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The accent, of course, like "hour" being pronounced as "Ahhh" -
"This is Owen Bennett-Jones of News ahhh" on the BBC.
Which remind me - double last names - Owen Bennett-Jones,
Jonathan Rhys-Davies (I know, he's technically Welsh) and the like, often seem very English.
Karen, you don't have to be English to be British http://www.petoftheday.com/i/our_smilies/biggrin.gifQuote:
Originally Posted by Karen
Welsh, Scottish and Northern Irish are just as British as English
Those big London buses I forget what they are called but they are red and two story.
Gaurds who wear big tall helmets and can't laugh.
And of course Big Ben.
Eww and bangers and mash.
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Originally Posted by Karen
Im sitting here saying hour and its coming out as owwer :D Ive been told by people who dont live in london that I sound cockney.
Been thinking of more.
Big red buses!
red phone boxes
purley king and queen
Tom Jones :o
Harrods
the london underground
Millenium dome
London eye
Tower of london
Big ben
Museums
Big lion statues
London zoo
red post boxes
Pie and mash and jellied eels
Sir Francis Drake and Sir Walter Raleigh.
Royal Ascot.
The Grand National.
I always think that bad weather and afternoon tea is British things. I also think that an British accent it british because it is!
British humor, both the extra-dry "is she pulling my leg?" variant and the broad, earthy, potty-joke, unconvincing-drag silly version!
Morris dancing and mumming
Guy Fawkes Day
Fox hunting :(
English style riding
And of course ENGLISH ALE!
Hugh Grant.
Folks, don't forget she needs the "why" part - why you associate such things with being English!
Muddy4Paws, the funny thing is is that people sometimes guess Paul as having an English accent, which he does not at ALL - but he did watch a lot of Dr. Who when he was a kid!
And there was a receptionist where Paul used to work who thought I was two people - "that British lady who calls" and Paul's wife. I don't know why she thought I sounded British on the phone, I mean, how much of an accent can one convey in 7 syllables "May I speak to Paul Watts, please?" is just about all she ever heard me say before she transferred the call!
Freedom: Sorry I shouldnt actually call it RE.... (used to be called religious education)... it is now PR (Philsophy and Religion)
ES: Love the photo :D
Columbine: PMed you
And everyone: thank you :D
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Talking about the weather and queues!!!
"MIND the gap!!Mind the gap!!" ah, I heard it so often on the underground of London :)
Red phone boxes
Lady Di
fish'n chips, wrapped in a newspaper
Bobbies
Sherlock Holmes
Wet London
etc... I know more, I will post them later :)
It is called a ploughman's lunch.Quote:
And something, I think it was called a Farmer's lunch? Bread, cheese, apple, and CHUTNEY! Oh yes, chutney is defininteely British.
Burberry Clothing- the plaid is very British!
The London underground- The only way to travel in London
Buckingham Palace-where the queen lives
Rock music- for reasons already listed
The way they call lunch dinner, and supper tea-time. Oh and they call brunch elevensies!
Bisto Gravy-they serve it on everything
The classic double decker buses
The bear skin hats the guards where at Buckingham palace
Soccer games- the British are football mad (you could also say hooligans are VERY British, but I am going to concentrate on the good things)