First thing that comes to mind when you think of Britain

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21 Oct 2017, 8:56 pm

bobbies



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22 Oct 2017, 11:46 am

Earl Grey tea, fish and chips,and the best comedies.


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23 Oct 2017, 12:07 am

the black cabs in London
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23 Oct 2017, 10:13 am

Raves



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25 Oct 2017, 8:27 am

And not to mention acid house rave parties in the late 1980's.



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25 Oct 2017, 10:08 am

Awesome people
27+ awesome accents
Greatest artists on Earth
Best humour shows (Monty Python, IT Crowd, Mighty Boosh, Fast Show...)
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25 Oct 2017, 11:21 am

the germans.


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25 Oct 2017, 11:31 am

...That " glitter-stomp-teenybop-glam " rock 'n'roll from the Seventies. Sweet, the Glitter Band, Slade, Kenny, ik, etc. Hey! :)


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25 Oct 2017, 4:01 pm

MagicKnight wrote:
27+ awesome accents


56 officially in the British Isles, but in reality quite a lot more than that

https://www.quora.com/How-many-accents-are-there-in-the-British-Isles-and-North-America

To give Yorkshire 1, West Country 2 and Wales 1 just seems odd. Even folk not from there can tell they are hearing various accents when visiting.



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25 Oct 2017, 4:07 pm

British accents are crazy 5 miles from me they speak a completely different accent.



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25 Oct 2017, 4:23 pm

Here is a short clip of an old stand up comic who used to be big here. He is from west Cornwall which is where my family come from.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=neJZ7PXrieY

Interested to know how non Brits get on with his accent



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25 Oct 2017, 4:27 pm

A place once rich in unique culture, history, and language. Now ruined, thanks to mass immigration.



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25 Oct 2017, 4:40 pm

*trying to comprehend how immigration changes past history*


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25 Oct 2017, 4:42 pm

strange theres no mention of brexit or the EU

but all i think of is that it's a boring place to live and houses a corrupt government, though OP didn't say you have to be outside the UK to think of something



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25 Oct 2017, 6:01 pm

Class warfare! :P
"Oi; oi, oi, you chinless wonder! Up the workers! "
" Pish tosh, you scruffy oiks! The lower classes are such asses! Now get your Morris Minor out of the way before my Bentley rolls over it! Homeward, James. "
" Tory scum! "
" Go back to your red-brick comprehensives...We"'ll be in Eton! "
Maggie Thatcher and the Waugh family versus Andy Capp and Johnny Lydon? :lol: :wink:


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25 Oct 2017, 7:12 pm

Houses made of bricks or rocks. No wooden houses.