15 Weird BRITISH Culture Facts | UK Life, Habits & Stereotypes

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This month here in Northern Cyprus British residents are having a tea and sandwiches afternoon.

Carpet issue in bathroom I agree but personally I'd feel happier with not mixing electricity with my sink or bath water

well said!

I wonder what could happen if one introduces water to a 240 v 13amp electrical charge. Weird.

i'm also yankee (male) but i lived in manchester with an english gf fer 2 1/2 years (could never afford london even then). in my experience american females seem to fit in over there alot more easily than american males. as i remember it the vast majority of american expats living in england (not sure about the rest of the u.k.) are women.

i think it mostly comes down to machismo. i first of all lived in a not terrible but not great area that was 3 doors down from a local pub and i often (not always but enough to be noticeable) found that in interactions with english males yer accent alone can often be perceived as some sort of challenge (i don't drink, btw, so we're not talking about machismo in pubs). to that end i often found the english talked over me and interrupted me when i was trying to have conversations with them and at least 4 spearate times somebody wanted to fight me simply because of my nationality.

i don't think american females face these same challenges hence why they seem to fit in better. and btw, as far as bad tourists i think the british in spain make americans in mexico look like sweethearts.

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Go Yorkshire Tea! ☕

I've never seen carpet in the bathroom.
Since anywhere I've seen has laminate/lino or tile and a bathmat plus we don't put carpet in the bathroom apparently.

Typical dumb American cannot handle minor differences found in another country. Very sad , most people in the world can easily cope with things like this. Best for her to stick to her own cosy environment and not venture out where things are strange 😆

Marks and Spencer’s pawn sandwiches!

As a British person I feel like I need to give my side of this stuff:
"You alright?": Yeah, it's pretty much the British version of what's up, mainly just said by chavs

"Bathrooms": British people don't understand plumbing, there is no in between for boiling your hands off or freezing to death, including in the shower. Fun fact, we also have hard and soft water, if you have sensitive skin, stay out of the north cause that hard water will mess you up, yours truly, someone with sensitive skin renting a place with hard water. Tho we don't always have carpet in bathrooms, I've lived in 3 houses and not 1 has had carpeted bathrooms

"Queueing": We queue for everything, but some people don't understand them and will just queue wherever they like and it's annoying

"Tutting": British people don't get confrontational, we just put up with it and moan about it later. Tutting is pretty much "You're being an arse, stop being an arse please, I'm going to moan about this later"

"Tea": I don't like tea but it is pretty much the peak of Britain, Yorkshire tea is the best brand and it's pronounced "york-sure"

"Sandwiches": We love our cafes and cafes love their tiny sandwich platters. If you can think of it, we've probably made it into a sandwich. Steak, turkey, corned beef, eggs and bacon, fish fingers, etc

"Social class": I feel like this point could be called accents. You can pretty much pin point exactly where someone is from by their voice, I moved for uni and a lot of people pointed out how I was clearly from somewhere further south cause of my accent. I have Londoner friends, Newcastle friends, Yorkshire friends, Glasgow friends, Edinburgh friends and they all have very distinct accents

"Meals": So we have breakfast then dinner or lunch, both work tho people may get confused if you say dinner cause dinner and tea also work. If you call lunch "dinner" then you call dinner "tea" and only posh people call tea "supper" or you just tack on another meal at the end of the day and call it supper

"Pet names": Love, darling, honey, dear, sweetheart. Love it.

"Politeness": Pretty much everything you said, hit the nail on the head

"Humour": Politeness doesn't work in humour, your British friends will make fun of you and call you various thing. Also, British people love dark humour.

"Fashion": If it's a night out, people do not care. You're going to look your best even if you freeze to death. Also, around 16 to 20 degrees C is excellent weather for us.

"Holidays": This is what chavs mainly do

"British TV": I used to hate British TV but these days I love it. Some of the best ones are The Apprentice, 4 in A Bed, Come Dine With Me and if you want a peek into British "high school" life then look at the Educating series

"Xs in messages": Any adult will end messages with xx. Basically, it's just kisses. I've mentioned it to people who do it and sometimes they just say "I do it subconciously"

I’m sure someone els has said this but supper is a late dinner 👀

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Toilet carpets are there to build your immune system

So many fabulous facts ... sorry!

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There are no plug sockets in bathrooms so we don't electrocute ourselves 😁 in my bathroom there is a socket just around the corner from the door on the landing so that's where I charge my toothbrush, plug in my speaker if I'm charging it and want to listen to music whilst I'm in the shower etc

The carpets in bathrooms thing isn't ideal but I think it's becoming less and less common. I don't think I know any houses with carpet in their bathroom... My old house did (90s/2000s) but it was a house built in the Victorian era. But it's probably moreso old houses, a remnant from when we didn't have central heating and British winters are really cold so you want to do everything you can to make rooms in your house warmer. When we had our carpet in the bathroom we just put a bath mat beside the bath so only the bath mat ever got wet when someone got out of the bath. So it wasn't really a problem :)

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The reasons there are no plug sockets in the bathroom is because we have health and safety here, lol! I personally prefer tiles in my bathroom but carpets in bathrooms must have bath mats and pedestal mats around toilet and sink to protect the carpet. I live about five to six miles from the town of Sandwich and to get to Sandwich I go past Ham and Worth, LOL!!!! 😁👍👍👍👊✌️. PS, Have you heard the ryhme to banter northerners it go's, Northern born and bred, strong in arm but thick in head, lol! It's a term of endearment but caution is always helpful in some cases, lol! I'm really enjoying your channel, 😁👍👍👍👊✌️.

It's a safety hazard to have outlets in bathrooms though?

Why do you call it a bathroom? There is no bath in there

We did have that iconic BBC Saturday night show, known as Pets Win Prizes.

The dumbest thing is 2 taps. I can't get my head around it. Why? And people trying justifying it are even more insane

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Only Some people and only if you want to look good in the right occasion

You literally picked out the worst shows for this Bro

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People like it if its not your taste you don't HAVE to share to the world its bad

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Only Some people But I recomend not teaching people that.
Its the same concept as he bullies you because he likes you

For Sorry
Thats Nowhere near!!!!
We say sorry for....
talking to fast for talking to slow for being to loud for being to quiet for saying sorry too much .Ect.Ect.

Omg Let me clear this
WE DO NOT TUT WHERE ARE YOU ???????
wherever you are Its not England
No hate I just....
Just because Some people do it doesn't mean we all do
Like on TikTok English people may be weird but don't judge us with Mary Poppins which was a long time ago or tea and Biscuits Because thats from India
Just Don't OK We aren't that different!

For Bathrooms We Do have All this Stuff your probably just looking i n the wrong Place Xx

No plug sockets in bathrooms is because it's a safety hazard.

Thankyou I love to go UK because of Rowan Atkinson so is there a Mr Bean Statue thankyou for answer me comments ?

Love this ❤ i'm English but I recently moved back to the uk from Vietnam after 8 years abroad and observing British culture after being away is fascinating. People watching is my favorite thing to do!

Live in the UK most of my life. Never seen a carpet in a bathroom.

You like the certainTEA

My friend group is known for being from everywhere but all but one of us is born in England and we still all act like Brits

Sorry is derived from sorrow and means sad, saying “I’m sorry about the weather” is like saying “it’s a shame the weather’s so bad”

Just to add further: 1.) houses usually have no air conditioning (it’s freaking hot during summer you could be sweating in your bed at night); 2.) in every bathroom/water closet/toilet & bath (whatever it’s called), the drain is only in the shower room/area. If for some reasons you flooded the toilet floor, you gonna end scooping the water or you could have a flooded apartment/house. 3.) never found a bidet to wash your butthole after you pooped. They love using toilet papers (which for me is less hygienic). 4.) lots of people with tattoos and piercings. 5.) they drink a lot (beers and other liquors). You can always find a group of folks having a drinking session every now and then in every corner.

Your accent sounded more British near the end of the video

Water supply and sanitation was invented by Romans who also conquer what you call england this days. As a matter of fact in britain huge majority of houses didn’t have a toilets inside of the houses till the beginning of 60s last century. I meet some english geniuses that told me that brits invented the wheel

Not being funny...you must live in a weird house...my bathroom is exactly the opposite to as you described 🤣

We do escalator queuing in San Francisco usually you will see it during rush hour. You know when someone is a tourist, or they don’t ride bart (metro service) on a regular basis.

Bathroom sockets - common sense really, if you want to die, install a high powered electricity system in a water/steam filled room where conduction can kill you. Out power is 240watt whereas yours (US) is only 110w but even that is dangerous

I use x's to indicate i am bored now, stop messaging me, ie brits are indirect.

Some nice older ladies will call you “flower” or “petal “ which is adorable too.

Carpets in bathrooms is rare. I’m British and I’ve never seen a bathroom with a carpet

No plugs in bathrooms due to science. Water and electric do not mix lol