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What are common misconceptions people could benefit from understanding?

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Similarly, my sister is anal about switching off phone chargers after they’re fully charged. It’s about 50 p a year to charge a phone, assuming you’re charging once a day from low to full.

Why do people get so aggressive and swear at people walking?

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Why do people say independent school instead of private school?

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Why do people say independent school instead of private school?

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How many pints of beer do you think you’ve consumed so far in life?

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What’s the best prize you’ve ever won from a radio competition?

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Yeah; I hated “The New Bill”, but I loved when it was a proper police procedural. That’s why I was delighted when I won the VHSs: they were all “Old Bill” that were difficult to watch on terrestrial.

What nicknames have you heard for places in the UK?

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What’s the best prize you’ve ever won from a radio competition?

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What's the worst place in every English county?

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Are there any teenage movies from the UK?

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Do you regularly travel around the UK? If not, why not?

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Do you regularly travel around the UK? If not, why not?

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Do you regularly travel around the UK? If not, why not?

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It’s 6000 miles away. I work in East Asia. Seriously though, being away makes you appreciate it more. I treat the UK more like a tourist when I’m back. Last time, my boyfriend and I visited my family in Billy Elliot country (County Durham) then had a day in Edinburgh, then back to the family pad, then down for a day in York, a couple of days in Bristol, three in Cornwall, dropped the hire car back at Heathrow and took the Tube into London for three days. Then, Tube back to Heathrow to fly home.

How best to Exchange old £20 notes?

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What are some good perk schemes?

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I never get an unexpected shock at the end of month. It takes a minute to add up all Apple Pay spending in the evening and make a payment since the credit card is a product from my bank.

Do you fill up the kettle after use?

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My elderly mum does this. I live abroad and when I came back for the first time to find the kettle regularly full, I was confused. I thought it might be an early sign of dementia — like she was boiling water to make a drink and forgetting about.

What is your favourite parenting white lie?

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What are your views on colleagues who eat breakfast at their desk?

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I don’t mind it as much as eating lunch. Eating lunch at your desk seems like a punishment because you don’t have time to leave. Eating breakfast is fine because you got a bit of extra sleep.

What are some good perk schemes?

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My airline co-branded credit card comes with four free transfers to the airport every year and two free lounge entries per year. As well as that, free seat selection, a dedicated check in lane, and priority boarding (after business, but just before premium economy). Since I do all my spending on it, and pay it off at the end of every day, it doesn’t really make any difference to my expenses. When the statement comes, it usually ranges between £40 in credit and £40 to pay. It costs £200 a year for the card but I think it’s worth it since I fly every couple of months.

How do we make cash a thing again?

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QR codes are a good compromise. Here in Taiwan, Line Pay and JKO pay are preferred by many small businesses and market stalls because the fees are lower than Apple Pay or credit cards in general. However, as a user, they’re a bit inconvenient because I have to unlock my phone, navigate to the relevant app, find the option to display a QR code and then confirm again with Face ID. That’s compared with Apple Pay, where I simply unlock my phone and hold it near the reader.

British people who have spent time living in another country, what did you like best about both worlds?

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I’ll do three things for each country so I don’t start rambling and annoying everyone. Taiwan - better healthcare (no appointments, walk in and see a specialist in minutes), safer (leave your phone/laptop/handbag on a table in Starbucks to save it while you go order out of sight), and cheaper cost of living (my rent is 20% of my salary, I don’t have (and in 10 years have never had) a kitchen because eating out is cheaper than buying groceries). UK - goodness, the weather in summer is perfect. Long, sunny days at a comfortable temperature (TW is hot - 35°C, humid, and when it starts raining, it rains monsoon style for days). The banter and humour is second to none. Finally, even though we love to trash it, the food. My family joke about how I gorge myself on Sunday roasts whenever I come back - even in the middle of the week. All of the food is just so hearty and hale (is that the phrase?) and tasty, and we’ve drawn on (in other words, ahem, conquered) so many cultures that our cuisine is truly one of the world’s best.

I have a form to return which "expires" on 25th May. Would you say that means I can return it on the 25th or will it have expired by then?

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I’d just return the silly form and get proof of posting on May 25th. If they want to argue that a form can expire on May 25th, then they’re idiots — and you can demand a new form and ask for one that expires on February 31st of next year and see if they’re idiotic enough to agree.

Would you feel safe and comfortable wearing an expensive watch in the UK these days?

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Can you name all these building site vehicles?

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How often do you find that people don’t know what a dozen means?

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Why does every gate along a walking path have a different mechanism?

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Why does every gate along a walking path have a different mechanism?

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Why does every gate along a walking path have a different mechanism?

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Why does every gate along a walking path have a different mechanism?

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We were saved just in time from European Uniform Lock Directive 17-R-47-Ω. I’m kidding but I think it’s simply there is no standard for this kind of thing so each farmer or whoever just fashioned their own in the way they were taught or from whatever materials they had to hand.

Do you feel like saying "I'm from UK" sounds overly broad?

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Do you feel like saying "I'm from UK" sounds overly broad?

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On the flip side, whenever I say I’m from England/the UK, they invariably ask “Oh, from London?!” Unless they’re a football fan, which is rare where I’m living, but they’ll recognise Newcastle (kind of where I’m from). And if they’re educated and know about UK uni towns, they’ll know places like Durham (where I’m actually from) and places like Bristol, Edinburgh, and obviously Oxford/Cambridge.

Do you feel like saying "I'm from UK" sounds overly broad?

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Do you feel like saying "I'm from UK" sounds overly broad?

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Alarm at Royal Mail Delivery Office has been ringing for 8 hours. What else can I do?

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I'm going to England for the first time ever, what are some things to avoid or don't do?

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Photo of passport stolen, what do u reckon I do in this situation?

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what’s a normal thing in Britain that secretly makes no sense when you think about it?

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what’s a normal thing in Britain that secretly makes no sense when you think about it?

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People are in favour of replacing the NHS with a lottery similar to the one in the novel written by Shirley Jackson where an annual lottery is drawn to decide which member of the community is put down that year.

what’s a normal thing in Britain that secretly makes no sense when you think about it?

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what’s a normal thing in Britain that secretly makes no sense when you think about it?

Posted by avsvishalmedia@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 152 comments

what’s a normal thing in Britain that secretly makes no sense when you think about it?

Posted by avsvishalmedia@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 152 comments

what’s a normal thing in Britain that secretly makes no sense when you think about it?

Posted by avsvishalmedia@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 152 comments

what’s a normal thing in Britain that secretly makes no sense when you think about it?

Posted by avsvishalmedia@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 152 comments

what’s a normal thing in Britain that secretly makes no sense when you think about it?

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Icy_Mixture1482@reddit

I think OP is deformity a bot. Or a human using a bot to do the work for them. This feels like a classic ChatGPT conversation: • Validate the human’s concerns. • Provide some factors to back them up. • Ask a follow up question to keep the user using the product. Then, they seem to be editing it to come across as human. Removing capital letters and punctuation.

what’s a normal thing in Britain that secretly makes no sense when you think about it?

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Are you AI honestly? This feels like a classic ChatGPT conversation. Validate the human’s concerns. Provide some factors to back them up. Ask a follow up question to keep the user using the product.

Why are run-on sentences more acceptable in British English?

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It’s a shame people are so biased (for little reason) against the passive voice. “The police will be called if our staff are threatened with violence.” “Your documents will be returned within 2–3 weeks […]” Both put the key information up front.

Why are run-on sentences more acceptable in British English?

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Are we really saying we don’t mind vague language or slang from the government, an entity that literally has the power to imprison or fine us if we don’t grasp what they’re trying to communicate?

Which holiday destinations do you find yourself revisiting and what keeps you going back?

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It’s about half and half to me. 50% of destinations are completely new and 50% are favourite places. It’s so nice arriving at the airport, knowing exactly which metro to take, knowing which hotels are good, where’s good for food, hitting up people you drank with in a bar last time.

Which holiday destinations do you find yourself revisiting and what keeps you going back?

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I’ve been to Vietnam 8 times. Mostly smaller towns like Da Nang that aren’t so stressful as HCM or Hanoi. I love the ambiance, the friendly locals, the coffee, the food, the cost of living. When I travel, it’s about 50:50 new places to familiar places. They both have advantages. But Vietnam is definitely my favourite place to revisit.

Why do we now swap in or out, when we used to just swap?

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I’ve been antagonising UK Redditors today (inadvertently) with another grammar-themed post about comma splices. But I get what you’re saying. I’ve noticed many people using superfluous prepositional phrases: * List out (“list” does fine) * Listen up (“listen” means the same thing) * Meet with (why not just “meet [person]?)