What’s an everyday UK thing that would confuse someone from abroad?
Posted by Rich_Specific6903@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 372 comments
Telling someone: you alright? while secretly praying they don’t actually start unloading their trauma, because now you’re stuck in a Tesco car park for 45 minutes.
TrainPristine@reddit
Front and back doors that require a key to lock from the INSIDE. How is this not a fucking fire hazard? When I first started dating my husband we had a sleep over and he left for work in the morning and locked his door thinking nothing of it. Of course I was locked inside. I had to call my office and say I can't come in to work because I'm locked INSIDE my boyfriend's house. The sheer stupidity of it ...
nuledgm@reddit
Saying ‘Alright’ to someone just means hello
AethelweardSaxon@reddit
Always see Americans get confused by this, but then will greet people with "how's it going?" Which is essentially the same thing.
TrainPristine@reddit
American here and been with my British husband going on 13 years now. Every time he meets my friends he says "you alright?" and every time they look at me like "the fuck?". Neither have seemed to learn and it's now just a thing that happens before all new conversations.
Oldmacd@reddit
In Lincolnshire substitute for 'Now then.'
toroferney@reddit
Ditto Lancashire, the reply to which is to say “now then” back. I would say you only say it to people you are pleased to see.
davidob1@reddit
Belfast it is “What about you?” shortened to ”Bout ya!”
nildro@reddit
I still answer how I am in full I’m not sure if it’s adhd or it means I actually have autism. I think I might have caught American from the internet.
MapOfIllHealth@reddit
I moved to Australia where instead of “aright?” It’s “how’s it going?”. Now when someone says alright, it’s more of a statement.
But “how’s it going?” feels like an actual question and even though I KNOW they don’t want an actual answer, I still feel compelled to give one.
Standard-Outcome9881@reddit
“How’s it going?” in the US rarely results in an answer beyond, “good, thanks!” Sometimes, “Fine, you?” is said in turn which also does not require an answer!
Standard-Outcome9881@reddit
American here. When you ask someone “how ya doing?” or “how’s it going!” no one expects an answer beyond “good, you?” or the like, if he or she answers at all. It’s sort of the thing you say when you randomly greet someone on the street or recognize someone in a store or a neighbor over the fence or who is out getting the mail. Very unusual for it spawn a full conversation.
Soaked_in_Bleach@reddit
I was just thinking the exact same thing before seeing your comment. Though usually we both say alright in unison then I awkwardly say “oh yeah, I’m great, how are you?!”
Confused-Platypus-11@reddit
Great? We got a live one here folks. "Not bad" at best please and thank you, alright could be acceptable, but bloody great? Get yourself back down in this here bucket Mr fancy crab.
Objective_Crazy7076@reddit
Sorry!
fromwisterialane@reddit
That confused me when I was in university. It was the first month, and my classmate was walking by and said “you’re alright?!” I responded “oh! hi! i am ok, how are you? how’s things?” As i said hi! They started walking away before I could finish my sentence and I felt absolutely awkward and sad because I thought they were ignoring me.
Then..my other classmate told me I didnt need to response like I did lol
GoatBotherer@reddit
It would have been "You alright" not "You're alright"
Brickie78@reddit
It's just the modern version of "How do you do?" (To which the correct response is/was "How do you do?")
NoisyGog@reddit
Same for “how’s things?”
luckyslife@reddit
Can confirm that when I lived here 15 years ago, I was so confused as to if I looked ill all the time because people were always asking if I was alright!
TurnoverStreet128@reddit
Not an everyday thing technically, but pantomimes
DrunkenPangolin@reddit
Oh yes they are!
Positive-Kick7952@reddit
Oh no they're not.
Competitive-Fact-820@reddit
To be fair I'm not entirely sure I understand pantomimes and I have seen and performed in them.
flohara@reddit
Vinegar on chips, and salt and vinegar being a common crisps flavour.
Most places use it for pickles and cleaning, it's usually in the bathroom cabinet not in the kitchen.
Positive-Kick7952@reddit
What about Italian balsamic Vinegar, or Rice vinegar in Asia. Just saying.
toroferney@reddit
We asked for vinegar in China and it came out on a saucer , held reverently in the waiters hands.
GooseyDuckDuck@reddit
I was in Chicago a couple of years ago, and my wife asked for vinegar with some chips we were eating - the server looked a bit confused but returned with Tabasco sauce, absolute game changer.
larrydavidleon88@reddit
Salt and vinegar is the preferred flavour of a lot of Canadians. May have originated in the UK, but would certainly not confuse a Canadian (same with fish and chips with vinegar)
WoollyMamatth@reddit
Salt & vinegar crisps added into a sandwich - heaven!!
thorpie88@reddit
Yeah typical in an Aussie chippy too although we may replace the salt with chicken salt
dreamsonashelf@reddit
You don't use the same type of vinegar on chips, salad or cleaning, though.
flohara@reddit
It'd be the clear stuff, the darker malt vinegar is pretty rare in the non-britsh influenced part of the world.
dreamsonashelf@reddit
That's what I meant, you usually use dark malt vinegar on chips. The other user is right, I'd usually buy clear malt vinegar for cleaning as it was the most common in shops, until I found a brand that made vinegar specifically for cleaning, descaling, etc (I don't remember the brand now as I'm no longer in the UK, but green label, spray bottle).
I believe clear vinegar in other countries isn't usually made out of malt.
Also, for other uses in food (salad dressings, marinades, etc), my go-to is usually cider vinegar, and seeing how ubiquitous it is in the UK, I'm presuming it's not a foreigner-specific thing.
HeavenDraven@reddit
You can! It's just plain white malt vinegar. I have a massive bottle in a store cupboard I use to fill both the smaller bottles in the kitchen cupboard and the one under the sink
IOnlyUpvoteBadPuns@reddit
Prawn cocktail is the crisp that most countries can't get their heads around
WestyTea@reddit
It's just ketchup + Worcestershire sauce flavour isn't it?
unclear_warfare@reddit
Yeah and it's vegan lol
WestyTea@reddit
So are Frazzles
shiny_director@reddit
I remember having salt and vinegar on chips (fries) on the Maryland seashore as a kid. I believe the place was called Thresher’s. It was kind of famous for it, so perhaps it was an oddity.
centzon400@reddit
I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to see your Brit credentials because it is actually illegal to talk of vinegar (more likely "non-brewed condiment") on t'Internet without referencing Tom Scott: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=642x2Y3Zla0
GrandmaSlappy@reddit
Salt and vinegar is extremely common in the USA, I can expect to see it at every gas station.
AnOdeToSeals@reddit
Yeah I was surprised the first time the guy offered to put vinegar on my fish and chips. Most of the stuff on this post you can find elsewhere, but I haven't heard of this before.
mmoolloo@reddit
As a foreigner, and inspired by a comment above:
Measuring your weight in stones.
WTF is that, and why on earth would you use it as an oddly specific unit of measurement?
SchoolForSedition@reddit
A stone is 14 lb. About 7 kilos (very roughly).
It’s a good unit for measuring people in that 8 stone is light, 14 is somewhat heavy, a simple scale.
We have zero conception of the American 200 lb etc.
JimmyMarch1973@reddit
It’s only simple of you understand it. But most people around the world do understand what a KG is (well outside of the US anyway).
toroferney@reddit
Yes it’s 2.2 pounds!
SchoolForSedition@reddit
I abandoned it all decades ago. One can manage without.
Michaelh12345@reddit
This is the American reason for sticking to Fahrenheit… ie 30 is cold and 70 is hot. They can’t get their head around centigrade which makes sense to most of the world with 0 being freezing and 30 being hot. But yeah I agree we should all measure weight in kilos.
StevieGe123@reddit
I'm of an age that straddled moving from Fahrenheit to Celsius. Celsius makes absolute sense to me in the winter when 0 is clearly cold and so are 5 or 6 degrees C. But in the summer I revert to Fahrenheit. I can't get my head around 25 or 30 being hot, while 70 to 80 F sound like what a warm to hot summer day should be. The phrase "70 in the shade" is my conception of a perfect summer's day.
Dangerous_Lunch1678@reddit
It also depends on what you are measuring, for example we still use imperial measurements for a lot of things:
Weight of a person - stones and pounds, for example 9 stone, 8 pounds, or 9st 8
Height of a person - feet and inches. For example 5 feet 6 inches, or 5ft 6
Distance on the road is measured in miles (one mile is approx. 1.6km) - For example London to Birmingham is approx. 118 miles. All the road signs are in miles.
Food and drink measurements Are in metric on packaging but we still talk about them in the old imperial measurements. For example you'd walk into a pub and ask for a pint of beer not 568ml glass of beer, or a shop for a pint of milk. But food is sold in metric measurements. For example 2lt bottle of Pepsi or 500g bag of pasta.
Scary_@reddit
I think for most people under 60 the only imperial food/drink measurement we use is the pint for beer or milk. The only place you'd ever hear quantities talked about in lbs is in a market and that comes under the over 60 category
Standard-Outcome9881@reddit
The average American male weighs just a touch under 200 pounds. Male Great Danes can get up there. A refrigerator weighs around 200 pounds.
WillingApplication10@reddit
I don't get this one either and I've lived here all my days. We weren't really taught lbs in school as far as I remember, I did a lot of science classes and it was all kg and g. I weigh myself in kg, baby is weighed in kg, food is weighed in kg, dog is weighed in kg. I know some people who use lbs, especially when talking about weight gain or loss, which I can guesstimate a conversion pretty accurately without much thought, but when my mum asks for something in stone it really throws me off.
Dietcokeisgod@reddit
I'm the opposite. I was taught metric in school, but I use imperial to weigh myself and when pregnant all of the midwives used imperial to talk to me but metric on the official forms. I bake a lot so I use metric, but when my friend and I talk about weight loss she uses metric and I use imperial, so both of us get confused!
WillingApplication10@reddit
Interesting, my midwife and health visitor always used kgs, but maybe they were taking my lead 😂People ask me the babies weight in lbs and it's smaller weight so much harder to try and estimate. Like I said I do know people who use lbs with regards to weight loss but it's the stone that throws me. Imagine we called 14kg a slab or something.
Dietcokeisgod@reddit
😆 I think I will now. My son weighs about 14kg (had to convert that!). I can start calling him my slab.
MiddleAgeCool@reddit
People feel better when weighing themselfs if the number is smaller. 13 stone sounds lighter than 85KG or 187lbs.
MaizeGlittering6163@reddit
Another ancient measure you sometimes see is the hundredweight. Usually on old signs for weak bridges and that kind of thing. 1 cwt = 112lb = 50.8 kg.
superioso@reddit
It's an old unit that just stayed around due to habit. It's the same thing as the Americans using something weird like pounds.
BorisWombat@reddit
Using the phrase "does the Pope shit in the woods?" to mean yes.
FidelityBob@reddit
I prefer "Is a bear a catholic?"
zonaa20991@reddit
I believe the Germans have a similar phrase.
‘Aber ja natürlich ist Hans nass, er steht unter dem Wasserfall‘
Literally translates to ‘Of course Hans is wet, he’s standing under a waterfall’ and is used in the same way as our pope/bear phrase
NaomiOnions@reddit
Saying "I believe..." because it shows more humility than saying "I know" 😉
racsssss@reddit
Also the only German known by James May
PaulotheLimey@reddit
Washing up bowls
lavayuki@reddit
The amount of tea some people drink. I remember I met an elderly lady who told me she drinks an average of 12 cups a day. Tea was her substitute for water. No wonder there are 400 tea bag packs in the supermarket.
I don’t think other countries drink that much in that you don’t see these mega size tea packs.
I only drink one cup a day, but most of my colleagues seem to drink multiple cups a day. I’m probably the only who has just one cup.
Monkeyspankers@reddit
My mother made the change from blue milk to skim milk and lost 1st. That's how much tea she drank.
LevDavidovicLandau@reddit
You lost first? Sorry, what?
Juniper_Thebann@reddit
Their mum lost one stone (14 pounds) in weight.
LevDavidovicLandau@reddit
Ty, thanks to the other comment I now understand. Strange that I was downvoted for an honest question though (I’ve moved here to the UK and back home we use metric).
Juniper_Thebann@reddit
Unfortunately, because you're in a UK subreddit, the default is to assume you're being a sarcastic shit, and downvote. But that's because we're all sarcastic shits here, so we assume the worst of everyone!
We're also literally the only country that uses stone as a weight measurement, which doesn't help people like yourself. Even Americans mock us for using stone, and they'll use anything except the metric system.
crowort@reddit
I thought it was a good joke reply but turned out to be real. Like saying something everyday UK thing that someone outside wouldn’t understand, like stones as a weight.
LevDavidovicLandau@reddit
Haha yes I can assure you that I was not making a joke reply! But you’re right, it ended up accidentally proving the point :)
Imaginary_Fish086378@reddit
It also confuses me, as I’m 18 and grew up fully metric at school. Not even converting imperial to metric happened. My mum uses stone and I have to get her to switch it to kilograms.
I use feet for height though and miles for distance, but weight has only really been used for medical stuff and baking it is fully metric in my head.
nearlynotobese@reddit
I'm only mid twenties and that makes me feel old. I learned weight in stone and pounds for people and KG for most other things. But also cooked a lot from older cookbooks using oz, lbs etc. Crazy it's changed that much that fast.
Imaginary_Fish086378@reddit
I did cook in lbs and oz but also grams and grams is my default, I have no rough idea what an oz is.
It may just be a combination of my parents never really weighing me so I never got told “you’re x stone” and there were quite a few curriculum reforms during my school years so I may have been the first group of kids to think in metric for weight.
LevDavidovicLandau@reddit
Haha, that’s understandable. I’ve been here for a few years and through that + British TV shows on Aussie TV I am of course more than familiar with you sarcastic shits ♥️ Just wasn’t familiar with the stone.
Movingtoblighty@reddit
I am from Canada, and I only know about stones as a measure for body weight because I saw that that reported players’ weights during international rugby union matches on TV.
DameKumquat@reddit
One stone. 14lb, about 5kg.
LevDavidovicLandau@reddit
Thanks. I’m an Australian expat in the UK; we use kg for body weight, except for old people who use lbs. I’ve never heard of stones (is that the plural?) till now. Is it imperial? If so, how many pounds to a stone?
DameKumquat@reddit
14 pounds in a stone (and 16 ounces in a pound, obviously...)
Even now I think most Brits think in stone when dieting etc, but kg for medical purposes (unlike Americans who use pounds for weight and confuse Brits when they say they're 200lb or whatever)
sparklychestnut@reddit
Just reading that made me realise how crazy our weight system is.
Also, I've always wondered how on earth Americans seem to be able to estimate someone else's weight in pounds. They seem to use lb to describe people, eg. Dark hair, 6 foot, 190lb.
LevDavidovicLandau@reddit
I honestly did not know how many ounces there are in a pound, thank you! (I’m used to grams, and my only intuition with imperial mass units is how much a pound is in grams/kg).
itsableeder@reddit
16 ounces to a pound, 14 ounces to a stone. There are roughly 2.2 pounds (notated as lbs) to a kilo.
SchoolForSedition@reddit
14 pounds to the stone.
itsableeder@reddit
Thank you, not sure how I screwed that up
SchoolForSedition@reddit
Oh no worries. I was just thinking of the people who were already wondering whether any of it was true.
It wasn’t until after I left the U.K. that I actually noticed that small measurements we Mrs are metric but big ones are imperial. Possibly because I’m the 1970s out lessons and textbooks for physics were in imperial and then the exam was metric. I haven’t done either since. I cook and bake by guesswork.
fezzuk@reddit
We do both it's weird & a doctor will understand both
SchoolForSedition@reddit
I think stone is stone in the plural.
lIllIIlllIIIlllIII@reddit
A doctor should understand either stones and pounds, pounds or kg.
14lbs in a stone, fractional values are stones and lbs i.e. 12 stone, 3lbs. 1kg = 2.2lbs.
Dutch_Slim@reddit
It’s only the blue milk that’s keeping me going!
faroffland@reddit
Hahahah my mum also drinks tea with skimmed milk cos of the calorie reduction 😂 skimmed milk defo feels like it belongs to women of a certain age. In contrast my grandma drank full fat from the milk man cos she dgaf.
IOnlyUpvoteBadPuns@reddit
Poor Ernie!
Tatler-Jack@reddit
He was the fastest in the West.
IOnlyUpvoteBadPuns@reddit
I mean, I'd argue that Trigger was actually the fastest in the West. All Ernie did was claim credit for it.
Tatler-Jack@reddit
Ernie is such a jerk. He’s out there flexing in the local rag, but Trigger’s the one hauling ass while Ernie just milks the fame!
IOnlyUpvoteBadPuns@reddit
Sue was a bit of a slag too! The only honest one was Ted, and he committed pie related murder!
Tatler-Jack@reddit
I believe Two-Ton Ted bought that new van just to impress his baked-goods upon that dirty little slut. But it backfired. Sue preferred the taste of Ernie's cream. When the fight broke out, Sue should never have intervened. Trigger would have sorted her out, no problem.
CalmNature9532@reddit
😃
Goatsandducks@reddit
I'm in my early 30s and have been drinking skimmed milk forever haha. It just tastes so much better to me. Maybe I'm secretly an old woman
flohara@reddit
Yes, younger folks go for oat milk or some other non-dairy alternative for the same reason.
faroffland@reddit
I’m 30-odd and my immediate response to this was, ‘Nah not oat milk, that’s higher in calories - you go for almond milk when you’re dieting.’ I’ve turned into my mother without realising, it really does happen to us all 😭
flohara@reddit
No, oat milk is 35-40something calories depending on brand while full fat milk has 65ish/100 ml. Depends on the brand too. Skimmed milk is 35?
Basically the same calories, but tastes less watery imho
faroffland@reddit
Alpro oat milk has 45 calories per 100ml, Oatlt no sugar has 44, semi-skimmed has 50. So it’s pretty much the same 🤷♀️
JaquieF@reddit
I decided on skimmed milk years and years ago. Then I had a cup with full fat and thought "ah, I've missed this". I went back to full fat and now enjoy my cornflakes even more as a result.
Imaginary_Fish086378@reddit
My mum doesn’t use milk (the heathen). But she buys full fat for guests - have to say it was useful when I was growing up (plenty of fats and calcium) but I prefer semi-skimmed.
glytxh@reddit
I am that old lady, but I'm actually a guy in his 30s
I replaced amphetamines with Yorkshire tea about 10 years ago, and the habit's stuck.
ErectioniSelectioni@reddit
Congratulations on your teacovery
glytxh@reddit
Thanks!
It’s not something I get to brag about often. One of the few good decisions I’ve made and committed to in my life so far.
davehemm@reddit
12.. You got to pump those numbers up. Those are rookie numbers.
Tea is indeed fine for your hydration.
https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/eat-well/food-guidelines-and-food-labels/water-drinks-nutrition
FrankieTheD@reddit
I have 7 or 8 but in a sports direct cup, think that translates to 14-16
catschimeras@reddit
think you missed a zero there friend
PissedBadger@reddit
So the hosepipe ban is directly your fault
Select_Yoghurt_1138@reddit
No, bro is the hosepipe in a drought
ICantSpayk@reddit
Apparently Ireland are more tea mad than the UK when it comes to a cuppa.
Turkey even more so but they don't drink it how the UK and Ireland drink it.
GRMAx1000@reddit
Irish. Can confirm this is broadly true. I personally have about 4 cups of tea a year, but SO many Irish families just have a massive pot of tea on the table for 14 hours a day.
catschimeras@reddit
child of an irish mother here, can confirm the full teapot is a permanent fixture at the kitchen table.
lavayuki@reddit
I think Ireland does share a lot of things with the UK, like the similarities with the pub culture and the fry up for breakfast.
SunAndStratocasters@reddit
They all have caffeine addictions and don't realise it
BaconLara@reddit
Tbf I drink a lot less tea now because I always forget to make them and wonder why I have a bad head (dehydration). I only have like 6 cups a day now. Used to be like 12
Squirrel_Worth@reddit
My parents buy the sacks of Yorkshire tea with over 1000 bags in them - on repeat delivery 😅
Jacktheforkie@reddit
You can buy bags of a thousand too, my boss buys them for the staff canteen because we went through them so fast
Dlsagreed@reddit
I had a phase where during college I would drink 3L of tea, 1L jugs one after the other with a straw daily
hime-633@reddit
Oh God when I am at my mother's house I am perma-agog at the sheer volume of tea drunk. If the conversation lulls for ten seconds, it's "shall I put some tea on?"
Mother I am literally still drinking the last cup!
Dazz316@reddit
Yea isn't a substitute for water. It's already mostly water, you just flavoured it.
China and turkey duck more tea than we do. And the tea shops in China put us to shame
batteryforlife@reddit
Yeah most countries with a history of tea drinking dont even count teabags as proper tea. It has to be loose leaf in a teapot or samovar type setup.
EpochRaine@reddit
I drink between 6-10 cups a day. I reduced the number of physical cups by having 2 teabags in much larger mugs.
Odd-Quail01@reddit
We're behind Turkey and Ireland in terms of tea drinking.
EPorteous@reddit
My mother was suffering from a host of medical problems.
Turned out she was suffering from caffeine poisoning, because she was drinking 20+ cups of tea a day.
About 1200 mgs of caffeine a day!
theinspectorst@reddit
I mean, Ireland also exists. But yes, you're right that there are few other countries that would really get this.
Danglyweed@reddit
I hade two chuck out two 4 pint jugs of milk last week. My husband has been sick and was in for an operation, that amount of milk has been how much coffee he's been feeding me. Nae wonder I'm suddenly feeling knackered without it.
faroffland@reddit
I consider myself not drinking much tea atm and I’m on 3 cups a day. I think at my peak at uni/during covid I was on about 7 or 8 a day. It must be truly strange to foreigners haha.
darthabraham@reddit
Standing only on the right side of escalators.
Mysterious_Brush7020@reddit
This is every country in Europe because they all drive on the right, this isn't a British thing.
darthabraham@reddit
Dude what? It’s a very British thing to stand politely to the right on escalators in order to let people pass on the left. What does driving have to do with anything?
NoisyGog@reddit
I think that’s got something to do with the equator. People in the south naturally stand in the other side.
Or something like that. I forget.
Jimmy90081@reddit
Maybe that every day or so somebody decides to ask this mundane question yet again.
Crusty_White_Baton@reddit
The TV licence
Mc_and_SP@reddit
Bob Mortimer
Subsyxx@reddit
Apologising for absolutely no reason.
ukgamer420@reddit
Yeah, sorry about that.
Careful-Button-606@reddit
Sorry about that.
Thislsnotmythrowaway@reddit
Coming out of the shop earlier today there was a woman on crutches coming in. I didn't notice her until I was almost through the door cutting her off so I said sorry. She said sorry back
rebekha@reddit
I apologise to inanimate objects if I walk into them.
UglyFilthyDog@reddit
'Oops, sorry mate' when I stumble over a single grain of rice.
theinspectorst@reddit
Sorry, Canada.
Odd-Transition1527@reddit
I’m sorry they stole it from us :/
wowepic1@reddit
sorry boot that
Rich_Specific6903@reddit (OP)
I've done that a million times. Good answer mate🤍
Mysterious_Brush7020@reddit
I do that in Spanish, now that I live here... D:
QuirkyFrenchLassie@reddit
God, I'm so sorry, I do that !
Careful-Button-606@reddit
Measurements. Stones = weight. Inches = penis size or depth of snow. Yards = distance to somewhere nearby. Miles = distance to somewhere far away. Metric for everything else.
llynglas@reddit
My electric kettle, always used to blow American visitors minds. They do have them now, but still rare and don't seem to work quite as well - slower due to lower voltage I'm told.
Slapspicker@reddit
Cheering when someone breaks a glass in a pub.
Chevey0@reddit
I think this comes from boarding schools where the servers were the students and breaking stuff meant they got punished
almost_famous08@reddit
This happened recently when I was in Tunisia. A French family looked up at the cheering brits (on a few tables around the place) looking very confused.
Paulstan67@reddit
Don't bother washing that one!
M1dnightBlue@reddit
When I was young, I just assumed this was the done thing the world over. Has led to me being the lone cheerer one more than one occasion. Not stopping mind you.
BuzzVibes@reddit
This is how I've met my countrymen while abroad.
space_-pirate@reddit
Or drops a plate in a restaurant
Goro-City@reddit
Famously this is a thing in no other cultures...
BrightEyeCameDown@reddit
Sack the juggler!
Chevey0@reddit
Pass the parcel. I teach British and foreign students and I use pass the parcel as a metaphor. I was honestly shocked how many nations have never heard of this.
neilm1000@reddit
Saying that someone, or yourself, was very drunk but using any word you want.
"Christ, I was absolutely penguined"
"Bloody hell, we were absolutely sandalled"
"Mate, she was totally Pringled"
And so on. The exception being screwed.
AreaMiserable9187@reddit
My fave I heard as a uni student "absolutely Lionel-ed last night!" ... (messi..)
Punteros01@reddit
I used to teach English abroad and I challenged adult students to name a noun that wasn't also a verb
For example, hammer, phone, bottle, floor, bed (that's a fun one to explain).
Also, any noun that's not an obvious verb can always be made into one by making into a threat, e.g. "Gary better wind his neck in or someone's gonna window the clown!"
dreamsonashelf@reddit
To be fair, some words work way better than others. It is a great feature of British English, but I think beyond that, it's a skill in itself to come up with a good one.
(Now I need to find a situation where I can use the words penguined or sandalled because those are some of my favourite so far)
HobbitsInTheTardis@reddit
Love this about the language. Really any noun-> make it a verb = drunk
RegularWhiteShark@reddit
And any word after absolute is an insult. “You absolute helmet, you absolute musket, you absolute tissue”.
Dangerous_Hippo_6902@reddit
You absolutely McIntyred that! Well done 👏
VitaObscure@reddit
I've always had a soft spot for trousered.
SlippersParty2024@reddit
“Penguined” 🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭😭 Worth getting drunk only to use that 😅😅😅
Academic-Crew4782@reddit
Telling an American at the pub ,your going out to bum a fag
cunth_magruber@reddit
I made the same point on and got an auto-ban that told me to "be better." Challenged it because of the actual context and a human (or so they say) upheld it. Ludicrous.
Anyway, got a light?
GrandmaSlappy@reddit
yeah sorry, it's going to be a rare american who doesn't understand that phrase
7148675309@reddit
An American isn’t going to think that it means borrowing a cigarette
Beautiful_Task3294@reddit
As a Scot: Saying "How" instead of "Why" in certain contexts.
This also confuses our other UK brethren.
Scary_@reddit
See also the Cornish ending sentences with 'to'
As in 'what you doing to?'
AdaandFred@reddit
Similar in Bristol: where's [th]at to? meaning "where is it?"
bibbiobi@reddit
I have Scottish parentage but grew up in England with an English accent and then lived in Scotland for a period. I have grown up with certain phrases! This one really confuses those around me.
See also:
GreenockScatman@reddit
That's a good one. Ending a sentence in but might also throw people off, but.
Beautiful_Task3294@reddit
Am a Teuchter living in Glasgow, and it's started replacing ken, but.
Mysterious_Brush7020@reddit
Gonnae no dae that?
How?
Just gonnae no!
EUskeptik@reddit
Driving on the left. Belisha Beacons at Zebra Crossings. Lane hogs on motorways. Greggs sausage rolls. Black pudding. Full English breakfast. Cheesy chips. Chips with pizza. Chips with Doner kebab. Deep fried battered Nars bars. Tea made with boiling water. Jaffa Cakes. Toad in the Hole. Yorkshire Pudding. Eton Mess. Housing economic migrants in 4-star hotels.
Competitive-Fact-820@reddit
To be fair a lot of them are in Britannia Hotels so struggle to be 1 Star if we're being honest
EUskeptik@reddit
I’ve stayed in three Britannia hotels and they were awful. But they still had high star ratings.
Stars are given on an independent, objective, factual basis for services and facilities. Hotels don’t lose stars for bad hygiene, lack of cleanliness or minor things that don’t work as they should.
They lose stars on Tripadvisor or Google reviews left by individual guests, but you shouldn’t confuse that with the ‘official’ star rating of a hotel. They are different things.
oaw40@reddit
These all sound about right. I'm Canadian but my Mum is English, and I was flabbergasted when my friends didn't know what Eton Mess was. I thought it was a very common dessert most of my life, but in Canada, it is apparently not.
centzon400@reddit
It's OK. Most Brits don't know what a Nanaimo bar is.
EUskeptik@reddit
I must confess I didn’t know what Eton Mess was until my 50s. 🙂
JoyfulCor313@reddit
All those chips options are fine. It’s the chips with mushy peas that are baffling.
Competitive-Fact-820@reddit
no, no the word you are looking for is DELICIOUS
BeersTeddy@reddit
A fellow street worker? No way anyone else knows full name of that beacon
EUskeptik@reddit
A retired civil engineer.
The beacons were named after then-Minister of Transport Lord Belisha who wanted to improve pedestrian safety and reduce the carnage at pedestrian crossings. Zebra stripes and flashing amber beacons were the order of the day. We still have them in 2025.
TusMuertos060@reddit
lane hogs happens in a lot of countries in europe. same with chips and stuff.
EUskeptik@reddit
Lane hogging is a particular problem in the UK.
I have driven in Sweden, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Spain, Italy and Switzerland. Lane hogging was nowhere near as prevalent in those countries as it is here.
Mysterious_Brush7020@reddit
Black pudding is eaten in every country in Europe.
EUskeptik@reddit
Thank you, amended. 👍
blainy-o@reddit
Unless they're from Australia, New Zealand, Japan, or some African countries (yes the list is incomplete), cars driving on the left-hand side of the road.
johngknightuk@reddit
The U.S. Virgin Islands interestingly enough drive on the left
SilentCatPaws@reddit
I've just watched a clip of Ncuti Gatwa trying to explain ribena / squash /cordial to his American co-star...
cactusdotpizza@reddit
Some people call it "dilute", fucking mental
Jet_McRoxy@reddit
Diluting juice
Cunthbert@reddit
We call it juice
walkm1@reddit
Hot and cold tap in a bathroom.
Either zero water pressure so it dribbles out or burning water splashes out
GooseyDuckDuck@reddit
This crops up here all the time, but can honestly say I’ve not seen this since the 80’s
DozyDrake@reddit
This is a hold over from when our plumbing was a lot worse than it is today. Made sense at the time but I have no idea why people are still installing separated taps in the year of our lord 2025
SprintsAC@reddit
I've had some in previous homes which have just been one tap & it's so much better. I absolutely hate having to deal with separate taps due to this.
dreamsonashelf@reddit
One tap in the UK sometimes still seems to produce two streams that don't always merge. It's even weirder to me than actual separate taps.
Verbenaplant@reddit
I’ve got two, they get the floor wet on full blast. I use cold for face washing because cba to wait for the boiler
Danglyweed@reddit
My bathroom taps like that. Have to turn the hot on full blast and soak myself for it to be alright. The sink is also thigh level, rather unfortunate when I need to wash or brush my teeth last minute whilst dressed.
NoisyGog@reddit
That’s a very specific to you thing. Definitely not universal
Edelkern@reddit
Asking somebody how they are and not expexting an honest answer is also a thing in France and Germany and likely other places too. That's not uniquely British.
CatFoodBeerAndGlue@reddit
Yup. In China "Have you eaten?" (Chi le ma?) is used as a rhetorical greeting, though you wouldn't really use it with a stranger, only friends or acquaintances.
terryjuicelawson@reddit
Yes, I am unsure why "alright" is such an issue when "how are you" is basically the same. Tone sets it as it is usually cheerful. A more cautious "... are you... alright" is totally different, and I'd get that.
EmmaInFrance@reddit
Ça va? in French is basically the equivalent of asking 'Alright?' or 'How's it going?'
And even if you say 'Ah, comme ci, comme ça' because, honestly, it's not great, you are supposed to shrug and then move on.
Unless it's your best mate or your GP!
Then the other person is probably going to start asking what's really up with you.
Imaginary_Fish086378@reddit
Most conversations I’ve ever had in French are:
dreamsonashelf@reddit
Original_Bad_3416@reddit
Voet font
NaNiteZugleh@reddit
Oui! Ca va?
EmmaInFrance@reddit
Hein, ça va. C'est la rentrée, enfin.
hairybastid@reddit
Plus c'est la meme chose
limabeanbloom@reddit
The concept is not uniquely British, but the exact wording varies between countries. For example, in the US, "How are you" is a casual greeting, but "you alright" would be a genuine expression of concern.
tetlee@reddit
My American wife would always crack up with the exchange among my friends
zonaa20991@reddit
Every German conversation I’ve ever had starts like this
Wie geht’s?
Ja, ich bin gut danke, und ihnen?
Ich bin auch gut, danke schön
doenertellerversac3@reddit
“Wie geht’s?” is absolutely a real inquiry as to how someone is and is often considered intrusive when asked by strangers.
A better translation for the English how are you would be “Na?” “Na.”
NaNiteZugleh@reddit
Ca va
ImScaredSoIMadeThis@reddit
Big plastic tub in the sink
LordLoss01@reddit
Born and raised here and still don't understand why this is a thing? I really only see it in AirBnBs.
terryjuicelawson@reddit
Only really needed in a small sink without a separate drainer. Some people like to think it saves money on doing a "full" sink too, and something about less chance of plates smashing. Never had an issue with all of these aspects personally but find bowls a pain as large items can't even fit in them.
widdrjb@reddit
Usually because they thought a Belfast would look good, and after three days all the decent crockery was smashed.
ImScaredSoIMadeThis@reddit
I'll be honest I have no understanding as to why that sink type would cause your dishes to smash?
zapering@reddit
Depth/material. If you drop a ceramic cup in a Belfast sink (which is generally also ceramic) it will definitely break, but my tiny metal sink will absorb it just fine.
Verbenaplant@reddit
I have smashed so many cups and glasses from my stupid metal sink. I hate it. my fav bowl recently got a huge crack. devastated
HeavenDraven@reddit
You can get what's essentially the sink equivalent of a bath mat to cushion the bottom.
flohara@reddit
Correct me if I'm wrong, but most people who can afford to have their own custom kitchen fitted also have a dishwasher.
I've only ever seen those porcelain kitchen sinks in old, expensive cottages and middle class homes.
Were they more common in cheaper houses back in the day?
Competitive-Fact-820@reddit
by extrapolation they are also likely to have some nicer pieces of crockery that they don't want to trust to the Dishwasher.
GrandmaSlappy@reddit
My Oklahoma grandma always did this
space_-pirate@reddit
Why not add more things to keep clean. Plus eady access sick bucket
Verbenaplant@reddit
or for a foot soak! use it to collect cups and bowls around the house also XD
Paulstan67@reddit
Sandwiches, and yes I know that sandwiches are everywhere around the world, but nowhere else will put almost anything between 2 slices of bread.
Chips, crisps, fish fingers, meat and potato pie, almost any leftovers (lasagne, curry, Sunday roast dinner, cauliflower cheese etc)
The list is endless.
DoctorOctagonapus@reddit
"What time is it?"
"Half 11".
you'd be amazed at how many Europeans will get mad at you for that.
owersowen@reddit
Drive on the left, stand on the right of escalator. And worst of all, nobody walks on a particular side of the pavement
neilm1000@reddit
This is a London thing which has sadly infected other places (I am aware of the reason why it is a thing on the tube) but until relatively recently people stood on the correct side.
Danglyweed@reddit
I'm glad you said this as I was wracking my brains thinking everywhere says stand on the left. Why is it a thing on the tube?
Scary_@reddit
Never seen it outside London, in fact I was in Birmingham last week and the escalators at News Street are definately stand on the right
Standing on the right makes much more sense as you walk on the left like you drive on the left
Billy_McMedic@reddit
Because a good chunk of the tube, especially the deep level lines, was constructed under the watch of Charles Tyson Yerkes, an American businessman and con artist, he brought over experts from his time doing dodgy dealings constructing mass transit systems in Chicago to help with the Tube (Via underground electric railways of London, or UERL), resulting in a lot of American mannerisms, practices and terminology infecting UERL, and when London transport was formed, UERL was one of the largest companies absorbed into the body, and thus the way they did things became widespread, using different terminology and this extended to the use of escalators.
Silent_Silhouettes@reddit
wait really? outside of london people stand on the left in an escalator?
but also, why is it bad?
theinspectorst@reddit
I think a lot of British tourists visiting London fail to get this too. It's infuriating when there are signs fucking everywhere.
SchoolForSedition@reddit
I find the idea of regimentation on a pavement really dire.
OopsISaidTheNword@reddit
How nobody here uses umbrellas. Especially considering how much it rains here you'd think everyone would bring umbrellas everywhere but no. As someone who moved to the UK when i was 10 from Italy I was so confused
panadwithonesugar@reddit
Calling someone a sex offender for the most minor thing! Socks and sandles, drinking dandelion and burdock, camping in video games, milk first in tea........ all require the hard drive to be checked!
neilm1000@reddit
Just to be clear, this is something to do with people sitting at spawn points and shooting others?
Welshpoolfan@reddit
Thats spawncamping which is a subset of camping.
Camping basically means setting yourself up in one spot (either hard to reach, hard to see, or hard to react to) and shooting anyone who runs past before they can react.
Mysterious_Brush7020@reddit
Not necessarily a spawn thing, that's specifically "spawn camping". Camping is just hiding in a corner all game shooting the people that run past, then moving to the other corner facing your previous location, for when they come back to get you.
mysteriousmistress66@reddit
Correct! Learned this term when I started playing COD and I was too scared to run around the map and got accused of camping 😅
Competitive-Fact-820@reddit
mmmm...Dandelion and Burdock. Has to be Barrs mind
space_-pirate@reddit
Some people need tea making lessons (just searched and learned this is a thing)
SoundOnSounds@reddit
Not being able to drink alcohol sensibly, then catching a plane to mainland Europe in a large group (of men) who chant really loudly on the plane, are overly entitled, and have a general lack of respect for others.
Standard-Outcome9881@reddit
As an American, hearing someone referred to as a “sex pest” seems so unbelievably tame, yet it’s starting to get used more and more over here. I hate the phrase with the fiery fury of 1000 suns. It’s just so inadequate.
A mouse is a “pest.” Is this mouse sexually harassing someone? Because that’s what it sounds like. Danger Mouse getting a little too close to comfort with Penfold over there.
hskskgfk@reddit
Finding out that people do their laundry in the kitchen
GreenockScatman@reddit
Saying "it will take a minute" to indicate it will take a long time, and saying "it takes two minutes" to indicate it will take a short time.
PercentageCool5809@reddit
“Two seconds and I’ll be with you” meaning “you will have to wait around 5 minutes and I expect you to be quiet and uncomplaining about it”
PercentageCool5809@reddit
“I’m not being funny but” which is nothing to do with humour; it actually means “I’m about to say something really unkind about someone and I expect you to agree with me”
Responsible_Dare3250@reddit
buying some fags
Competitive-Fact-820@reddit
Going for a Tab (no, not the 1980s soda!)
Current_Pen_8280@reddit
Or better: can I bum a fag off ya?
GRMAx1000@reddit
I work for a US bank in London and stateside colleagues are so confused that we just do “bank transfers” instead of Venmo or Cash App. The payment technology for our faster payments (that we’ve had for 15 years or more) actually only got implemented by the Federal Reserve last year and isn’t widely used. Only 5 years ago I had a US visitor who didn’t know what contactless payment was.
7148675309@reddit
Only been since the pandemic that “contactless” (it isn’t called that here - not sure what it is called - but I have only heard that term in the UK!) has really been used
BeersTeddy@reddit
Interestingly if you deal with European private bank account, especially mobile apps, you'll feel like we're still in the medieval days.
GRMAx1000@reddit
Please tell me you have a cheque book.
InvincibleMirage@reddit
This sign means no cycling. The rest of the world crosses out the cycle.
gregRichards2002@reddit
Needing a license to legally watch live tv.
7148675309@reddit
Plenty of European countries have that too
I-live-in-room-101@reddit
As a neighbour, when we see each other and I say “Morning John, how are you?” the only, and I do mean only, acceptable answer back is simply “Good morning 101, I’m good thanks, and you?”
I will then they say “All good, all good” and we gesture a wave, and we keep moving with whatever we were doing before seeing each other.
That’s it. It’s simple.
We’ll both mentally tick the box marked ‘pleasant interaction with neighbour, it was nicely handled by us both, kudos.’
Anything else just ruins it. Seriously, it ruins it. I’d say 80% get it. But there’s still that 20% that will go off script with this or try and ad lib.
Men, train your sons, it’s your duty ffs.
7148675309@reddit
I would actually say that’s more American - where “how are you” “fine” is just another way of saying hello
Delicious_Bet_8546@reddit
I've got a neighbour and if I catch his eye, I know I'm in for a 45 minute one sided conversation.
He's an older guy who lives on his own so I don't mind giving him the time of day, but it's always at the most inconvenient times and I'm too polite or incapable to cut it off.
Once it happened and about 10 minutes in my boyfriend announced he was going inside and walked off. Left me there and assumed I would follow suit. I was there for another 30 minutes 😭
Verbenaplant@reddit
how are you? ahhhh you know, same old same old
BottyFlaps@reddit
Maybe the 20% who "go off script" want a bit more variety to their interactions or just have their own ideas?
I've never really been quite sure about this whole thing of always saying we're fine even if we're not. Men, train your sons to always say their fine no matter how they're really feeling!
I wonder what would happen if you went off script a bit. What if your neighbour is going through some shit and genuinely wants someone to talk to, but is afraid to open up because of this expectation that "I must always say I'm good, no matter what!"
AppletheGreat87@reddit
Washing up bowls and separate hot and cold taps.
H16HP01N7@reddit
All the same things that were mentioned when someone posted this question 3 days ago.
And 3 days before that. And 3 days before that. And 3...
Sacredfice@reddit
You need to pump the toilet to flash
10b0b@reddit
If the event you need get within close proximity to somebody, maybe to pass through a narrow or crowded space, or to reach something on a shelf in a shop that they might also be browsing.
This needs to be signalled with an audible ‘oop’ so the other party are fully aware of your intentions.
You can expand on this with additional instructions to your intended path and of course, sign off with an apology.
‘Oop, just squeeze past you right there. Sorry! Sorry…’
oaw40@reddit
This is extremely common in Canada, too - but with a few more utterances of "sorry!"
BeersTeddy@reddit
I think you missed a few 'sorries'
M1dnightBlue@reddit
"What you saying?"
Thankfully this one doesn't seem to get used as much any more.
TheBladesAurus@reddit
Telling someone that you need to catch up soon, with the intention that you will never see them again in your life.
Phnix21@reddit
Prepackaged sandwiches in the supermarket and card only self-scanners.
Those things will confuse Germans.
NewInitiative9498@reddit
Wow, that explains my awkward encounter with a fellow passenger the other day on a flight from London to Edinburgh…I’m American here for vacay, as I was getting into my seat he said “you alright?” and I was so confused lol…we ask that at home to people who are crazy 🤪 or at least in obvious distress 🤭 I quickly said “yes” and sat down 😬
Midnight-Messiah@reddit
Tiny 2 bedroom houses with 3 toilets (one in what could be a cupboard downstairs, one in the main bathroom, and one in that weird hidden shower room attached to the main bedroom.
BeersTeddy@reddit
Ha. Used to rent one like that. 2 bed, actually 1.5, good size ensuite, and a massive main bathroom. Bathroom was actually bigger than so called bedroom that I couldn't fit the bed in
GrandmaSlappy@reddit
And taking baths instead of showers. I'd feel so unclean!!
SapphicGarnet@reddit
My partner who's an immigrant told me she was talking to someone and 'she just kept complimenting this woman we know, over and over again, then giving me this funny look, wtf?' I knew immediately and told her she was trying to start a bitchfest, and was feeling it out.
We can't complain about someone without a 'now I love her, such a lovely woman..' first
BTZ-25@reddit
Personal space is a concept not understood by many nations.
ImprovementCrazy7624@reddit
Searching for the queue and actually joining the back without having to be shouted at to get to the end of the queue
XxCarlxX@reddit
waking up without hate in my heart (Thats aimed at Murrica)
LockedinYou@reddit
Saying "living the dream" Or a favourite ive heard recently "I've not mastered how to tie a noose yet, so I'm still here"
SlippersParty2024@reddit
I love that one!
DrunkenPangolin@reddit
"Another day in paradise"
"The horrors persist and so do I"
GrandmaSlappy@reddit
Honestly, as an American, I'm worried my friendliness level is going to scare people. Also calling sandwich bread "toast."
Lack of air conditioning. Lack of screens in your windows. Attached housing. Pub culture (though I wish we had that). Branston pickle. Putting butter on every sandwich ever. Lower volume of cultural and racial diversity (comparatively). Boiling all your veg and not using any spices, lol.
Gotta say I adore mushy peas though.
SlippersParty2024@reddit
Sandwich bread is only called toast when it’s toasted! Attached housing - Americans have so much LAND! We have so little space so even detached houses are almost attached.
lotissement@reddit
Swear to God this gets posted five times a day on here.
MadJohnFinn@reddit
“You alright?” caused me so much grief when I was in Canada for a while. It took me ages to shake the habit. People got legitimately concerned that something was wrong.
SlippersParty2024@reddit
The wretched washing up bowl.
ZakFellows@reddit
“Alright?” Is not an invitation
CuriousThylacine@reddit
Bathroom carpet
GrandmaSlappy@reddit
Unfortunately we got that here in the USA too back last century
minxorcist@reddit
The overpriced coffee! I pay 1€ for a cup of coffee in Italy (unless it's in a tourist spot), not like bloody £3+ here in the UK!
GrandmaSlappy@reddit
$4? Lol that's nothing.
wildOldcheesecake@reddit
Tea time alarm
ozyri@reddit
Wait, what? Other countries don't do that?
British_Patriot_777@reddit
It's so weird, I thought the world did that. How uncivilised of them.
GrandmaSlappy@reddit
I mean, if I had a tea time I suppose I might set an alarm for it. As is, I just drink whatever I want whenever I want.
Mysterious_Brush7020@reddit
Time to get the ships out again and recolonise the heathens!
British_Patriot_777@reddit
It's the only way. It's your turn to ask the king for some funds by the way.
panadwithonesugar@reddit
I was on holiday in Prague a few years ago, people thought I was nuts, I forgot where I was and went into a blind panic thinking I was gonna get a whopper of a fine 🤣
British_Patriot_777@reddit
So did you drink your tea on time?
SchoolForSedition@reddit
Since I worked in my current job, outside the U.K., I have developed a very reliable inner alarm. At 16h I need a cup of tea. Never did before.
Verbenaplant@reddit
my local mot place plays ice cream music for lunch break.
welovetulips@reddit
Queuing politely
Rich_Specific6903@reddit (OP)
That's the first...
TartanGuppy@reddit
Oh, you're first? Is this queue forming ? I'll join
lxgrf@reddit
'Scuse me, this the back of the queue?
British_Patriot_777@reddit
I'll just pop in behind you.
thesaharadesert@reddit
Pervert
British_Patriot_777@reddit
NOT LIKE THAT.
thesaharadesert@reddit
Oh, a deviant pervert, eh?
British_Patriot_777@reddit
NO, PLEASE I'M BEING BULLIED FOR STANDING BEHIND A PERSON IN A LINE.
Rich_Specific6903@reddit (OP)
You're more than welcome but dont break the chain...
AfterAssociation6041@reddit
You're more than welcome but dont break the chain...
benbehu@reddit
I don't know, Hungary is big in queueing as well.
Verbenaplant@reddit
I got well mad and furrowed my brows at two youngsters who pushed into the bus queue today
welovetulips@reddit
Yeah that is frustrating
space_-pirate@reddit
Sorry are you in the queue
welovetulips@reddit
Are you?
space_-pirate@reddit
Patiently, yes
tykeoldboy@reddit
Yorkshire puddings with jam.
Going to the supermarket on a Sunday but having to wait to pay because it's too early for the checkout to be open
BigSillyDaisy@reddit
Ooh no - treacle, not jam!
Actually that’s a massive knee-jerk reaction; I confess I’m intrigued, my grandma always gave us Yorkshire pudding and treacle for pud but now I will definitely try it with jam. Presumably lemon juice and sugar would also be nice, since they’re basically pancake batter? Maybe even Nutella for those so inclined
summerpeachxox@reddit
Can confirm Nutella works!
space_-pirate@reddit
Special place in hell..
My grandma used to make yorkie puds with onions in. No taa.
glytxh@reddit
bumming a fag of a mate
bps706@reddit
Talking about this same thing every few days on this subreddit. Confuses me, so I'm sure it would confuse someone from abroad.
Usual_Cryptographer3@reddit
You don't love repetitive chat love?
miki_mouse_69@reddit
Migrant here, the first things I learned here is don't fuck brits with their queues (saw a local snatched an Chinese student at Tesco for skipping lol), always left, different accents, talk about the weather, and teenagers with black jackets or shirtless in the summer with a slick backed hair are a force of nature.
Funky_Bear_59@reddit
Saying please, thank you and being polite
Orangeandjasmine777@reddit
Black pudding
Mysterious_Brush7020@reddit
Every country in Europe has black pudding, it's just a blood sausage. We call it morcilla in Spain and it's eaten by everyone.
benbehu@reddit
Another favourite of Hungary.
InterestingWin3627@reddit
Shouting or hearing shouted "Bus wankers" whiled standing at a bus stop.
NaNiteZugleh@reddit
“Bus turds” doesn’t quite have the same ring
SpaceMonkeyAttack@reddit
time4tacoz@reddit
Up yours Grandad!
WestyTea@reddit
A label on a food item stating "this pie is a trifle tart"
dermomante@reddit
Not being able to dry your hair in the bathroom.
Mesa_Dad@reddit
Having to explain the history and continued success of compare the meerkat characters...
HobbitsInTheTardis@reddit
Having a friendly but secretly competitive conversation with coworkers/ friends comparing what you've got in the tesco/boots/sainsburys etc. Meal deal to see who's got the best deal
lampsbemany@reddit
When I first was asked this when in England, I was confused because I'd not heard it used like that before, I think it's not a Scottish thing. My first thought was 'Do I look as if I'm not?'.
Weary_Bat2456@reddit
If someone asks me if I'm alright then I will tell them honestly yes or no.
If I ask if someone is alright, that is a genuine question. If you feel alright, tell me that you feel alright; if you don't feel alright, tell me that you don't feel alright and I'm happy to listen to you talk about it regardless if I'm in a hurry or not.
CocoRufus@reddit
Collecting used teabags in an empty Gu cheesecake pot on the kitchen counter
Eggtastico@reddit
Moaning about the rain & wanting sunshine. Moaning about the sunshine & wishing for rain.
2young2diarrhea@reddit
I am from Korea where it is very normal for people to drink (iced) coffee to self-medicate. I was surprised to find out that one of my colleagues never had coffee once in her life and another one never tried iced coffee. It was already about 5 years ago, I see more coffee shops selling iced coffee now but back then there were a lot that didn't have iced options at all.
Deep_Banana_6521@reddit
a trip to the local northern roast pork sarnie shop. It'd be like a non new yorker going to Katz deli.
Y'ar8 luv, roast pork n owt? apple? Dipped? cheers luv
neilm1000@reddit
This is a very Sheffield thing, you don't see it here in Manchester.
I had a Beres a five minute walk away. I miss that.
Deep_Banana_6521@reddit
All of yorkshire I think. I live in Sheffield, But I used to live in north Yorkshire and they were the same.
_StormwindChampion_@reddit
Using your indicators and allowing people to degrees on the motorway would confuse a lot of yanks
feetflatontheground@reddit
Allowing people to do what?
neilm1000@reddit
Eh?
gazchap@reddit
say what now
ldn-ldn@reddit
Separate taps.
Vertigo_uk123@reddit
The tea alarm
KeyJunket1175@reddit
Tossing your McDonald's bag out the window at a red light
Rich_Specific6903@reddit (OP)
You've remind me of something.🤣
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