What’s the easiest way to annoy the average Brit?

There's a joke in the cartoon series the Boondocks where a character asks to borrow a fry(chip). 'How is you gonna borrow a fry? Is you gonna give it back'.

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Madsaxmcginn@reddit

Oh this one gets to me more than any of the others!

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Fossilhund@reddit

Hey! We have provided something useful to the English language: a plural version of “you”. 🐊

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LukeSkywalkerDog@reddit

Since y'all is plural, I call all y'all a hyper plural.

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constipated_coconut@reddit

all of the sudden you should of realized your mistake

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The British chemist Humphry Davy first isolated it in the early 1800s, and called it "aluminum". He then later revised the name to "aluminium" to align with the naming convention of other elements (sodium, calcium, etc).

The US simply stuck with Davy's original spelling.

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saxbophone@reddit

With the thermostat set to 90!

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arfur-sixpence@reddit

And "soddering" insteal of soldering.

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nobelprize4shopping@reddit

Unique being used to mean unusual.

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Major_Bahoobage@reddit

Sickens me every time I hear this nonsense

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CocoRufus@reddit

This one drives me nuts. Had a chat with an american friend. He realised how stupid it is

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Shoddy_Pie6514@reddit

I don't mind this one. As I think there is always a little bit of room to care even less about something that you don't care about.

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Optimuswolf@reddit

I could care less about your opinion on this matter.

Not a lot less but less, nonetheless.

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JimmieSavsscumsock@reddit

Shivering rage intensifies..

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Economy-Fox-5559@reddit

The fantastic David Mitchell explains this perfectly!

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DWUBBHsiDyr/

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Optimuswolf@reddit

Love it!

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Vequihellin@reddit

Brit rage activated I WILL END YOU

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Venoxulous@reddit

Yep, just seeing this annoyed me

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InsurancePurple4630@reddit

British is food bland and one of the worse cuisine

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TheodoreEDamascus@reddit

Hating on.

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Punk_Princess_Sarah@reddit

On accident.

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FredB123@reddit

On accident.

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Bockiller@reddit

On accident

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TheRealElPolloDiablo@reddit

Apple cider vinegar

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Agnesperdita@reddit

“Legos”.

It’s Lego. It’s a mass noun like Meccano, Plasticine and Play-Doh.

They are LEGO bricks, not “legos”.

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khan800@reddit

As a Yank, there are plenty of LEGO pedants here as well.

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JammyWaad@reddit

The lack of syllables in words like mirror, squirrel and caramel.

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_51423@reddit

That explains the blank looks I receive when I tell people to “have a nice day” (Yank abroad over here).

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saxbophone@reddit

That means the exact same thing in our dialect as it does yours, so I'm not sure it's the word choice that is failing you here...

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_51423@reddit

I usually say “have a good one” actually so maybe that’s it. Also thought the “have a nice day” thing after brief interactions eg with store clerks is less common here? Someone others in this forum said their reaction is “don’t tell me what to do” lol.

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saxbophone@reddit

Some others in this forum said their internal reaction is “don’t tell me what to do” lol.

😳 that doesn't seem like a reasonable reaction to a polite pleasantry, to be quite honest with you. I wouldn’t use that perspective to decide whether to be sincerely polite to people or not. Some people just have a chip on their shoulder!

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beavertownneckoil@reddit

You're not saying to people when they excuse themselves to go to the bathroom are you?

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Harry-666666@reddit

I say “have a good one” sometimes. Oh shit. Maybe I’ve been infected.

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TipsyPhippsy@reddit

That's a pretty normal thing to say, maybe you have a strong accent and they can't understand? Or you're saying it at 10pm lol

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_51423@reddit

I usually say “have a good one” actually so maybe that’s the one that sets off the Yank-dar.

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EchoesofIllyria@reddit

Or with just a bit too much enthusiasm.

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tannercolin@reddit

There is nothing wrong with saying 'have a nice day'. The looks you're getting are because you're morbidly obese, have both a mcdonalds and a burger king in one hand and with the other hand you're pointing an automatic rifle at a school

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slotbadger@reddit

So addicting.

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exp_cj@reddit

They can have their yankspeak but what really grinds my gears is when they start telling me I’m spelling stuff wrong and I should write armor or color or organization.

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Nolberto78@reddit

To be fair, organisation/organization almost makes sense phonetically, but it only works with a zed. If you try it with a zee you sound addled.

I imagine that the Mayflower pilgrims were so would up in their protestant fervour, that they didn't remember to pack their spelling books until after they had set sail. That's why they had to settle for lowest common denominator spellings like a 5 yr old's homework

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Weird1Intrepid@reddit

It's actually all Webster's fault, of Merriam Webster dictionary fame. He was so obsessed with removing British/french influence from the language, and for simplifying everything, he wrote a whole new dictionary to replace the Oxford English.

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Twid-1@reddit

For some reason we Brits imported the weird French spellings rather than sticking with the good old English ones. Personally, I think that in many (but not all) cases, the US spellings are clearly better, either being etymologically correct or matching Shakespeare's and Old English spelling rather than Norman-influenced spelling.

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ArmWildFrill@reddit

yankspeak aka 'Simplified English'

Hilariously they do not use Imperial measurements, which date from 1833, but older less consistent ones than Imperial so their liquid measures are all cock-eyed

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JTallented@reddit

Zed*

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ArmWildFrill@reddit

I got banned for a week once for using "fag" for "cigarette"

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I-Like-MTB@reddit

Tbf what was the context? If it was an ask Reddit question of “ what do you hate “ and you said “I hate fags “ then fair enough.

If it was “what’s your favourite Marbolo “ and you said “ the only fags I smoke are pall mall “ then that’s stupid

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peahair@reddit

How does it work when one person would like another person to give them a cigarette? The common parlance would be to bum a fag, which may have Anglo Americans either laughing or horrified or confused.

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Weird1Intrepid@reddit

Can I bum a fag?

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PantsCatt@reddit

Late 1990's I was in Atlanta and caused confusion asking where I could grab 20 fags. Then, lesson learned, I asked at a counter for 20 Marlboro, the attendant piled 20 boxes of Marlboro onto the counter.

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jaBroniest@reddit

I'm a finna do that and finna do that, finna fuck off

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RipCurl69Reddit@reddit

My missus unironically said 'mom' once after we'd gotten back from a trip out to see a friend of hers in the US and I swear my neck has never twisted so fast.

"Mum, it's mum!!!!!!!!!"

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Harry-666666@reddit

“gotten” makes me look for sharp objects

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RipCurl69Reddit@reddit

See even I'm not immune to it lol

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Spaffin@reddit

I discovered that in some parts of the Midlands they do apparently actually use 'mom'

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Spaffin@reddit

Also TherapySpeak

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Fluff95@reddit

Pronouncing herbs 'erbs, but in a non charming way like in Yorkshire

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rweedn@reddit

"I done fucked up again"

Like what the fuck does that mean?

The word they're looking for is GOT

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viruswithshoes@reddit

Usually that means they made a mistake. "I went and fucked it all up again."

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her_pheonix@reddit

...as opposed to "gotten"

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ExultentPisces@reddit

Is that slang for exchanging masturbation tips?

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AveragelyBrilliant@reddit

My bad.

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oportoman@reddit

Oftentimes this

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AppearanceDizzy7006@reddit

end a statement with the word "period"

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Emergency_Cellist754@reddit

"I'll do the prawns as a starter and then I'll do the chicken"

Wtf are you "doing" to them? And would a please or a thank you kill you?

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davravred@reddit

Lego is the plural for Lego you dumbfucks

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Kiribati268@reddit

Forgot it at home. Uhhh.

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HechicerosOrb@reddit

Funnily enough, most of the examples in response also annoy Americans.

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TheInvincibleMan@reddit

Loudly in a restaurant where everyone can do nothing but hear. Kills me.

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Neobahamonkey-1@reddit

I love the American accent. The differences between cultures is interesting

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xovrit@reddit

Confirmed. Also, my English wife occasionally says she'll have me deported for things I like to do with food.

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Lessarocks@reddit

Go to London. Stand on the wrong side of an underground escalator during rush hour.

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Kim-Jong-Long-Dong@reddit

I made this mistake! Being from a city where no one cares and it was never enforced it was easily done.

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PartyPoison98@reddit

It isn't really easily done, its signposted around every single escalator on the underground.

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Kim-Jong-Long-Dong@reddit

I've also seen it signposted in train stations across the UK. Main difference being no one bothers to pay attention to it outside London it seems.

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CandidLiterature@reddit

But do you not open your eyes? Surely it’s extremely obvious to all but the most self centred that everyone else is doing it.

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Kim-Jong-Long-Dong@reddit

Because a) it wasn't particularly busy at the time and b) im so used to everyone (myself included) ignoring the signs to do so. Took me all of 15 seconds to realise my error though so I think you might be overreacting by calling me self centred mate.

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Alive_Ice7937@reddit

"What they forget is that left and right are relative to what direction you're facing. I like to stand with my back to the escalator and guess when it's time to get off thank you very much"

Pat Springleaf

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h00dman@reddit

Right, question for Glaswegian folk;

I've been here on a short visit, and yesterday when I was in and out of the subway I noticed the signs telling everyone to stand on the right when riding on the escalators, but the feet signs on the escalator steps were all on the left. Which one is correct 😵‍💫

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Electronic-Volume-56@reddit

Down with that sort of thing

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PhillyDeeez@reddit

Careful now

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oscarx-ray@reddit

Imply that there's an "average Brit".

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Dry_Pick_304@reddit

That has the "British accent"

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ProtoplanetaryNebula@reddit

The British accent, coming from an American is Hugh Grant.

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Constant-Estate3065@reddit

“Golly” - British accent.

“Fookin’ ell” - Some kinda Scaddish.

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EhDinnaeEvenKen@reddit

I've never once heard a single Scot say "fook".

That's a northern England and Ireland thing.

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Constant-Estate3065@reddit

That’s sort of the point I’m making. I’ve read Americans online swearing blind that someone with a northern English accent is actually Scottish, actually arguing with British people about it. If it’s not a Hugh Grant accent, they can’t possibly be English.

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EhDinnaeEvenKen@reddit

I’ve read Americans online swearing blind that someone with a northern English accent is actually Scottish, actually arguing with British people about it.

Mate, I was in the states and had people tell me to my face that I wasn't Scottish because I didn't sound like Billy Connolly or shrek.

Trying to get it into their heads that Billy's accent is only representative of barely half of the people in just one city, and that literally nobody here sounds remotely like shrek, was near impossible.

If it’s not a Hugh Grant accent, they can’t possibly be English.

Yep. My travel buddy was from Warrington with an almost scouse accent, and the Yanks thought for sure she was Irish.

Some fragile yank minds were blown when shown some examples of lesser heard English and Scottish accents. Geordie confused them because they said it sounded more Scottish than English (which I don't entirely disagree with), and they found it utterly hilarious that what they think of as a "pirate accent" is legitimately how some people in the west country speak.

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DamoclesBDA@reddit

Many years ago some American girl said I sounded like Hugh Grant and I was so offended I failed to notice that she was both cute and interested.

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conormonobox@reddit

Sounds like a scene from a High Grant film

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ProtoplanetaryNebula@reddit

Schoolboy error there I am afraid :) :)

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CoffeeHanJan@reddit

All of us are below average, thank you very much!

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stu55sy@reddit

Start a conversation

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diomedes-on-rampage@reddit

the only reason scottish and irish accents are so difficult to understand as an outsider because these people hate speaking english yet they have to so they omit most of the sounds.

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Weird_Surprise6221@reddit

Say “y’all”

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Vequihellin@reddit

Weirdly, this one doesn't bother me. Contractions are fairly common in English and it's an interesting contraction of 'you all'. It sounds weird coming from someone with a non-american accent though.

'On accident' and 'Could care less' however are egregiously wrong on every level. At least y'all isn't technically 'wrong' as such.

'On accident' is grammatically wrong because the correct term is 'By accident' or 'Accidentally'. E.g. 'I bought the wrong ticket on accident' is vile. 'I accidentally bought the wrong ticket' or 'I bought the wrong ticket by accident' are both correct.

'Could care less' is straight up ignorance. The origin phrase is 'I couldn't care less.' Meaning that you care so little about something that you literally could not care any less about it. I.e 'I couldn't care less if I tried'. 'Could care less' makes no grammatical sense whatsoever.

Sorry. The rage took over for a moment 😂

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Gazado@reddit

I try to sanitise it by finishing the statement in my head as "I could care less....but I don't". It's the only way it makes any kind of sense to me.

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Low-Confidence-1401@reddit

Interestingly, "you" used to be the plural (with thou being singular). We gradually started using "you" for everything and then various English dialects formed a new plural to replace it, so y'all, youse etc

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RedSunWuKong@reddit

Not that big of a deal

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diabeticoats@reddit

Tea. Microwave.

We will hunt you down

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JauntyYin@reddit

I make my tea in a pot. ^(whispers: I reheat it in the microwave though)

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SeverusSnape__@reddit

When i was a kid, my mum would make a cup of tea for herself and then either forget about it or fall asleep. When she came round she'd microwave it and then drink it.

I tried this once as an adult and I will never ever do that again, the microwave taste is wank.

Although, now that I think about it, she probably did that to save money, she was a single mum with 3 kids...

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EhDinnaeEvenKen@reddit

I make my tea in a pot.

Posh twat material.

whispers: I reheat it in the microwave though

Utter cretin material.

Pick a lane, mate... christ.

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Aylez@reddit

Surely no one actually does that 😅

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bee-sting@reddit

Americans do the most heinous shit imaginable

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Cmdr_Redbeard@reddit

I hear some of em don't own a kettle, let alone a spare kettle in the cupboard.

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AdaandFred@reddit

An American on r/anticonsumption was proud of the fact that they didn't own a kettle. The thread was full of other heathens saying they boil water on the hobs and microwave water for tea. I had to leave the thread or I would have had said something I might regret.

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EhDinnaeEvenKen@reddit

When I was over there on holiday I literally had no choice other than to make tea with bottled water, that I had to boil in a pot on the hob.

I still bear the psychological scars.

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Cmdr_Redbeard@reddit

Bloody septic tanks.

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ArmWildFrill@reddit

Our kettle stopped working yesterday.

New one was delivered 8am this morning.

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gen505@reddit

Oh my god… having a realisation moment here. What’s wrong with microwaving a brew 😅? You’re literally just jiggling water molecules… Having a newborn it’s become essential for ever drinking an above tepid cuppa

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Xerothor@reddit

Why is waiting for the microwave better than waiting for a kettle 🧐

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kunstlich@reddit

There is not necessarily anything better, or worse - hot water is the name, and kettle vs microwave is the game, both achieve it.

However I will stand on the hill that microwaved water tastes different, and not a good different.

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Xerothor@reddit

Yeah that's really what I mean

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Cmdr_Redbeard@reddit

Reheating tea in the micro although still sacralidge is acceptable in some cases.

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saxbophone@reddit

Americans do it because they have about half as much electricity in their typical kettle due to the lower mains voltage over there

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Epic_J2338@reddit

Not tea but I used to use a microwave for a Hot Chocolate ngl

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Decent-Platform-2173@reddit

Allowing illegal migrants access to 4 star hotels and pay for everything.

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PsychologicalBus7357@reddit

Milk before water

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CtrlShiftAaron@reddit

Eating with your mouth open

Eating loud with you mouth closed

Jumping the queue

Driving up my arse

People driving too slow

People driving too fast

Putting milk last when making coffee

Putting milk first when making tea

Any and all unsolicited calls

Not looking at me when I’m speaking to you

Staring at me when I speak to you

Taking phone calls in public

Americans - in general - they love the sound of their own voice

When you ask an American what their job is and they tell you how they work for a multi billion dollar company blah blah blah. And it turns out they are a cleaner

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tictac59015@reddit

To summarise: everything.

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kill4foodx@reddit

Don't go outside

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constipated_coconut@reddit

microwaving water for tea

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nodramatdy@reddit

Ugh 🤢

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Curious_Command_5277@reddit

Lack of manners. My FIL is American and I cringe everytime we're in a pub and he says, "get me a coke". It's rude. He regularly makes British wait staff cry I don't think we've ever kept the same waitress for the whole meal.

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tictac59015@reddit

He doesn't mean to be rude I'm sure, that's just a standard way of asking for something at a restaurant in the US. It just sounds more rude over here. Maybe you should have a quiet word if he's upsetting staff.

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Snaggl3t00t4@reddit

Don't put sherbert on our crumpets

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No-Extension-2378@reddit

Disagree with their preferred jamming and creaming of a scone.

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NorthernOverthinker@reddit

Park over their drive.

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Scuttler1979@reddit

Jump the queue

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rubypickaxelover3@reddit

Not saying thank you to the bus driver

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tictac59015@reddit

Why would I say thank-you to a bus driver?

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Temporary_Ninja7867@reddit

Not having the money ready when getting on the bus.

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Matchaparrot@reddit

Leaving a marmalade knife covered in breadcrumbs in the butter. I hate carving round the sticky crumby bits to get to the unspoiled butter 🤢

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SchoolofLifeUK@reddit

Call them racist for flying the Union Jack 🇬🇧

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ArmWildFrill@reddit

Where?

On their own property is fine, of course

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SchoolofLifeUK@reddit

What about draped around their shoulders people have been detained by the police for this as though it’s inciting something 🤔. Flags of other countries are ok though 🙉

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ArmWildFrill@reddit

This is about how to annoy a Brit?

Not a political post

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AnonymousTimewaster@reddit

Say you're going to put a tick in the box next to a green candidate

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r1Rqc1vPeF@reddit

Look,

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Lupusdeus@reddit

Call a Craig Creg and the plague, pleg

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Honest-Cover9513@reddit

Not making tea with boiling water. That's practically a declaration of war

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Opteron-X@reddit

1 - microwave water to make tea 2 - confused England with Great Britain (certainly upset the other nations) 3 - say we drive on wrong side of the road 4 - say WWII started in 1941 5 - complain about gas (petrol) prices in USA 6 - tell us UK is more dangerous than US due to knife crime or other MAGA nonsense ....

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berkleysquare@reddit

Not knowing that there are other cities apart from London.

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YouCantArgueWithThis@reddit

Spit in his Buckfast.

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GoodTato@reddit

Repeatedly hitting us with a large rock i think

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LiteralTP@reddit

That would certainly frustrate me

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OkGrapefruit7174@reddit

Pronounce words literally like Quay “kway”, shire or any word like that

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Active_Definition_57@reddit

Have you ever them pronounce the word buoy? Something like "boo-ey".

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OkGrapefruit7174@reddit

That’s a great idea

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welfareplate@reddit

Use the term Britain when you mean England.

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Jeoh@reddit

Also: Use the term England when you mean Britain.

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old_witness_987@reddit

or when you mean Welsh , or Scottish.

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Jonny_Segment@reddit

Anyone saying ‘England’ when they mean ‘Welsh’ or ‘Scottish’ seriously misunderstands how adjectives work.

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TipsyPhippsy@reddit

'British or Scottish'

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Juan_in_a_meeeelion@reddit

You mean “he’s Scotch”

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Ignatiussancho1729@reddit

"He's not British, he's Scottish"

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Low-Confidence-1401@reddit

On the other side, so many Americans online getting angry because someone said Britain referring to Scotland or Wales...

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DingoBingoWimbo@reddit

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Afraid_Simple_4061@reddit

Teabag, then milk and finally hot water. For added annoyance, put.just a little too much milk in. Not enough to completely ruin it, but just enough to make the tea not quite brown enough to appreciate looking at it. You will still be thanked for the tea, good manners and all that, but it will not be a sincere gratuity and the heathen wannabe tea liquid will be remembered forever and spoken about whenever you are not in earshot.

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Ok_Adhesiveness_8637@reddit

Queue jump

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Ancient_phallus_@reddit

Or when they are behind you breathing down your neck. You shuffle forward a bit and they follow

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firstfloor27@reddit

Tell them to buy you flowers if they want to get up in your rear end.

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Wonderful-Bonus5439@reddit

I often take a step back “by accident”. Ideally, I have my children with me and use that as an opportunity to loudly teach them not to stand too close to other people and invade their personal space, because it’s rude.

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catninjaambush@reddit

You’ll get a few tuts and someone might shrug and shake their head if you’re not careful meladdo.

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polynesian_pineapple@reddit

I heard meladdo in Rimmer’s voice

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firstfloor27@reddit

I think we all did.

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Puzzledandhangry@reddit

I’d shake my fist heartily in their direction, as they walk away. Then I’d go and have my warm gazpacho x

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catninjaambush@reddit

Piping hot.

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Poo-Tee-Weet5@reddit

Yet people do it daily at the barriers in London tube stations when tapping out. If the queue next to theirs is moving a little faster, they'll just switch to that one and pretend like they had no idea there was a whole other queue of people waiting for it.

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DataSnaek@reddit

Except in a pub, where orderly queuing itself is the way to annoy a Brit.

Anything other than chaos where everybody knows and tracks exactly who and how many people are before them in the chaos is the only acceptable setup in a pub

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Even_Bit2857@reddit

When I lived in the US for a few years I joined a local sports club and on the first day a group of like literally five or six people just casually walked in front of me when we were lining up to do drills. I'm a grown-ass adult, it didn't matter in the slightest, and I still almost cried because I was trying to make friends on my first day and it felt so fucking rude and horrible and mean. I know now it's cultural, but it still bothers me and I really can't fathom how Americans feel no shame over it.

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OurSeepyD@reddit

The one thing that really annoys me is when someone posts the exact same answer as the example in the post.

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Hellohibbs@reddit

Lads, get him

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Trick-Station8742@reddit

Calm down mate, this is a family subreddit

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Icy-Initial2107@reddit

Correct their pronunciation starting with the phrase "I think you'll find it's pronounced..."

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LionOfTheIsles@reddit

Just send us a photo of a beautiful day

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Deep_Banana_6521@reddit

having a conversation with somebody in the middle of a supermarket aisle, using the trolleys to block anyone getting past.

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TinhatToyboy@reddit

Stand around chatting on the pavement by a zebra crossing.

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mattl1698@reddit

or worse, on the zebra crossing itself.

in a sainsburys car park a couple weeks ago, we stopped to let an old lady and a her daughter cross the road, twice the old lady stopped and turned to her daughter to talk. fortunately the daughter had the presence of mind to swiftly usher her across the road but I was dumbfounded by someone stopping twice on the crossing

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Woollen53@reddit

Maybe it wasnt her daughter but her carer? I support adults with learning disabilities (often invisible disability) and they often do things like this while we are out lol

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mattl1698@reddit

could be either, my gran was dreadful for just stopping to talk. worst was if you were walking behind her mobility scooter at full speed and she'd stop dead in front of you and trip you up

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MrandMrsFishcakes@reddit

"Different than..." rather than "Different from".

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Sea_M_Pea@reddit

Say you’ve always wanted to go to ‘WimbleTon’

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Sxn747Strangers@reddit

Cutting in queues, getting in the wrong lane of the roundabout and thinking it’s okay to go wherever they like, indicating at the last second and not in plenty of time like they’re supposed to.

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jlelvidge@reddit

Show them an American making tea in a microwave

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Kind_Ad5566@reddit

Asking me what part of Australia I'm from.

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AudienceOk2814@reddit

Not observing etiquette while waiting to be served at a bar. If I'm there first and you turn up and get served before me and don't say 'he was here first' you can fuck right off

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saxbophone@reddit

"sidewalk" and "soccer" —basically any arrogant use of Americanisms out of context

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FuzzyBreak5678@reddit

mom

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saxbophone@reddit

I don't care about the pronunciation, it's the spelling that irks me!

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AppearanceDizzy7006@reddit

y'all

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ct_uk@reddit

Heat water for a cup of tea in the microwave

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Georgiegirl8819@reddit

When Americans make tea with cold water and a microwave or on the hob. Like no, it’s not happening

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saxbophone@reddit

Making it on the hob is at least more sane and respectable than the microwave. There was a time not too long ago when hob kettles were more popular over here than they now are.

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Popular-Custard8519@reddit

But they make tea bag stew rather than just using the hob to boil the water, an American friend sent me a video of her doing it after we did a snack exchange in which I included a box of Yorkshire gold. Utter sacrilege.

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saxbophone@reddit

Oh lord what‽ TEA BAG STEW‽ THAT'S FUCKING DIABOLICAL! 🤣

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ArmWildFrill@reddit

Putting milk on teabags before the boiling water is punishable by up to a £10,000 fine or up to 5 years in prison or both in the UK

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firstfloor27@reddit

/r/ShitAmericansSay/ This pretty much covers it.

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Bubbly-Weakness-4788@reddit

Hog the middle lane.

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slaveoth@reddit

= drive normal as 99.99% drivers

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UndulatingUnderpants@reddit

Milk before water.

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zoonazoona@reddit

There are so many tea-based travesties here. The worst for me are the existence of Liptons and their insistence in using luke warm water.

I take Yorkshire tea bag with me everywhere.

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Constant-Estate3065@reddit

*Unless the tea is from the pot. In which case milk first is the correct way.

A teabag swimming in milky water however is a criminal offence.

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rositree@reddit

Isn't that the same thing though?

You've just made the tea in the pot, ie the water went in first. After that the order for mixing the milk and tea doesn't really matter (to me, anyway).

But milk first, ie adding hot water to milk and a teabag affects the tea brewing and always tastes a bit odd (to me).

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ArmWildFrill@reddit

No it still isn't.

It's not the 18th century

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Constant-Estate3065@reddit

We do it to avoid scalding the milk.

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ArmWildFrill@reddit

You serious? The MIF thing is about not cracking the cup

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Constant-Estate3065@reddit

By the time the tea in the pot has finished steeping, it’s cooled down slightly and the milk in the cup has warmed up slightly. So it’s less of a thermal shock to the milk compared with adding it straight into boiling water.

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ArmWildFrill@reddit

Teabag water is hotter than teapot water.

Or do you not ever use teabags in a cup?

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Constant-Estate3065@reddit

It’s mostly just ritual backed by some very vague science, it has nothing to do with cups, even if that was the reason years ago. All I know is it tastes better that way.

And loose leaf is the way. Teabags are for convenience only, l only use them at work.

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Prestigious-Baker-67@reddit

That's a later myth.

It originated in areas with a lot of pottery production - the Midlands, Yorkshire, and South Wales.

Locals and workers would use cheaper unglazed cups/mugs which would crack if heated too quickly from cold. The solution is to add the milk first so the ceramic heats more slowly.

This way of making tea was passed through generations but only in certain regions, resulting in the current divide.

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Vequihellin@reddit

Agreed. Tea from a pot or brewing vessel is the exception to this rule. Making tea in the cup is borderline psychopathic anyway but needs must in the office kitchen. It's unforgivable to make tea in the cup if you're making for 2 or more people at home, though. Just you and it's borderline tolerable. Any more than that and you deserve jail time.

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EhDinnaeEvenKen@reddit

What in the name of pretentious upper middle class pish is this comment?

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Pixiebel81@reddit

Microwave is not spelled "pot"

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Xerothor@reddit

If you microwave your tea you're a wrongun

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Pixiebel81@reddit

That was my point?

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Xerothor@reddit

The comment you replied to never mentioned a microwave though, it sounded like preferred it to me I guess

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Pixiebel81@reddit

It was a joke

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Xerothor@reddit

Yeah guess I misunderstood

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LambonaHam@reddit

Pretty sure that's why we kicked the Yanks out of the empire...

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callisstaa@reddit

Milk before water before microwave.

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Ignatiussancho1729@reddit

Milke before water, then in the microwave

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Prestigious-Baker-67@reddit

This is a regional thing with an interesting history.

It originated in areas with a lot of pottery production - the Midlands, Yorkshire, and South Wales.

Locals and workers would use cheaper unglazed cups/mugs which would crack if heated too quickly from cold. The solution is to add the milk first so the ceramic heats more slowly.

This way of making tea was passed through generations but only in certain regions, resulting in the current divide.

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cokendsmile@reddit

Those people need to admitted to a psychiatric ward

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EcstaticAd9234@reddit

Only in coffee!

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kylehyde84@reddit

Coffee boiled is coffee spoiled

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hyakyakyak@reddit

That's not annoying. That's a war crime

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happystamps@reddit

The most beautiful part of being British is that there's a BS Standard for making tea, and since it states to put the milk in first, it's obviously incorrect.

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Disgruntled__Goat@reddit

That standard is for making tea from a pot. So it’s brewed in the pot and you add it to milk. Perfectly fine.

Making it in the cup, putting milk in first is a capital offence.

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ArmWildFrill@reddit

No it still isn't OK to put milk in first.

It's not the 18th century

Your microwave safe mug is not going to explode if you pour tea first

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sphericality_cs@reddit

It does stress me out that there are people stupid enough in society to ever think "milk first" applied to anything other than tea from a pot.

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Vequihellin@reddit

For maximum offence the water should also be microwaved. Pretty sure that would earn you a public flogging.

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Scaryofficeworker@reddit

People do this?!

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TwoPlyDreams@reddit

They said “annoy” not “mortally offend”.

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bee-sting@reddit

Say our food is shite

Or that stupid 'Bottle of Water' thing

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Big_Cheese16@reddit

I love when Americans say our food is shite while mixing fruit, meat and mayonnaise then calling it a salad

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OurSeepyD@reddit

You mean like coronation chicken?

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Low-Confidence-1401@reddit

The difference being we dont call it a salad

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OurSeepyD@reddit

That's hardly the problem
As per wikipedia:

Coronation chicken or Poulet Reine Elizabeth[1] is an English dish of boneless chicken traditionally seasoned with parsley, thyme, bay leaf, cumin, turmeric, ginger and peppercorns, mixed with cream or mayonnaise, and dried apricots (or sultanas).[2] Some modern variations also incorporate cinnamon. It is served cold and eaten as a salad with rice, peas and pimentos,[3] or used as a filling for sandwiches.[4]

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fezzuk@reddit

Shit

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constipated_coconut@reddit

ambrosia salad haunts me

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callisstaa@reddit

Or putting bird shit on cobblers and calling it biscuits and gravy.

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SmashingTeaCups@reddit

Complaining about Americans generalising while doing the exact same thing with their food lmfao

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Dutch_Slim@reddit

You forgot the “jello”

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CanIhazCooKIenOw@reddit

Both can be right.

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bee-sting@reddit

what was the last british restaurant you went to?

no fast food chains allowed, they're shite everywhere

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zoppaTheDim@reddit

Arthur Treacher’s Fish & Chips

The last one in existence.

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LambonaHam@reddit

Any gastro pub, or carvery for a start.

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CanIhazCooKIenOw@reddit

Fish and chips shop.

It’s great cuisine for 10yo.

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SoggyWotsits@reddit

Especially when coming from someone who says “boddle of wader”!

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ipott-maniac@reddit

The bottle of water thing is insane. Acting like we don't have any Ts. It wasn't us who dumped them all in the harbour.

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Xerothor@reddit

What's funny is they don't fuckin pronounce the Ts either! They use Ds for whatever reason

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Fossilhund@reddit

Boddle of wadder.

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maddypadden@reddit

If you ask me, it's the behaviour of a dosser. A dosser and a dwad.

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klausness@reddit

Yes, as demonstrated here, saying that British food is shite is an excellent way to annoy British people.

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CanIhazCooKIenOw@reddit

Chuesday innit?

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Active_Definition_57@reddit

This British pronunciation is "tyoosday" not "chuesday".

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CanIhazCooKIenOw@reddit

Nah, Brits don’t sound out Ts. There’s where both jokes mentioned come from.

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gottagetoutofit@reddit

Our food is generally shite

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GooseyDuckDuck@reddit

Maybe what you make, mine is awesome.

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gottagetoutofit@reddit

I'm sure you make a great bubble and squeak

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GooseyDuckDuck@reddit

I had Balmoral Chicken last night, it was delicious.

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gottagetoutofit@reddit

Lol. I'm sure it was delicious, I'd definitely eat it. But chicken stuffed with mutton offal is exactly why we have a reputation for shite food.

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salladfingers@reddit

Have to disagree with the bottle of water one

My Japanese friend has quite a thick Japanese accent, so it caught me by surprise when he said in the most common accent that he needed a "boh'oh oh woh'ah"

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ghost-bagel@reddit

To be fair it’s hard to taste much when your diet is 90% salt and corn syrup

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Kara_Zor_El19@reddit

Use a microwave to make a cup of tea

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Suluco87@reddit

Give them a cup of tea then same shade as magnolia.

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Chubbysocks8@reddit

Queue jumping.

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Vepps91@reddit

Saying hospical.

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Fossilhund@reddit

What is a “hospical”.

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ozzybarks@reddit

Calling me a ‘Brit’.

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Active_Driver_6043@reddit

Speaking exceptionally loud in the tube or a restaurant for example. Americans don’t realize how naturally loud they are

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Fossilhund@reddit

📢

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Imaginary_Anywhere50@reddit

Calling football, soccer.

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wunderspud7575@reddit

Be American.

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Iwantedalbino@reddit

Can you be more pacific ?

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pixel_rip@reddit

under appreciated comment take an upvote.

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PantsCatt@reddit

Yeah, I got one to, brought it last week.

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First-Archer-3457@reddit

Defiantly

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Feegizzle@reddit

'Do you mean, can you discuss your point in a more calm and reasonable manner?'

Reverse pedant bamboozle them!

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AppearanceDizzy7006@reddit

Them words made sense to me

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Sensitive_Avocado_63@reddit

You could of been clearer. Dunno wot ur talkin bout.

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Henno212@reddit

Coffee and tea shortage

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BurkeSooty@reddit

Not going single file on a narrow path when I'm approaching from the opposite direction

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Puzzled-Horse279@reddit

I wonder why Queueing is considered a Brit thing. Like wtf do other countries do mosh pit each other first come firsr served style?

Actually in an American show Big Bang theory Sheldon makes a big deal about Queueing ettiquette so queueing is clearly a thing in America

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TomLondra@reddit

I find that being Irish, as I am, is usually enough.

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lavayuki@reddit

I don't think British people hate Irish people as such, it's more the other way around where Irish hate Brits due to the history and colonialism.

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Lazy_Composer6990@reddit

Irish people tend to only hate British governance still being in their country and the ignorance of its atrocities, not British people as individuals.

Irish people aren't hated in this country when they just quietly exist, sure. But they absolutely are when they demand their legally obligated say on their own self determination.

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ArthursRest@reddit

We love the Irish. Sadly (and understandably) it's not reciprocated because our ancestors were evil.

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spookyspocky@reddit

Cut in line

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CosmicChameleon99@reddit

Lack of basic politeness and consideration for others, especially when in a public space.

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bingimp@reddit

Council tax bill

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Geekenstein@reddit

Repeating the same comment over and over and over again without bothering to read the other 50 that say the same thing.

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shaf74@reddit

Milk before tea in a cuppa

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Foxidale3216@reddit

I can feel the rage bubbling at the mere mention of queue jumping

Loudness/brashness. - I find southerners are guilty of this too

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LoudCar7846@reddit

Having a mobile on loudspeaker on public transport. Kindly use some headphones.

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DramaticStability@reddit

For some reason the rule doesn't seem to apply to families putting on videos for their kids at restaurants.

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CosmicChameleon99@reddit

Let me make this worse. Scrolling tik tok on public transport with volume up to full and no headphones.

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ArmWildFrill@reddit

I asked a girl to turn it down on a crowded standing room only bus at 8am and her boyfriend kindly offered to stab me, which was awfully nice of him.

Loud trebly distorted noise is like a slap in the face at 8am on a bus for me.

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TripleF73@reddit

London, Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds or Bradford?

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ArmWildFrill@reddit

They were both white btw, in case you wondered

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TripleF73@reddit

I wasn’t wondering. I have no doubt that they were white, you’d have been far too afraid to challenge them if they weren’t, for fear of being called racist.

Or posting about it either.

If you’re wondering how I know, your bio gave you away. 🙄.

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Dull_Hawk9416@reddit

You missed out Luton

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ArmWildFrill@reddit

London

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SmugglersParadise@reddit

What a lovely chap. Did you take him up on his generous offer or did you counter?

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CongealedBeanKingdom@reddit

For most of us

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AdaandFred@reddit

The busses in Bristol have signs and regular announcements telling people not to play stuff outloud

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Vequihellin@reddit

Dear God I want to slap them so hard. I actually had a whinge at some bloke in a cafe who was watching a football match on his phone with the sound way up. It was a small cafe and everyone was just trying to enjoy a coffee and cake out of the drizzle and there he was inflicting his tinny speakers on us all. I called him out on it. He apologised and silenced it. Which was a surprised since honestly I was expecting a mouthful of abuse. I suspect the crowded cafe and the many glares he was getting from everyone around him might have softened his response.

Most of the time you just get a mouthful when you ask.

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eat-the-kids-first@reddit

Ask if I’m Australian (again and again).

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SidneyKidney@reddit

i can't think of anything pacific

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GurComplete7156@reddit

Talk about the yanks saving the day in WWII.

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NekoMao92@reddit

Don't forget WWI too

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PickleMortyCoDm@reddit

Make a cup of tea... But put the milk in first

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Creative_Rise@reddit

Drivers not giving a thank you wave when you let them past

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PresentReindeer9011@reddit

Just talking to me tbh 😂😂 I’m joking though 😏

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skronk61@reddit

Insult beans on toast

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susanisabloke@reddit

Microwaving tea.

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polynesian_pineapple@reddit

They start telling you about someone they may know in England and they assume you know each other.

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GeneralSEOD@reddit

Advocate for queuing in a pub.

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Rogue44678@reddit

Jump a queue

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WhatWouldMedusaDo@reddit

Mine is queue related; waited in a queue at the Post Office for 20 minutes to send a parcel, only to be told when it's finally my turn that I cannot send it from this location [even though Vinted specifically told me which Post Office I needed] 😡😡

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RevolutionaryCow994@reddit

Jump a queue

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ENuffSaid01@reddit

Adding a tea bag after the milk.

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UncleSeph@reddit

Milk. In. First.

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Meta-Fox@reddit

Its called a bap.

Grabs popcorn

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NekoMao92@reddit

Comment on their Irish or Australian accent, just be prepared to be stabbed.

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Ok_Young1709@reddit

Saying things like a fig roll is the best biscuit. 😂

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loveswimmingpools@reddit

Thinking we give a flying fuck about July 4th. Unless it's your birthday.

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TripleF73@reddit

Even then, unless you are a friend or relative, I don’t give a flying fuck. 🤣

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loveswimmingpools@reddit

Very close friend or relative, at that!

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TwinSong@reddit

Microwave tea.

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Naive_Carpenter7321@reddit

Park your car, legally, on a public road, not causing a nuisance - outside someone else's house.

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Jealous-Oil-5692@reddit

People walking slow in front of you

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Ultimate_os@reddit

Block an escalator.

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Gooseman4120@reddit

Saying bottle of water in shit accent

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MyBeardSaysHi@reddit

Call them a Brit.

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endianess@reddit

When I started work I didn't drink tea much and I would put the milk in first before the tea bag and water. Someone saw me do it and by the look of disgust on their face you would have thought I had actually dipped my testicles in the cup.

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EgoSenatus@reddit

Assume they’re American because they speak English; and when they clarify they’re British, ask if that’s part of New England.

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bevvyboots@reddit

Cutting in instead of queue jumping.

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No-Butterscotch-1385@reddit

Unalived

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captainsittingduck@reddit

Rudeness. Littering. Playing music on your phone loudly. Self aggrandisement.

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_artgirl@reddit

My friends and I had someone try to cut in front of us at airport security yesterday because their flight was leaving in 20 minutes and they'd only just gotten there. Security man basically said 'eff you' and put their first tray through, followed by a load of random trays for other people (mine included), then their remaining trays.

They didn't look terribly amused when we walked past them later on - frantically searching for new flights because they'd obviously missed the original one.

Part of me did feel a bit sorry for them, because I obviously had no idea why they were running so late - pure human stupidity, unavoidable external circumstances etc. - and if they'd just asked nicely, I probably would have let them skip ahead of me, because we were there early and had plenty of time. Unfortunately, since they didn't ask, I couldn't help but laugh and appreciate the pettiness of the security guy, though I now find myself wondering where they were headed and if they ever made it?

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Stun_the_Pink@reddit

Somewhat specific but, referring to Manchester as 'Manny'. Just, no.

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Rob_Cake@reddit

Ask if we are from London

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nameunknown345@reddit

There are many ways—

Milk first

Answering the question ‘How are you doing?’ with anything other than ‘Not too bad’ or ‘Can’t complain’

Having no preference as to what order the jam and cream goes on your scone

Pronunciation of the aforementioned scone

Refusing to engage in small talk about the weather

Americanisms

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AdaandFred@reddit

I have very strong opinions on the jam and cream order but couldn't care less if people say scone or scone.

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the01li3@reddit

Milk in first

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IkeTurn@reddit

Making tea with hot water from a tap. Sorry but we'd have to do a wickerman on you for that crime.

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BigMarcus83@reddit

Creg for Craig. Ffs.

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InsaneInTheRAMdrain@reddit

Who you calling average? You spanner.

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Hazzadcr16@reddit

If you cut in a queue, honestly you’ll get at most a tut out of me, it’ll be a loud tut, but it’s only a tut. I saw a video of a women making a cup of tea in a microwave before. I don’t believe in violence against women, but she is someone I would throw a cup of hot piss over.

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manic_panda@reddit

I will gladly throw hands if someone cuts in a queue and I'm a very confrontation avoidant person.

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Otherwise-Clue-1997@reddit

Give us coffee when we asked for a cuppa tea

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dukeliminal@reddit

Queuing in a pub at the bar

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spoo4brains@reddit

I haven't been to a pub in donkeys years, but while I realise it is odd, why is it a bad thing? When I have been to a busy bar in the past it can often be frustrating to get served and seeing people that turned up after you getting served before you, maybe because they are pushy loudmouths.

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AdaandFred@reddit

When we were teens my mates would send me to the bar on their rounds (with their cash) because I have large breasts and a cleavage so got served quicker.

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SnooStrawberries2342@reddit

People seem to think there's this old school romanticism to the free-for-all at the bar, believing it all sorts itself out, when in reality bar staff have got increasingly worse at determining who should be served next, and it's commonplace for selfish people to rock up after more timid people and get served before them without pointing out "they were before me".

That stuff always happens and I recognise the queue looks lame as hell, and isn't a great use of limited space, but it gets around these issues.

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Wretchh91@reddit

I think its a welcome change since covid being a bartender, less fighting from customers on position at the bar. Doesnt matter how aware we are on the other side of the bar, a few pints can turn some people into egotistical demons 😅

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Winston_Carbuncle@reddit

We do queue. Just not in an obvious way.

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Trick-Station8742@reddit

Organised chaos

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rice_fish_and_eggs@reddit

Bar queues rely on the honour system. "He was here first mate."

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dukeliminal@reddit

You know what I mean. That single file nonsense people started doing since Covid

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Winston_Carbuncle@reddit

Of course I know what you mean but you're replying to someone who obviously wont, hence the question being asked in the first place

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catninjaambush@reddit

You can tell it is a queue because me all know if someone gets served out of order.

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Cautious_Frosting_24@reddit

Boiling water for tea in the microwave.

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yoloswaggins92@reddit

Suggest that they aren't the good guys, historically speaking.

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CraigHBruce@reddit

Charge them more for a pint than they paid a decade ago

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ExultentPisces@reddit

Heating a cup of water in the microwave. You monster.

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Ancient-Mention2480@reddit

Legos

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lord-walrus5@reddit

Teabag, milk, water.

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tiorzol@reddit

Saying "on accident"

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FuzzyBreak5678@reddit

adding an s to words like accommodation.

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trampyjoe@reddit

Unless it's a supermarket name

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BabyAlibi@reddit

Tescos? 🤣

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cococats@reddit

Brush past someone and dont say sorry

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cococats@reddit

Brush past someone and dont say sorry

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Commercial_Night2867@reddit

Adding 'the' to everything. The St Paul's Cathedral. The Windsor Castle. The Hadrian's Wall.

Also referring to football teams as singular. "Liverpool wins", "Chelsea has qualified" etc.

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Drussthelegend2484@reddit

Call the sport Soccer instead of Football.

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Tora-bora83@reddit

Exist

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stupidlyboredtho@reddit

try and do their accents.

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OurSeepyD@reddit

I love it, I find it hilarious and just do it back

Oh are we avin a bi of a bubble are we?

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RelationshipLife6739@reddit

Some bullshit tea drinkers stereotype. Honestly don’t really know anyone who drinks tea. I personally don’t drink either tea or coffee it’s either water, coke or beer.

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LiamJonsano@reddit

I like how everyone has taken this deadly serious and gone for things that would only annoy some Brits as opposed to anyone on earth

Go up to some and start yelling in their ear and you’d annoy them quicker than anything else I reckon

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mondo_generator@reddit

Calling them a Brit

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PolishBicycle@reddit

Soccer

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furezasan@reddit

american english is better

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OurSeepyD@reddit

Throwing tea into the harbour

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jumpingdiscs@reddit

Call it soccer instead of footballs

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Tu2d2d@reddit

Get too excited or happy.

My dad could resurrect from the death, and the most emotion I'd show is maybe a handshake. Anything else is un-British.

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TransatlanticMadame@reddit

Cut the queue

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btwright1987@reddit

Queue jump, or if you’re from south (like me) trying to strike up a conversation on public transport.

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JohnCasey3306@reddit

Push in front of them in any queue.

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nicskoll@reddit

Tell us:

Our food is crap
Our teeth are bad
It doesn't get hot here in the Summer
American defaultisms (is that even a word?)
saying: "I could care less". Nope. Nope. You COULDN'T care less.

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Active-Strawberry-37@reddit

Jump a queue

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Familiar-Adeptness25@reddit

Leaving the tea bag in

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Trojanguido@reddit

“Can I get”? Makes my teeth itch every time I hear it in shops, coffee shops or pubs.

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Glittering_Vast938@reddit

When you hold the door open for someone and they don’t say thanks.

Or another one, when they go through a door and just let it close/slam without seeing if there’s anyone behind and holding it.

Just basic manners really.

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LambonaHam@reddit

Spell things the American way (i.e. wrong).

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Kiki-sunflower@reddit

Jump the queue, making a bad cup of tea, talking loudly on the morning commute, not saying thank you when someone does something that warrants it, not saying excuse me to get past someone, slow drivers in the fast lane, not moving across to a slower lane, being loud with nothing relevant to say,

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PotentialCourt8531@reddit

Call a Welsh person or Scot 'British'.

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NinjafoxVCB@reddit

Using the term "Fed" for Police when we don't have a federal government.

Not indicating in your car

Braking then indicating AS you turn the car off the main road instead of indicating before braking

Microwave tea

Milk before water in Tea

Say how good the current government is - doesn't matter who is in power, you'll annoy someone

Starting a lawn mower/hedge cutter before 1030am

Think the whole country is like London

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alanaisalive@reddit

microwave their tea

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Zealousideal-Box6085@reddit

Queue jump

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sludgecraft@reddit

Bad grammar, not holding the door for someone, queue jumping, being overly loud or extrovert.

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Rough_And_Ready@reddit

Make their tea with milk in the cup first. Bonus points for then adding cold water and making the entire thing in the microwave.

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Salty_Username@reddit

Being generally cheery / loud in my immediate vicinity when I don't know you and cant leave (I.e. waiting on a bus).

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Glittering_Vast938@reddit

“Can I get a…”

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Haunting-Breadfruit9@reddit

Push in front of the queue

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sully-_-420@reddit

Lawn mower at 8am

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Vequihellin@reddit

On a weekend. See also the MOMENT we get nice weather, we can't have a single evening without a bloody bonfire.

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Scary_Vehicle9023@reddit

Not holding a door open (even briefly) for the person coming through after you.

Not waiting for people to exit the train before you step on.

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Impossible-Alps-6859@reddit

Use hot water from the tap to make the tea!

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Vequihellin@reddit

I read somewhere that different leaf variaties have different 'optimum brewing temperatures' but unless you have one of those Quooker taps, hot water from a boiler (or worse, an immersion tank! 😱) will never be hot enough. You need it at at least 80°C.

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gse2026@reddit

Some of these new fancy taps actually can do this just fine

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Blurny@reddit

Just be anyone in the Co-op car park I was just in.

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Accomplished_Law_945@reddit

Somethink, anythink…

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OrganizationStill135@reddit

Imitate an American accent

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spnelson@reddit

Loud Americans and said loud Americans saying how shit British food is

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geniusgravity@reddit

Be French

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ForwardIndependent57@reddit

Ignore the queue , just waltz to the front and start with “I will have….”

Instant annoyance

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ManageThoseFootballs@reddit

Americans saying they’re British too because their great great great grand uncle’s best mate once spent a week in Doncaster.

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ClericalRogue@reddit

Microwaving a cup of tea

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Vequihellin@reddit

Immediately to jail

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Derezzed87@reddit

Or putting the milk in first.

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Penster78@reddit

Push in

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Bbew_Mot@reddit

Approve of middle lane hoggers.

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spanners101@reddit

Legos

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ArthursRest@reddit

I hate that one.

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Dry-Explanation6521@reddit

Ask stupid questions maybe.

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realsuperbad@reddit

When you are behind someone in a queue and they are almost finished being served and then they proceed to ask for 17 different scratch cards.

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patrandec@reddit

Yanks correcting our spelling and Brits saying y'all because they watch to much US brainrot TV.

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major_damp@reddit

Cyclists who go out in groups and are dressed like they are actually in the tour de France and then spread out on small country lanes!

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Kaykav11@reddit

Try to read their newspaper over their shoulder on a train.

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InevitableUnoriginal@reddit

Tell somebody they shouldn't be smoking weed whilst drinking alcohol in front of them....

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Youppi27@reddit

Dont queue when there's a road that merges.

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Carl_Clegg@reddit

Pressing the ‘Road crossing’ button when there’s barely any traffic.

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Mick_Vee_@reddit

No need to try, we're already annoyed

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oportoman@reddit

"Sneakers" , "oftentimes"

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Special-Audience-426@reddit

Show them a video of an American using cutlery

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811545b2-4ff7-4041@reddit

Also: Eating a cooked breakfast one component at a time.

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Sixybeast626@reddit

All got teeth like head stones in a graveyard

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ArmWildFrill@reddit

At least the graveyard isn't full of school shooting victims, so there is that.

The dental health of the average Brit is better than the average USian, studies show.

It's only USians who say this

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Sixybeast626@reddit

No argument here, I said this as a brit with not the greatest dental profile 😂

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keeponkeepingup@reddit

Don't give them ammo mate

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Sixybeast626@reddit

Well, they need extra, for all those shootings right?

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keeponkeepingup@reddit

There is that

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ArthursRest@reddit

Using the merge in traffic lanes properly (lining up in both and merging at the end). I dunno why people think they need to get into the queue as soon as possible. Then they sit seething at anyone that dares to use them as they're intended.

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frecklesandgegs@reddit

Put the milk in first

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feckarse-drinkgirls@reddit

Only acceptable if you're using an actual teapot with loose leaf tea and a strainer

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Accomplished_Bake904@reddit

I'm annoyed just reading this

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Fioreborn@reddit

Show them how Americans make tea.

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Unstableavo@reddit

Queue jump

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AIX-XON@reddit

Put green anything on a fry up

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Superb-Act-3201@reddit

Calling people a Brit when they are English.

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Responsible-Ad-1086@reddit

Jump the queue

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brumav78@reddit

"That's what she said" - a colleague of mine said this to me and it killed the humour stone dead.

I think you'll find it's "as the actress said to the bishop".

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AceInnadeck117@reddit

Put milk in first

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40andbored@reddit

Making tea in a microwave

Boils my piss (2 mins, 30 secs on 800w... incase you were wondering)

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Brilliant_Ask_82@reddit

Walking past a queue to jump the line

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Leather_Bat5939@reddit

Milk in tea 🤢

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Large-Lettuce-7940@reddit

milk in the cup first maybe but milk in tea is pretty usual behaviour

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Leather_Bat5939@reddit

Not even bruv ruins it

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Large-Lettuce-7940@reddit

bet you dont even add sugar do you, just fucking raw dog it

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Leather_Bat5939@reddit

I used 2 have 1 brown but i like it tart now

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PCE_DEADMEAT@reddit

Push in front in a queue

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ForesterDean23@reddit

Start a war that didn’t need to be started then claim we lack loyalty by not joining in.

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Pengwings316@reddit

Microwave tea

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Adzprestage@reddit

Calling NFL/MLB/NBA teams World champions after winning a national championship.

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Adzprestage@reddit

Sorry I assumed the OP was American.

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Snowyrunt@reddit

Have zero spatial awareness in public.

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FinalCryptographer52@reddit

Tailgating

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Great-Activity-5420@reddit

Call us all British when you really mean English?

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Legitimate-Cut6909@reddit

Op is an attention seeker I see.

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After-Competition380@reddit

Put empty milk carton back in fridge

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No-Dinner-3715@reddit

Forming queues for the bar in pubs! It’s the one place we don’t queue! Get to the bar, let the bartender sort it out and ALWAYS say if someone else was there before you!

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TheeHappyDude@reddit

Being enthusiastic. Or loud. Or over sharing. Or blowing your own trumpet too much.

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BerlinSam@reddit

Calling it Soccer ..

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Competitive_Time_604@reddit

if your presence in an environment is perceivable then you're probably annoying a brit

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roninzorz187@reddit

Add salt to their food.

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AntFew7791@reddit

Conversations about innane shite on speakerphone on public transport.

Yes Sharon, can't wait to sit on a crowded smelly bus hearing about your hair extensions for 15 sodding minutes...

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TheRiddlerTHFC@reddit

Make a tea by heating water in microwave...

Actually that might be classified as a war crime

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-Rhymenocerous-@reddit

Offer to make tea and put the milk and sugar in with the teabag before adding any hot water

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CTLeafez@reddit

Mention Captain Tom’s daughter…

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ArmWildFrill@reddit

That makes me laugh tbh.

She's like the bloke wanted in Spain for the food poisoning scam. a clasic example of a dodgy UKian

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PM_ME_VEG_PICS@reddit

Dammit, if forgotten about that selfish greedy bitch.

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Excellent-Movie4524@reddit

Tea in the microwave

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SeaworthinessHead613@reddit

Don't talk about the weather.

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TestyRodent@reddit

Walk into any pub and say "Have they scored a touchdown yet?"

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EasyCheesecake1@reddit

Put the milk in first when making tea.

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dantes_b1tch@reddit

Saying a Jaffa cake is a biscuit

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I-live-in-room-101@reddit

When driving and I let you through, just fucking acknowledge my act of cooperation, a finger raised from the steering wheel or a head nod is all I need! It’s not a lot to ask for you ignorant wanker!!!

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LordMogroth@reddit

People thinking im from Australia whilst I was in New York. Im from Essex ffs.

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Standard_Response_43@reddit

Being overly enthusiastic and happy

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handtoglandwombat@reddit

Making tea any way that doesn’t involve a kettle

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TidyBuckets@reddit

Queue jump.

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DotAffectionate87@reddit

Taking the tea bag out after a couple of dips and not letting it "steep" /Weak Tea

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AlucardVTep3s@reddit

From a Brit: Being judged for not watching football

From a non Brit: Do they have cars in Wales?

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AmbitiousReaction168@reddit

When they claim they're pretty fluent in French, switch to French. Works every time. 😎

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Dr_Gillian_McQueef@reddit

Be on Threads and tell us our food is shit.

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vivahate29@reddit

Walk slowly with no situational awareness.

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nicinabox_@reddit

Saying you don't like gravy..

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Spannerdaniel@reddit

Use a yank word when we have a much nicer British English word for the same thing.

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TipsyPhippsy@reddit

English*

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Doug__Quaid@reddit

Say something about your genealogy and how it makes you part British or something

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BellendicusMax@reddit

Saying you could care less

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Shnarf1980@reddit

Either play music on your phone OR take a video call without headphones when on public transport

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BellendicusMax@reddit

Making tea in a microwave

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CountTruffula@reddit

Ask them if they're American

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Head_is_Hollow98@reddit

Using a microwave to make/warm up tea

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Geezer-McGeezer@reddit

Microwave a mug with water and a teabag in it.

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AppearanceDizzy7006@reddit

Avocado with a fryup

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BeanzBruv@reddit

Put the milk and teabag in the cup first

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smileyhappy@reddit

Milk, then water, then tea bag

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N4t3ski@reddit

Put the milk in first

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martini1294@reddit

Stopping in front of people when they’re walking

Or congregating on a walkway. Politely, move the f out of the way

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FadedAlligator@reddit

Adding milk to tea without taking the teabag out first

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ArmWildFrill@reddit

Not sure about that

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AirlineSevere7456@reddit

Putting in milk with the teabag before brewing has taken place.

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redandbluebadness@reddit

Saying 'soccer', imply that we are 'salty' about US independence, Say the Falklands are Argentinian and all currries belong to India alone.

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ArmWildFrill@reddit

Soccer is what posh boys call football, it's short for "Association football", as to them "football" is egg-chasing.

It's their fault

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Cmdr_Redbeard@reddit

Jokes on them, soccer is British. Still called bloody football though.

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Leader_Bee@reddit

Make beans on toast with anything but baked beans in tomato sauce, then complain about how we can eat this terrible food.

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gen505@reddit

If we’re going by ease and level of annoyance: being held up or delayed while driving. Not necessarily a localised annoyance but the level of rage some reach having their day inconvenienced by a few seconds is actually insane.

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Tuskn@reddit

It's queue jumping.

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Ashamed_Eye_6496@reddit

Microwaving fish at work.

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Darkus185@reddit

Saying “could care less”

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Hythy@reddit

"On accident"

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Opening_Cut_6379@reddit

Demanding air con and ice cubes in the middle of winter

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Ururuipuin@reddit

Give me a sweet cold cup of sugar when I ask for a tea.

In fact i think thats a crime still punishable by being throw. In the Tower

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To the American, they are just speaking at a normal volume.

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