What is Britishness?

right-track · 06-11-2009, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by boo boo

Right-Track: It's funny, he's been here so damn long. And yet, and I don't want this to come off as mean. I still don't know very much about him. I just know he's very british, lol.

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Originally Posted by boo boo

Bulldog: All I know is, he might give RT and Urban a run for the money for the title of most British poster ever.

That's it! I've got to ask you boo boo.

What is your definition of being typically British?
I have a sneaky feeling we have a different perspective and define Britishness differently this side of the pond.

boo boo · 06-11-2009, 03:44 PM

Saying twat a lot.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 06-11-2009, 03:45 PM

I'm not British, I'm Sarnian

right-track · 06-11-2009, 03:46 PM

I'm not typically British in all it's incarnations.
Unless saying "twat" a lot, counts.

TheBig3 · 06-11-2009, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by right-track

That's it! I've got to ask you boo boo.

What is your definition of being typically British?
I have a sneaky feeling we have a different perspective and define Britishness differently this side of the pond.

How about the Man U fervor? That doesn't count?

right-track · 06-11-2009, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by TheBig3KilledMyRainDog

How about the Man U fervor? That doesn't count?

What it is to be British deserves a thread of it's own.
It's a complex beast spanning the class system, regional differences and even politics.
There is no simple answer to being "typically British" I suppose.
Much like there isn't a typical answer for defining 'the American dream'.

jackhammer · 06-11-2009, 03:59 PM

If someone was to ask me what nationality I am, I always say English and not British for some reason. Once again another conumdrum of the inhabitants of this fair isle.

boo boo · 06-11-2009, 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by right-track

I'm not typically British in all it's incarnations.
Unless saying "twat" a lot, counts.

Well I'm not talking about this kind of british

so much as this kind of british.

right-track · 06-11-2009, 04:04 PM

Then you wouldn't be far wrong.

No idea what that other pic is though...not working.

Edit: ahh...there it is.

right-track · 06-11-2009, 04:10 PM

Thread created to save another.

I'm interested in what other people from around the world consider to be 'typically British'.
Feel free to stereotype...

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jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	If someone was to ask me what nationality I am, I always say English and not British for some reason. Once again another conumdrum of the inhabitants of this fair isle. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

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right-track Atchin' Akai Join Date: May 2005 Location: Unamerica Posts: 8,723	I'm not typically British in all it's incarnations. Unless saying "twat" a lot, counts.

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right-track Atchin' Akai Join Date: May 2005 Location: Unamerica Posts: 8,723	Then you wouldn't be far wrong. No idea what that other pic is though...not working. Edit: ahh...there it is.

06-11-2009, 04:10 PM	#10 (permalink)
right-track Atchin' Akai Join Date: May 2005 Location: Unamerica Posts: 8,723	Thread created to save another. I'm interested in what other people from around the world consider to be 'typically British'. Feel free to stereotype...