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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Yep. I love a queue, a good strong tea and I have been known to talk about the weather  "
Ah, see..
I consider myself a typical brit because I wouldn't complain if cat food was served to me in the ritz.
I would just be like... hmm well yeah that's what they get 
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Yup. I say sorry an unnecessary amount , have picky bits for tea at the first glimpse of sunshine and I always say “right” to announce I’m leaving. "
 Same here. I feel ignorant if I don't do it.
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By *batMan
over a year ago
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What is a typical Brit?
Do you mean English? There’s way more of the English than the other 3 home nations combined.
Where I used to live, a typical local Brit could pronounce Welsh place names, took part in Eisteddfodau as a child, loves Dragons.
A good friend of mine wears a kilt for special occasions, eats square sausage and thinks of Carlisle as being quite southern.
Are we typical Brits or not?
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"What is a typical Brit?
Do you mean English? There’s way more of the English than the other 3 home nations combined.
Where I used to live, a typical local Brit could pronounce Welsh place names, took part in Eisteddfodau as a child, loves Dragons.
A good friend of mine wears a kilt for special occasions, eats square sausage and thinks of Carlisle as being quite southern.
Are we typical Brits or not?
Gbat "
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I'm probably not typically British. I'm not full of hatred about anyone with a vaguely different type of life or ethnic origin to myself. I value intelligence, tolerance, fairness. I try to learn from history and use that knowledge to anticipate the future. I don't celebrate ignorance. I do know that there are many things that I don't know.
I feel that if many British were more typical of me, then Britain might be better... |
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By *JB1954Man
over a year ago
Reading |
Brit ? . I am British . Father English, Mother Welsh. Yet I have had done a genetic test. Due to a medical condition I have Dupytens contracture . Which showed I am from Viking descent ? . Yes blue eyed and blond from birth. So more Scandinavian if looking at physical features. If asked I say first English , but then add Father English , Mother Welsh. |
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"I'm English, and happy with that. I don't feel remotely British, which is an artificial, Empire-era, politically convenient landgrab."
How we define ourselves is really interesting, isn't it? I'm much more comfortable saying British than English, though I'm obviously both. But that's probably because there was an unsavoury association around parts of 'Englishness' when I was growing up, and it felt less welcoming to English people who looked like me, and I never quite shook it off.
British doesn't feel artificial to me, just geographical: most of us are from the island of Great Britain or British Isles (bar our Northern Irish brethren).
And I reckon I'm a pretty typical Brit: I apologise a lot, I queue patiently, I'm pretty understated and love a roast. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I love the unplanned unity of a queue...but think I'm angriest when someone thinks they don't have to queue.
A cup of tea and a chat will solve any problem, and ten pints of ale will cause them.
I cannot get in a taxi without asking "been busy tonight?" |
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By *rHotNottsMan
over a year ago
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"I'm English, and happy with that. I don't feel remotely British, which is an artificial, Empire-era, politically convenient landgrab."
I’m the opposite , quite OK with my British passport, history and the freedom and privileges provides me. But I don’t have any of the traits like Sunday dinners, queues, discussions about weather and I have a problem with things like manners and constant use of the word sorry. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Oh yes.. Love tea and scones.. And crumpets.. And toast.. In fact i embrace all beige foods
I'm terribly polite and would apologise if i got knocked over whilst crossing the road on a green man
I'm an eager que-er qnd love talking about the weather to my overseas colleagues |
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"I don't drink coffee, I take tea, my dear
I like my toast done on one side
And you can hear it in my accent when I talk
I'm an Englishman in New York"
That's all you need to know about being English 
FYI, I'm English, and although I don't live in New York, I do live in nearby Boston. |
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Typical Brit,?
Would that be someone who
Leaves work in their German car, Stops off for a pint in an Irish pub,
Gets an Indian for dinner on the way home, then sits on a Swedish sofa to watch American shows on a Japanese TV.?
What is a Typical Brit?. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Typical Brit,?
Would that be someone who
Leaves work in their German car, Stops off for a pint in an Irish pub,
Gets an Indian for dinner on the way home, then sits on a Swedish sofa to watch American shows on a Japanese TV.?
What is a Typical Brit?. "
.... exactly and in 2022/23.. things have changed a lot since 1950s... |
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"Typical Brit,?
Would that be someone who
Leaves work in their German car, Stops off for a pint in an Irish pub,
Gets an Indian for dinner on the way home, then sits on a Swedish sofa to watch American shows on a Japanese TV.?
What is a Typical Brit?. "
Yes, we're best when embracing and outward looking . But I won't turn this into a Brexit rant!
(Though I'd avoid a themed pub of any kind at all costs!) |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Typical Brit,?
Would that be someone who
Leaves work in their German car, Stops off for a pint in an Irish pub,
Gets an Indian for dinner on the way home, then sits on a Swedish sofa to watch American shows on a Japanese TV.?
What is a Typical Brit?.
Yes, we're best when embracing and outward looking . But I won't turn this into a Brexit rant!
(Though I'd avoid a themed pub of any kind at all costs!)"
lol.well if its a poucher of other peoples culture then yes!!! I am a typical brit  |
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"Typical Brit,?
Would that be someone who
Leaves work in their German car, Stops off for a pint in an Irish pub,
Gets an Indian for dinner on the way home, then sits on a Swedish sofa to watch American shows on a Japanese TV.?
What is a Typical Brit?. "
Glad to see that this hit home. Don't forget the Italian suit , Egyptian Cotton sheets and Belgian beer. |
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"Typical Brit,?
Would that be someone who
Leaves work in their German car, Stops off for a pint in an Irish pub,
Gets an Indian for dinner on the way home, then sits on a Swedish sofa to watch American shows on a Japanese TV.?
What is a Typical Brit?.
Glad to see that this hit home. Don't forget the Italian suit , Egyptian Cotton sheets and Belgian beer. "
the Belgians actually gave ye Stella, lol its that bad they dont want it any more |
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"I'm English, and happy with that. I don't feel remotely British, which is an artificial, Empire-era, politically convenient landgrab."
Britain is not an Empire-era thing.
Apart from that, the rest of what you said equally applies to England. |
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By *tooveMan
over a year ago
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"Typical Brit,?
Would that be someone who
Leaves work in their German car, Stops off for a pint in an Irish pub,
Gets an Indian for dinner on the way home, then sits on a Swedish sofa to watch American shows on a Japanese TV.?
What is a Typical Brit?. "
That wasn't even remotely funny about 15 years ago. |
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