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18 Apr 2011, 5:57 pm

There's loads of different cultures within the UK though, it's not like there is just one British Culture™. It varies from region to region, although a lot of the more archaic (and, I believe) charming customs have died out.



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19 Apr 2011, 3:22 pm

IdahoRose wrote:
I was addressing English people specifically rather than English people plus the Irish, the Welsh, etc. because I myself have an interest in certain aspects of English culture. It was initially born out of my love of Alice in Wonderland, because that's where the original books by Charles Dodgson AKA Lewis Carroll were written and Alice herself is an English heroine.



I think most people appreciate being appreciated, and the English are often the last puppy in the pound when it comes to being liked - it's far more usual to find appreciation of Irish, Scottish or Welsh history, even amongst English. It's odd to me because most of the English people I know are some mix of those anyway, as I am, so i've no problem in being 'both-and' not 'either-or'. The same way many N Americans usually have several national strands to their family tree I suppose.

IdahoRose - if you're interested in Alice, have you seen the stained glass windows in the parish church at Daresbury? His home parish & the windows depict some of the story characters. LINK



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19 Apr 2011, 3:27 pm

Nier wrote:
I think most people appreciate being appreciated, and the English are often the last puppy in the pound when it comes to being liked - it's far more usual to find appreciation of Irish, Scottish or Welsh history, even amongst English.


Irish and Scottish folk music are much more well-known in England than the home-grown English variety. In fact, English folk music is seen as a bit of an embarrassment by many people, perhaps because they don't know about it. A lot of English people feel that the other regions of the UK have advantages over England due to devolution and the amount of investment that the other countries of the UK get.