Help please?

[Whisk_Luva]

Ok so I got given a piece of RE homework today (Oh joy ) and I have to ask people what they think is British... (like a cup of tea etc) and why they think that....(it can be a very simple reason LOL!)

So people, any help?

Thank you!

[Catty1]

PEAS, the universal vegetable! I have heard that from people who have travelled there, and they said peas were 'served with everything'!

I don't know if they were mushy ones or not.

[Karen]

Afternoon tea - the "English aunts" always had this
Kippers for breakfast - described to me and made me go "ewwwww!"
Fish 'n' chips wrapped in newspaper - I don't know, literary culture references I guess
Stiff upper lip - just a cultural thing I've always associated with being very English
Hats and gloves for fancy ocassions - all media coverage, and English ladies of the elder generation I have known in person, hats (and gloves though less often) were de rigeur for weddings, parties, etc. I ended up, for some reason, holding the hat of my friend's English cousin for practically a whole wedding reception, as she couldn't manage her drink and cigarette AND the big hat, too.

[Pembroke_Corgi]

Anytime I hear the word "Queen," I first think of Queen Elizabeth, I suppose because she is well known here.

I also think of colonialism, since Great Britain had many colonies.

I also think of British rock- i.e. the "British Invasion" of the 1960's- The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, etc.

[Muddy4paws]

British bull dogs!

Fish and chips and mushy peas!

Scones and afternoon tea..

The Royal family

Big ben

Bad weather

[momoffuzzyfaces]

Crumpets with your tea. Something called "clotted cream".

Jack the Ripper! Big Ben! The royal family. Scottland yard. The Bobbies (police here). London Bridge.