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Why are so many young people out of work?

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Are cake sheds appearing all over the uk, or is it just happening in my area ?

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Unemployment is high. Same thing happened in the 1920s/30s with an explosion of new candy bars. Sweets are relatively cheap and easy to make and sell even in economic downturns. The truck and petrol are their real costs.

Yorkshire Pudding pronunciation?

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She said Sh-eye-r? Did you aggressively quote Tolkien at her? This is the land that wrote out Cholmondeley and said ‘Chumley.’ Irrational nonchalant brevity is in the blood. Shire is more ‘sure’ with a work-shy R unless you’re over 50 and BBC trained. You can now give her a withering look before politely placing your order next time.

How often is too much? When am I living with a third person?

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Tally up the small but visible difference in bills and present him with an invoice for his share. If you do it wearing your sexiest loungewear it’s a nice confusing vibe that will see them spending less time at yours.

What Does "Estate" Mean To You?

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Ice cream in the curry house?.

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Help settle an argument. The toast on the left is mine, the toast on the right is my wife's. How do you prefer yours?

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For parents who moved countries, did your kids struggle more with the pace or the pressure of the new school system

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Also there can be a differences in curriculum, in Europe History is more like World History in the US, kids start school in the UK at age 4. A US kindergarten grad moving over will be unable to read and going into, at age 6, Year 2 where they will be pulled out for remedial learning. That said, as adults my kids recognize that they had a better education in the UK, though the US model looks more fun.

How do most Brits pronounce words beginning in “dis-“?

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Do posh Brits have crude humour?

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Fellow recipients of PIP, how do you cope with the constant battle to prove you are disabled?

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Go to CAB and get their help. Self refer for an OT. Make it all your worst day ever er. And pointedly remind them ‘this is a chronic condition that will not resolve nor lessen.’

Is there a way to stop a neighbour using my address for just eat?

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Would you ever let a stranger use your toilet?

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Yes. I used to live on the High Street and during the Guy Fawkes parades had plenty of parents knock on my door with a desperate child needing a loo. I also offered a Muslim building inspector who was fretting use my room to pray.

Is British history boring to British people?

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Every year thousands of students, having studied history from grade 1, choose to study history at GCSE and A level and University. The BBC and other channels make historical series from living in a certain time period to deep dives into specific parts of history. Historical drama is our jam. We don’t find it boring, we find it bloody useful. Currently we spend a goodly time comparing current events to Hitler’s playbook.

Please settle an argument, soldiers for boiled egg is fingers of toast from half slices of bread?

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Just realized I’m about to turn 50 and have never left the US for any reason and very likely never will.

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Step one, get a passport. Step two, get basic travel vaccinations and travel advice for managing your health abroad. Step 3, go to Skyscanner or Google flights, put in direct flight with hotel and your budget. Book the first one that lights you up. Just go. My father got his first passport at 68. He had chronic leukemia and had survived 3 heart attacks. He had to clear border control with his lunch box full of medications. But he came to visit me in Europe. He saw London and Paris. He took the TGV, stayed in a small chateau in Herault, and sat outside in the evening at a tiny table with a glass of wine, listening to the cicadas and watching the sun set over the field of vines. It was his first and last foreign travel, his first and last view of the world from a wholly different place and it changed him. For us as a family, it is one of our fondest memories, seeing the hardworking, teetotal construction foreman melt into this relaxed wine connoisseur full of bonhomie for a few weeks. The things we regret are the things we didn’t do so clear as many of those as you can.

Which boot brands do British people prefer for rainy weather?

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What'll it be?

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Have you ever been considered “ethnically ambiguous” by anyone?

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Have you ever been considered “ethnically ambiguous” by anyone?

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How often do y’all actually eat a full sized English breakfast?

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I occasionally eat one egg, 2 slices of bacon and one slice of Danish bread toast and think I’m ‘filling up for the day.’ That is filling up for the month. I don’t know anyone who has ever eaten anything like that.

Which is better Tesco or Sainsburys?

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Today is my last day not being British, how should I spend my day?

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How realistic is Call the Midwife”?

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What British food staple is your favorite?

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My adult son wants to know why Gerardo’s song “Rico Suave” was so popular.

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What was it like hearing Nirvana, AIC, etc when hair metal was still popular?

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Not at all for live music garage band enthusiasts like me. Moving from Circle Jerks, Social Distortion, Violent Femmes on one hand and Blind Melon, Pixies, the Breeders, Edna Swap on the other, Nirvana was pretty effortless. Pearl Jam took a moment. Even punks enunciate.

At what age would you let your daughter get an eyebrow piercing?

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Mine was 15 1/2. She had to take it for school and study in the medical unit but weathered that fine, did well, off to college, uni bound and hasn’t looked back. She had a healthy skepticism of those who make a mountain out of a molehill of slight power which has solidified into a something approaching her mother’s utter derision of the same. 10/10 recommend

Can British people tell if someone is fake accenting like a Brit?

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Where have all the proper local bakeries gone?

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Our village one - that had queues out the door daily - closed 2 years ago. The baker who had been there since the 1950s spent 10 years trying to get an apprentice to stick with it but rising at 4:30 to get bread in saw each candidate drop out. He was ancient and his wife and daughter ran the shop, he got up to bake and went back to bed, it was creaking along. He finally gave up and retired, sold the building and its now a private home.

Do you think having to pass a life in the uk test is a bit nonsense?

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Getting UK citizenship is a series of money and effort hurdles. It was already one of the most expensive processes in the world and now subsequent governments try to woo Regorm voters by making it more expensive, more effort and more time. The test is nonsense but it makes money and gate keeps so it’s going nowhere.

How many times have you moved?

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Tea?

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It was retaliation by my abusive ex because I had testified against him. He claimed property damage and insisted they arrest me. Frustrating for the officers but they made it actually nice for me, released after a short interview, and they’ve arrested and convicted him 4 times since so all came right in the end.

Favourite childhood snacks in the UK that are no longer available?

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I was speaking to some friends from America who didn't know that school houses are actually a thing in the UK. They thought it was a made up Hogwarts thing. Mine were Neptune (blue) Mars (Red) Jupiter (yellow) and Venus (green) What were your school houses called?

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Tea?

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I got arrested once, it was an obvious stitch up that frustrated the officers and they were lovely. Refused to cuff me, gave me a cigarette, a comfie sweatshirt, advised me to stick to the hot chocolate as the tea and coffee were both rank at that custody centre, apologized for the limited supply of books and had me interviewed, released without charge and out in a hotel (Premier Inn) they paid for from a discretionary fund in 5 hours. Would definitely expect them to make tea at mine in a crisis situation to comfort someone.

First news event you remember?

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How did Margaret Thatcher get elected 3 times if she's so hated?

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How did Margaret Thatcher get elected 3 times if she's so hated?

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But you haven’t. You’ve literally responded pithily with mere accusations in response to valid reasons. Repeatedly. You’re emotional and defensive but clearly not able to calmly debate or back up your ideas with reason. Is it easier if you switch to why Boris Johnson wasn’t a bumbling fool of a minister? He lied as easily as he belched but he did have the occasional moment of near humanity.

Is it normal for UK employees to vanish on vacation without notice?

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So you feel that you were entitled to being told his schedule? If he would be off for a medical appointment or surgery would you expect to be informed too? You’re not his manger who needs to shuffle work flow. You’re a distant colleague he occasionally hears from. Emailing back and forth sharing information recently doesn’t elevate that. You were working on something not urgent, not due until a week after his return from holiday and clearly not terribly difficult. This isn’t a problem. It’s oh, he’s out, I’ll email him on the 24th. So not sure what is causing this to be an issue for you, you’re feeling slighted somehow, it seems….over-invested? Did you feel like you all were mates or something?

Is Delilah viewed as a low-class/trashy name in the UK?

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‘Common’ as in not aspirational middle class where you get Amelie/Amelia, Sophie/Sophia, Olivia, Charlotte and Emma/Emily repeated ad nauseam? That’s a concern of folks who teeter between and desperately don’t want to be seen doing anything that ‘the poors ’ do. Most don’t think like that. I live on an estate with many help-to-buy and council housing. And my kids went to a very posh school. In the neighborhood kids: Oliver, Jamie, Archie, Amelia, Jaden, Stephen, Donte, Tyler, Rebecca, Letitia, Daniel, Abby Posh school: Persephone, Hugo, Mintie, Perdita, Ziggy, Nathan, Beatrice, Digby, Celia, Freddie, Bryony, Octavia Delilah would fit in either, no worries.

How did Margaret Thatcher get elected 3 times if she's so hated?

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Somehow everyone else has reasoning and logic to back up their view while you use simplistic statements you simply repeat….like someone tribalistic and brainwashed.

Who all had to deal with the every-day reality of Corporal punishment at school?

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Only saw it once, in 3rd grade. A badass 8 year old named Lynn with no fear took a drilled paddle like that to the hands and not one tear was shed. All respect. Mrs Jane Clark, on the other hand, can eat bricks.

What items immediately scream this home is “upper middle class”?

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Upper middle as in brother is an earl, dad a retired diplomat, private school to Oxford pipeline education, bought your childhood country pile from your parents? -old crappy but large, intricate and wool carpets -mismatched vintage silverware -real art in weird sizes, huge modern canvas in the kitchen, tiny portraits on the mantel, something foreign holiday or historic in the bathroom -sea of wellies in all sorts of sizes - you can always just borrow a pair for a walk -wooden drying rack by the washing machine or hanging nearby. -butler’s sink

Ladies, what are y'all doing with your hair?

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Do you regret leaving the EU?

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My ex husband voted leave because, and I quote, “I hate Germans! And I think it will be good!” Fairly typical of the ilk. It was another reason to divorce. Brexit is an act of self-injurious stupidity. Most of us are embarrassed, don’t want to talk about it, and hope it will go away.

I live in Illinois, USA. I love tea, what is the brand and type of tea you drink?

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In my cupboard is PG Tips (builders brew - if I say what kind of tea would you like and you say anything, you’re getting PG Tips), Twinings Strong English Breakfast (my bog standard), peppermint for tummy aches, chamomile for chilling, Moroccan Mint because it’s summertime, spiced Chai, green tea, regular English Breakfast, Yorkshire and Darjeeling which is my fancy tea, it’s so delicate and fresh tasting.

Is it considered rude to expect thanks for a gift?

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If you have a car, how often do you fill up your gas tank, and how much do you spend on gas per month?

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I spend £60/month, commute varies but is roughly 40 miles a week average, lower in Summer (I am not a walk in the rain girl but will walk/bus liberally in fair weather). My car is a lovingly cared for 2006 with under 50,000 original miles on it so not terribly efficient, just mollycoddled.

Where in the UK is good to move to if you want to disappear?

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