare - we prefer hunting on foot and without dogs or such assistance. It's actually quite fun - I remember my first haggis-hunt, at the tender age of seven. He had some stamina, that beast, but I held on!

And yes, there's no laws against it - personally I believe it's because the Scottish PM's spend most of their week off on a hunt themselves. May explain a lot...

I hear haggi are killed by force feeding them Deep-fried Mars Bars. Is that true? If not, what is the purpose of those bars?

 

[Rambuchan]

I hear haggi are killed by force feeding them Deep-fried Mars Bars. Is that true? If not, what is the purpose of those bars?

Not true (see the posts above). The purpose of these bars, which are veritable two-bite heart attacks, is to keep the numbers of Scotsmen down of course!