What Do Europeans Really Think About British culture?
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- Queuing, tea and talking about the weather. Are us Brits really that predictable? A few UK based Europeans who we spoke to (before the referendum) seemed to think so. What's more, they wouldn't have it any other way. We'll say 'cheers' to that.
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that french girl in the pink shirt actually sounds completely british
Really? As a French person myself, I thought she was sooo French, but the loving-UK type of French (like myself actually). I think that's because we French and British people have a lot more in common than we want to admit
She was wrong on one thing though, the sorry thing, we also do this all the time, like we have different types of "désolé" and you have to figure out what it meant based on the way we say it
Lucinda Sawyer yeah she has an accent but not a London accent.
I think that she's obviously been here for years x
George Bennett, are you gay?
No mate, just comfortable expressing platonic love
I'm English and I've never met someone who likes queuing. We just do it.
i like doing it, because it makes me feel secure that i will get my turn, unlike in other countries that I have been to where they all shove and push and you have to be really aggressive to get seen to. Here it's just, ok, I will wait 5 minutes but that is ok because I will eventually reach the counter or the bus door and nobody will knee me in the groin or snatch my handbag and throw it so they can take my place.
Yeah most of us hate queueing but it’s just not worth wasting any energy on pushing and shoving. We’re just more efficient
@@yulia8175 True. Here in Brazil it's a battle royale. We yell and push each other, and no one really gets to do what they want to do. It's an unfair and cruel life.
Thats so english tho lmao
Yeah, I don't like it...it's just something I was raised to do.
I do find myself getting really angered when tourists don't realise you have to queue for something hahaha.
I remember waiting for a bus in the middle of the city centre and there were a lot of people who had immigrated here waiting for the bus too. As soon as the bus came it was literally every man for himself and I didn't know how to cope lol
"Tea is just boring"
Man the guns lads, this lady's just insulted our nation.
*Grab the shanks
whatabouthedroidattackonthewookies ?
go to a british secondary school
Zy Garch puahahah man said grab the shanks
TEA AINT BORING IF ITS ACCOMPANIED WITH A FAT SPLIFF MY DEARS... 🤩
whatabouthedroidattackonthewookies ? She’s french, what do you expect?Doesn’t like anything about England yet for some reason lives here.
I never knew people in other countries don't normally queue until I heard people talking about queueing as a British only thing (which it obviously isnt, we in Slovakia queue too). First of all, how do you all survive, do you really just push and yell? And second of all, it's not that we love it, we just do it because it's a socially acceptable thing to do. Stand in a queue and wait quietly for our turn.
Marína Urbanová I'm from Croatia and people here are not that patient when it comes to queueing. If they see a queue, people will usually just give up and come back later or next day in the time of the day when not many people are waiting in line. But if we have to wait in line (for cinema, theatre...) we wil complain CONSTANTLY, sigh loudly, swear under our breath, etc.
We queue in America also. And if someone tries to get round the rules, there’s a fight (depending on the area). Or exchanges students get a hard lesson on what “ standing in line” means.
Really interested to hear from other civilised and densly populated countries what the alternative is to queing? If the only answer is to push, shove and fight your way to the front, my question is answered..
Marína Urbanová It is the civilised thing to do Marina, you'd fit in well in the UK :)
Marína Urbanová Here in Germany we do queue as well, but not as often (I was shocked when I saw that people queue at bus stops in Britain, like, here everyone just tries to push everyone aside to get a seat) and also not as happy - after two minutes people start like "how do long do I still have to wait, hurry up..."
What happens in countries that don't have queuing? I'm so confused...
Its a free for all where natural selection determines the first in line
It's nature law, you want to go you will. You have to impose your presence
Kaitlyn Moore .. They build very expensive railings everywhere that British people would instinctively que.
in America we just yell at each other in chaotic lines while poor parents attempt to keep their children from eating a shoe or something. "JIMMY I DONT CARE WHAT THAT GUY TOLD YOU DO NOT EAT THE BUTTERFLY"
I'm from america, what does queuing mean???
As a British person I honestly don't think we're polite at all, I just think some people are incredibly rude.
andreastheshadow I don’t think other cultures realize when a British person is being polite or being rude because they appear to be the same much of the time.
Agreed. Yesterday a woman shouted at a little girl pushing a trolley because she was 'in her way' and to a foreigner it would look like she had said it calmly but to a British person she was definitely shouting and being just generally uncouth and nasty.
Brits can be angry but they won't be as vocal or open about it as say, a Spaniard in general. You need to keep aloof, what what.
Couldn't agree more.
We are passive aggressive. And snarky xd
I love watching these videos as a British person, and I learned so much from this video.
For example:
- The rest of the world doesnt say sorry so much?
- THE REST OF THE WORLD DOESNT HAVE TWO TAPS???
- The rest of the world doesnt swear lots?
- The rest of the world doesnt consider drinking a sport?
- The rest of the world doesnt just automatically queue???
I have more but this is long
The rest of the world forgets our union isn't just England. 🏴🏴🏴(no NI flag)
Sorry, taps, and queueing is true.
The other two, not really.
I moved to the UK not long ago, and what the hell is going with the taps?? really, how am I supposed to wash my hands XD? just rushing from one tap to another, and alternate burning with freezing?
The Scots, Welsh and Irish are all sobbing. WE EXIST TOO, YOU KNOW.
You're not as important as your English masters though!
Hahahaha
twice_are_angels ღ
go to a british secondary school
Didn't take you long. Memememe
@Conn Benn Don't give the french another reason to cry or the rest of UK for that matter. It doesn't take much.
P.s. northern ireland is park of UK.
I'm British and I don't understand it when foreigners say Brits love queuing. I've travelled to a lot of countries, Spain, France , Hungary, Greece, Switzerland, Netherlands, Slovenia , Germany, Bulgaria, etc and they all queue there.
mate, is the respect that lacks, i've been living in Italy for some years now and i truly hate queueing here, ppl are very pushy, arrogant and totally inconsiderate in comparison while they queue (whereas they are very friendly on other occasions). i'm not joking and i feel so relaxed queueing when i'm in the old Blighty. Also, while u travel u just tend to queue at museums or other attractions and others are mainly tourists just like you, but queuing at offices with only Italians can be really awful at times.
Booby Manfanny isn't it a part of life?! like what happens in other countries, as if people won't fight if someone jumps
Isn't queuing just standing in line for something? What's the fun in that??
+Sheralyn Promes
Americans call it standing in line, yes. And it's not supposed to be fun, it's supposed to be respected ;)
daz7887 but standing in line is something normal to do i don't get the big deal
Sometimes I wonder why people think the British are so polite but then I remembered that I apologise to cups of tea I forgot to drink
:D! When I first came to the UK some 15 years ago, I was so confused when people kept apologising to me for bumping into them! And everyone was smiling and saying hi even though you didn't know them xD Brilliant!
Legit me I even apologise if someone hurts or steps on me.
Zygimantas Adomavicius
I apologise for pushing inanimate objects out of the way
You have never been Birmingham
I apologised to a a door coz I stubbed my toe on it
queuing? its called basic manners
dave howard ikrrrrr
dave howard No, it’s called queuing
South America, Africa and most of Indochina don't queue. It's a difficult time in my experience
By your Ethnocentrist standard yes
Ti chromic it’s manners to respect each other, and treat people as you wish to be treated, we respect each other and think that if many people want to use something’s there should be a system instead of pushing your way to the front when others have been their longer than you.Ethnocentric ?maybe. but at the same time , you cant you blame us for respecting each other and having a fair process to which we all abide. And if someone is in a hurry like need to do something urgently most of the time I believe if is very urgent a person will ask the people in the queue can they please go ahead of them etc, and we let them, mostly because they are polite to us. I think maybe people view it as politeness, but it’s sort of expected of you to be fair etc. Maybe it is ethnic or maybe it’s manners. But then are manners to British people mannerisms specially coin to us as Brits
*English culture*
Most foreigners just think England rather than NI, Scotland or Wales in Britain (UK for NI case)
English=England. Not Scottish or Irish or Welsh culture. That's probably why they only spoke about England.
@@gogirlforever12 it says british culture? britian aint just england
lucy dickens but it says British culture not English culture.
Also NI is not in britain
@@hayley7166 oh my bad 😂 I thought it said just English.
All of these people strike me as living in London, which is vastly different to living in the UK.
Robert Holloway Scotland is apart of Britain
EXACTLY
Bla bla get over it, most of what they said is true for the rest of the UK too
And that's why I love London. Although, I have to disagree. Manchester and Edinburgh are pretty similar to London in its vibe :)
No, it is not apart, it is a part.
Buzzfeeds slightly less cancerous twin
syed hassan clearly much bigger and far more influential twin
"Slightly less cancerous" made my day, thanks
Leonidas Tullius the
syed hassan literally using the same music tho
How is it less cancerous? It's pushing the same agenda.
I nearly starved to death in Italy because I don't know how to not queue.
Omg how would we all survive if our island submerged and had to migrate to another country..... think we’d all die
Dem 1 like a line , like ummmm a queue is where you stand in line for something yeah I think thats how best to describe it
Darwin Maisner
go to a british secondary school
90% of living in Britain is queuing
I remember being in Italy years ago. I watched while an elderly lady was trying to buy a roast chicken from a vendor selling them out of a van. It was obvious the queuing was not the de rigeur. She was getting jostled out of the way by people a fraction her age. Felt a little sorry for her.
Queuing is a trait of an orderly civilization, first come first serve and wait your turn . I like to think humans have moved on a little from laws of the jungle. Queuing is not a weakness but a strength and an understanding of fair play.
I'm from Cape Town ,South Africa and although it may have been many year's ago that we were a British colony, I can say that we've been left with a strong influence by you all.
Football,tea, apologizing , etcetera it's all there
The French girl does NOT sound French - she's learnt English really well. Incroyable !!
Bhumi World and lived here for years obvs
Girl101 just because you've lived here for years doesn't mean that you automatically gain a British accent.
She probably moved here when she was a kid or something
doesn't mean she is British
Lol at "You can do that with wine instead." That's so French haha.
"queueing" aka "having respect for other people"
exactly what do other places do push past peole
The guy says "Too much milk, you are gonna get bollocked..." He is totally integrated.
Why do people think British people like queuing? We don't like it, we just don't complain about it... Maybe it's not saying we are weird maybe everyone else needs to work on their patients.
I agree
I feel really stupid for spelling patience wrong...
I don't think people actually believe you like it. But you're so good at doing it!!! Coming from a country where people are unable to queue correctly, it's super refreshing and almost relaxing to queue in Britain.
In Belgium I'm always paranoid someone is going to stand in in front of me, it takes way too much concentration...
It's basically the same in Canada. Just it's only our healthcare that happens to show it, other than maybe the Bureaucracies and other governmental institutions. We don't necessarily like it, but we like it more than that Italian alternative that breeds... well we know who they are!
We do complain about it, but we love complaining.
I thought people were joking when they say that only Brits queue. What do other countries do?
in france , we push each other , take people place when they look away , and complain when someone is not avancing x)
I wish I could retort something to that without lying. But I can't. u_u
Polish people also queue.
Sweden does too
in america they hold a gun to ur head untill u move
For me personally (as a Slovak) I love tea. Especially the earl grey tea with milk. Saying that tea is bad insults me on a personal level lol
Earl grey with milk offends me on a personal level.
Brits are polite?
Ecuse moi mate ave' you evar seen ay chav?
Skarthi shut up blud
British teens do cult gatherings outside Chicken and chips shops dont you dare disrespect us
@@MaxArturo ...There is literally no way to believe you but ok
Rainbowpig
go to a british secondary school
Rainbowpig chavs
They must have only been to London which is basically foreign to the rest of the uk
And thank god it is.
London is a hellhole. Visit the Lake District if you want to visit England.
Ethereal Hawk thought the Lake District was just some hills and waterfalls where you can go camping
Charlotte Kym Tomlinson - really? That’s quite surprising, I’ve met a lot of people from Surrey (as a lot of people from the home counties work in London) and they’ve never struck me as being racist. I actually thought racism wasn’t much of a problem on southern England bar some small villages.
*in
I don't think the weather is counted as culture tho
Internet Child LOL
It is in Britain
Eve.L As a Brit I feel we talk about the weather because we're too polite to admit that the conversation with people we don't know very well has died and are trying to avoid an awkward silence. It's a form of small talk.
RUE exactly
the internet: the only place in the world where people are offended by the weather
Once again all stereotypical things, what about the banter, the sarcasm, the football, the swearing. all these people obviously lived in rich parts of London and automatically think it applies to the whole of Britain.
Lol exactly. They want to go up North - so different.
The cue one is true everywhere tho
@@ambrosiusrex they should come to Liverpool
So true!! 🤣
I can't believe that I know all of this because of One Direction, back in the days when they used to make video diaries and stuff like that 😂
I love Britain, even the weather. I've lived here for 4 years now. I just wish the Britons took a bit better care of this lovely country! There's rubbish and litter everywhere, the most vulnerable of the society aren't taken care of (so many people are homeless) and you don't always seem to appreciate the wonderful NHS. I'm lucky enough so that these problems (apart from the litter I guess) aren't affecting me directly but it sure makes me sad to see homeless people or hearing the NHS being ran down. Please take pride of your country and help your fellow countrymen flourish.
I'm always proud of the uk I just hate our government
Wow, I completely agree with you. It’s such a shame. I don’t understand why the British are like this!!
Ella 555 honestly either, I’ve lived in England my whole life and some peole treat it so bad, it’s a lovely country if u go to the right places x
Skye Louise yeah I completely agree, I think it all has to do with people’s mindsets that cause Britain to be the way it is x
Why do i feel like people dont mind the poor, there are homeless people on the streets (which is obviously terrible and i think the rich posh elite 'government' should help with that) but what about the people who can just about afford rent but cant afford food and have to deal with dometic violence or everything like that. Homeless people should be helped but the next set of people to become homeless, will most likely be people who are just poor now so they should stop homelessness before it happens, oh wait, they wont because everyone who is rich or has power are selfish and care about nothing but the 1%, and themselves. Atleast we dont have to pay for healthcare, im grateful for that.
I went to Germany once and could not believe people just jumped in front of me in the queue to the checkouts. Also people will actually stand at the self-service checkout while the other person is there paying and start putting their bags on the machine!
***** This was in Koln, it might vary regionally
It's normal to start loading your groceries once there is room. Check outs here at least have dividers you can place at the end of your groceries so the operator knows where your purchase ends and the next person's starts.
IISAMII LOL you're supposed to put your stuff on the belt/counter while the person in front of you checks out otherwise no one would ever get out of the store!
I think they mean those self serving machines with the little box bit where you put your stuff
Mande Loo I'm talking about self-service checkouts
im so glad the French one is the most fluent, for a change. we're always portrayed as linguistic losers.
I'm English and I can tell you for sure, WE are the real linguistic losers XD No Brit will judge your accent, most of us can't speak a lick of French even after learning it for years in school
I thought that the French girl (love a French accent!) had just been here for so long because the French accent does go eventually doesn't it x
i reckon she grew up here with french parent/s
I'm english and i think we are the linguistic losers. The fact we are conversing in english is proof of tgis cos if it was french i would not have a clue what you said!
Love france btw
@@bossman1944 more like in france with English parent
People glare at me when I don't say sorry after they bump into me. Daily.
There is always someone in a queue in the UK that would say hey that's the back of the queue if someone tried to jump the queue so you would never get away with it
This is the most london-centric thing I've watched my whole life
Definitely, I was like, "try rural Britain"
Dan Lalli well immigrants that go to any country tend to go to major cities. Do you genuinely not understand this?
cx45830 I'm from rural Britain and its exactly the same
except people go out an hour or two earlier because it takes longer to get where you're going.
Not only is there London and Rural Britian, there's all the grey bits in between
I'm talking about Slough and Milton Keynes in particuler.
Anyone who knows britiain well knows what I'm on about.
"Tea is boring" unsubscribed, reported the video and disliked it.
I am joking by the way
Why 😢☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️
Lol
Haha
Everyone here probably has just been to London and then judges the entire country by it...
YES
London is a pile of excrement compared to the rest of the UK. Go to the Lake District if you really want to experience true England
Ethereal Hawk the whole UK is a pile of shit
@@etherealhawk
Jealous northerner spotted. The Lake District is an area of forests, lakes and mountains - not a place one would live.
@@ASLUHLUHCE Yeah London, that place that has a higher death rate than New York, has knife crime through the roof and also has a terrorist sympathiser mayor that says that terrorist attacks are just "part and parcel" of living in a big city and won't try to solve the problem. Such a wonderful place to live isn't it? London used to be great, probably the best city in the world at one point, but it's a complete joke now. I'd take the Lake District, Dales, Durham City, York any day over London. The North has the true beauty London once had.
Not going to lie, as a Londoner, I could relate to this but if you are going to talk only about London add London to the title
#betterthanbuzzfeed
BBC also had known paedophiles as well. Buzzfeed needs a paedophile to improve itself, right?
I feel like buzz feed is a lot more disrespectful, idk like when they're talking about britain they usually complain a lot
Niamh Whisker Well yeah, Buzzfeed tries to make *EVERYTHING* racist even if it has nothing to do with race.
No
interestingly the french woman has a good bit of estuary english accent!
Sam Baffled I'm guessing she's been here for a very long then. Maybe moved here as a child with her parents.
hrghrurgrg Or maybe not you never know 😊 Not all French have a strong French accent, it is possible to acquire an accent quickly for some people 😊 I'll talk about me as an example sorry haha but I grew up in Québec and now I live in Belgium (very different accents) and it didn't take me long before my French Canadian accent went away, same when I go back to Canada for a few months. Also I've been told I have an American accent in English, but I learned English in Belgium! So yeah, it's rare for francophones to be good at prononciation but it can happen haha
Emma Stanley oh okay, fair enough. That's interesting though
I am English and I would confuse her for English!
my friend Scarlett is french and she sounds very English, I think the accent is less subtle since the countries are so close
As a born and bred Londoner this is bloody spot on! 🇬🇧❤️
London is the least British place on Earth to be honest.
The thing I guess they are missing with separate hot and cold taps in the UK we have invented something called a plug. You get a sink full of perfect temp water and you don't was a gallon or two.
I thought this was a Buzzfeed video 😂
Ramon Daniel bbc is far bigger and more influential than buzzfeed
Ramon Daniel this channel is turning into buzzfeed😂
Antonia xx no its not
If it was buzzfeed the title would be "Europeans don't have a culture"
Buzzfeed changed the game.
WTF, ENGLAND IS STILL IN EUROPE.
EU IS NOT EUROPE.
Fishandchipsland (England) never been Europe.
1. Fishandchipsland it's island
2. Traffic in the opposite direction
3. Worst roads
4. Silly humor
5. 76% Brits believe that can be ordered for dinner pork wings
6. The most popular women's clothing sizes UK 16 - UK 22 (Euro 44 - 50)
Europe is a geographical region mate...
get lost. you're out
+euphoric - that's the point
+MsTralialia be serious.
this video is amazing
Well this was pure delight.
That French woman's English accent is amazing!
i knew that woman was italian the moment she was so fascinated by queuing 😂
racist
As an Italian living in London I would say: no, truthful as fuck. It is one thing that Italians (back home, but even newbies in the UK) cannot do and understand is queuing and drives every expat nuts whenever going back even just for holidays.
Valerio Alessandro Sizzi maybe where you live, we queue in Italy!
I would have sworn she was english before she talked about italy
Gianlucasvideo no sir of course you have to queue when they oblige you, for example at the post office. other than that, did you really see Italians queueing for a coffee, sandwich or any other stuff? no
The italian guy: "What's wrong with you people!?" :)
im from England and less than half is about me or where i live. In general its true but over the top. Words like Greenwich are place names and the most common way of saying it is gren-itch. I am sure English is not the only language that has words said differently than the spelling, over all the video was ok.
An entire town getting shit faced yep sounds like my home town XD
Jessica Traynor search Wakefield lupset it's a right dump
Sounds like every town here😂
As a Canadian, I feel the constant apologizing and taking advantage of every single moment of nice weather. But the inability of Brits to just go out drinking with friends without getting absolutely pants-around-your-ankles-passed-out-on-the-back-of-a-bus-with-a-condom-in-your-ear shit-faced EVERY TIME is just bonkers. Basically, if a British person goes out drinking and doesn't get completely hammered, it's because they were kidnapped in the middle of their evening. That's the only possible explanation.
I just relate to the separate hot and cold tap thing so much.
great video :)
I don't understand what other people do if they don't queue? Just all fight to get to the front?
They queue but they are not so calm and relaxed if the queue is so long , plus not everyone respect the queue . British would be calm and relax even if there is a bomb. They would still queue in the right way . The only way British are a bit of Rebels is when they are drunk .
Basically
Stand around the entrance or whatever in a group and who's closest goes first etc
Horatio Huskisson
go to a british secondary school
in scotland there is no queue
what do Europeans really thing about *life in london*
yea lol
Not England!
jed harper they be getting a shanking
Life in London is hell there is traffic everywhere, it take like a hour to get out of London.
They think the whole of the UK is london.
Why do many people claim that queueing is especially British? It's common in many countries.
I'm Canadian and I've got to say, most of these same things could be/have been said about us as well!
@Chadwicked B 😂😂😂
@Chadwicked B bit harsh 😂 atleast he's not american
@Chadwicked B what
naw ur gucci everyone likes u American
One thing I think about the uk is that in general people feel awkward to stare at other random strangers , whereas when I've been to places like Germany and Poland people don't really care that they are just staring at you and they don't even feel awkward about it 😂😂
Unless they're fit then why would you just stare at someone?
Rosie Brooks Polish do stare, my brother+his boyf went there & they were looked at with disgust when they were holding hands, Polish as a whole is very homophobic and racist
+Girl101 but olish girls are beautiful
I do find myself staring haha
I think people recognise when you're not from around the area because me and my cousins went to Belgium and everyone seemed to stare at us and I guess it must have been obvious we weren't local although it happened even in London, but they're Canadian and I'm from a city two hours on a train away but people still stared and commented.
i love Uk
i lived here for a few years now and i just love this culture.
there is nothing on this world like british way of life. it is just special
i love UK love love love love love :)
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING ,I AM INDEBTED TO YOU UK ,
I RESPECT AND ADMIRE YOU
luciu constantin Aww, what do you love about the UK? Where are you from? I adore my country 💙
you must be 15...
@@alexnoon8042 and you must be 64
You
Must have a very sad life for loving UK , where practically you pay a fortune in rent for sharing an old tiny flat . Schools are a disaster if public one . People are so fake and most important they are good in talking and goats in acting . Without taking in consideration that when they are going on holiday need to wear ridiculous costumes at the airport . I strongly suggest you to travel around Europe and the world , because I guess you have some personal inner issue
@@lucadaniele9154 rude .
once on England I saw a guy queuing outside a pub while drinking tea
Owen Fitzgerald was he wearing a bowler hat too by any chance?
* in
OH MY GOD, that lady's love for queuing made my day
Love this, I genuinely found it so endearing lol!
Why did the title not say "English Culture" ?
Because I don't really recognize anything Scottish in this.
Is it off a script or just people who hang around London?
why the fuck would anyone go to Scotland, London has more people living there then the whole of Scotland. Obviously Enland is a lot more interesting and important than Wales or Scotland or N.I
Das Staubkorn exactly!!!!
Haha thinking London is English (or willing to be) cute.
Leonidas Tullius because it is...
Nobody Considering there are very few English people left and most of the UK citizens there consider themselves British only and hold no care for the English flag then yes I can say they are not English anymore nor want to be.
Not every british person has separate taps. A lot of people are using one now.
I am Dutch and I love the UK. Actually just came back again this afternoon from a week in Cornwall.
But the only thing I can't get used to is that the British are so polite that it is almost cold and that they don't show their actual feelings.
It keeps giving me the feeling that I need to read their faces like Sherlock Holmes to find out what they actual mean when I have a conversation.
Maybe it is because the Dutch are totally opposite and our directness sometimes seems rude to foreigners but that directness in native to me and in my nature.
That also makes me constantly aware of what I say in the UK and makes me insecure because I don't want to accidentally insult somebody.
If not for that, I would love to live in the UK because their so much plusses. But I am afraid I can't never totally fit in or feel comfortable being just me when I would live there.
The fact that you worry about potentially upsetting people means that you are a probably a good person and so my advice would be to just be yourself. Most people will follow your lead and open up but a lot will still remain cold.
visit Liverpool
English will never say what they really mean, they'll bottle up their feelings for fear of offending someone then go home and moan about it. Dutch are very forwards and always express their opinion even if it means disagreeing with someone they've only just met. I prefer the Dutch way even if Dutch can be very opinionated. I think Dutch people could start an argument with themselves.
Its because we are quite reserved until we get to know you, many don't believe in airing their dirty laundry in public so to speak, especially to strangers, they believe that what goes on behind closed doors should stay behind closed doors and is none of anyone else's business except for those involved, but once they get to know you they will open up more. But that being said, if someone was being rude or disrespectful , many people would ask why? And then try to resolve the situation in an adult way but if it went further, then you would see them stand their ground.
We get on well with each other. But sorry doesn't mean anything. It's a reflex.
As for that guy, he's chatting behind a screen bruh
English* (London more specifically).
Can't see any points about Scottish, Northern Irish or Welsh culture here. This jingoistic view of 'Britain' as Southern England is annoying.
Neil Gardener Ikr, when Americans say Britain then IMO they think London is JUST Britain.
The tea drinking is all of us Brits though, the q-ing, the taps, the apologies, the pubs, saying cheers - its all the rest of us too.
Neil Gardener northern ireland isnt in britain
Lauren it is isn't it?! Its Southern Ireland that isn't UK although we wouldn't say 'Southern Ireland', but Belfast is N.I & it is UK, google it x
Girl101 yeah its in the uk but not in britain i think
flip inheck the person who commented basically said that this wasnt a video on british culture as they didnt see any northern irish etc in it so
I moved to the UK a little over 9 years ago and I plan to celebrate a full decade next year. I absolutely identify with everything said in this video, it's kinda cute and funny. It's a real shame about Brexit and all the division it's caused, but I hope that most people will see past those stupid political games and will keep appreciating each other and the awesomeness of living together in a multicultural society.
I would prefer not to have racists in this or any other country but, oh well, we have to live with them.
Whereabouts are you at in the UK? :) I am not from the UK either but have been staying here for the last 6 years. I live in Exeter right now and I find that Devon is a lovely county. It is not easy for us to live in the UK but I find that having great people around you helps! Stay positive! x
Well said Elliest! And since we're on the subject, Alvin Holler doesn't sound like a "native" British name?? Not that it matters.
No seriously, who cares? You are making the insulting comments. Irish on my mother's side, half-Arab cousins, who cares. Most of us get on fine and will continue to do so.
Seriously???
1:41 'You can use any word, any adjective and in the right context, people will guess you're talking about being drunk.'
Insightful and very accurate!
Spot on about over use of "Sorry"! As a native Brit it drives me insane. Having lived for 4 years in the Netherlands I learned very quickly only to say sorry when necessary. Back in the UK I now follow the same principles.
Has Britain become a synonym for London?
@@saysHotdogs Lmao spot on
@@saysHotdogs superficial talentless hollywood wannabe nowadays bit yeah, that was the last one
London is where the majority of European immigrants settle.
I know, so irritating.
I got so angry when people kept jumping in front of me at the local shop when I was in Italy.... and in the end I had to step forward and put my hand out and said excuse me I'm next thank you . 😅
HAHAH I'M DEAD, you were so angry that you *apologized* ? HAHA, what a british thing to do 😂 (''I'm frowing so you better watch out, I might even pull my hand out'') 😂
hahaha, I can't get over it 😂
Sean Johnson I'm British and what Sean said was such a normal saying that I didn't even realise he said thank you.
Kate Owens Same 😂
Pieulpe no that's not apologising
"You can just enjoy it"
"But you can do that with wine instead"
literally me 😂
It is good to learn about the two cultures
I love my home, the UK. we have the best traditional breakfast (once you try continental on holiday once, you never try it again), relatively warm winters, more languages spoken here than anywhere else in europe, and the people are amazing. the British public give more to charity per capita than any other country in Europe and are overall very polite.
That being said I love Europe too!
More languages spoken here than the rest of Europe? where have you got that from?
That said i agree with almost all of your other points
ellie Weber it's a bit of an assumption, around 14% of Germany's population is foreign born as opposed to UK's 11 % according to a 2015 report, but given that the UK has a lot of migrants from its former colonies, multi ethnic and multi lingual places like, Singapore, India and places like kenya, nigeria and south Africa, all if which have ALOT of languages, I thought it be safe to presume although it is just a presumption.
Ah, okay, I thought you meant native English people, I understand now
+ Ellie weber well we do have English, Scots Welsh, Scottish Gaelic and Irish and maybe Cornish if you wanna class it as a spoken language kept alive by enthusiasts. I guess you could push it out further with Manx on the isle of Mann and the Jersy and Guernsey Norman French dialects but there are probably European countries that have more. I think most people in Luxembourg can speak 4 main language fluently.
I think you mean "Other Europeans"...
They clearly don't -_-
SelfReferencingName it's just the casual way of saying continental Europeans, don't think it really matters
Even then, saying that they are Europeans doesn't mean it is also saying Britain isn't European, would be the same as 'what do Americans think about California'
Nope, Europeans are Europeans.
Leonidas Tullius nope. British are Europeanz. What they mean is eastern Europeanz
Joe Castiglione wiki western Europe and not all the countries you mentioned are listed apart from France and Space I think. Obviously the UK at the far west.
Besides all the bad things, i will miss UK! The harry potter vibes it gives me, the rainy days, the arhitecture, the accent, beautiful and smart people! I’ll miss u guys! Hope one day i can come back and move forever in England! My 2nd home!
You can always come back 🙂
We don't exactly like to queue but we have to at the end of the day, everyone does.
I was in the bathroom at Ellis Island in New York on Tuesday and I was waiting for my friends to finish going to the toilet when a lassie walked in. I said "Sorry, I'm not in the queue" and she was very confused. Afterwards, I realised Muricans don't say queue or understand the concept of it.
0:30 She's a swede. She has to be. I recognize that accent.
When did BBC 3 become British Buzzfeed?
When they killed the TV channel as you know. BBC are poor
They're mostly talking about London!
"british sterotype is also mixed, english,scottish,irish,cornish, welsh ones too"...
jardon Jones why put Cornish in there? Most of us in cornwall see ourselves as English...
cornish is a language, do not take my word for it, ask "jethro, the most famous cornish man there is"...
jardon Jones I know it's a language and only like 30 people out of 500,000 in cornwall know how to speak it.
Yeah you Erd they don't here in Newquay or anyone who I know who is Cornish
+Yeah you Erd i thought cornwall was goin independent
" You have like thousands of teas and you can just enjoy it."
"Yeah but you can do that with wine instead."
God I like that women.
Jonas Martens
go to a british secondary school
The Italian woman in the pink chair has basically lost her accent, her English is great and I thought she was British for a bit
I was on a school trip we were driving from England to Andorra and we had stopped to fill the bus up with petrol and we were in France and I was so surprised because I was queueing to go to the toilet and this random French person walks in and a cubicle was empty I was giving the person coming out time to come out of the loo and this women barged me out of the way and didn't even give the person coming out time to come out and shoved them out of the way and I just said to my self bich and then another person came in and did the same!!!!
it’s hands at that point
I have a feeling these people are basing Britain on London. Try being yourself somewhere like Barnsley or Middlesbrough and you will get judged if you're a bit different. Britain is great but it has some awful areas and awful people in them.
Exeter is great :) Devon in general is a lovely county.
No, you will only be judged by pricks, thanks for explaining it's places like Barnsley and Middlesbrough that are going to send this country down the shitter :)
In Dundee we have Chinese, American, French, Russian and a myriad of others and they don't get judged. They are just people in the street.
Ste Burns try Grimsby
Well I have never had a problem In any of them areas and most of them have high immigrate and Muslims population .. Awkward if the shoe fits I suppose
Every country on earth has awful places with awful people but I think Britain does pretty well overall
Are these guys competing with Buzzfeed or something ?
I thought the same, but that would be a complement here
It's BBC, way more important than buzzfeed😂
Gskar009 bbc is a far larger company and has a higher impact on the media than buzzfeed so no they won't be looking up to a company smaller than them.
Devon Austin mate everyone in the U.K. Knows what the BBC is, everyone has the TVs channels, like everyone it's the law
They're money grabbing scum who will sue you even if you only watch Sky channels. They even had connections to a known paedophile yet no one came forward because he had 'influence'. BBC should be shutdown
Don't mock us for being civilised and disciplined enough to be able to wait in a line; this is a fair system and works very well. We don't 'love' queuing, but we discipline ourselves to do it, as it's a fair and just thing to do, where the 'first come first serve' rule takes priority. Your at fault here, not us, for not having the patience in your own country to act in a civilised manner, so you have to resort to pushing and complaining like a bunch of 6 year olds.
Most British people don't care what the rest of Europeans think about us.
Actually most do in my experience of 7 years in uk .
david sharpe that's me!! lol British and proud 🇬🇧
Danny M nah we don’t really care either.
I don`t care what anyone thinks about me.
init
...so people in Europe just have a free for all do they? In supermarkets and banks across Europe they don't have queues? Of cause they do. It seems the foreigners have completely missed the reason why British people form queues. It's not because we has respect for each other or good manners. The real reason is British people are aggressive, so we find ways of avoiding conflict with each other. Maybe across Europe you can get away with pushing in, but it can turn nasty very quickly if you do that in Britain.
Yes that's probably true actually. There are so many social conventions in the UK because otherwise we'd probably utterly destroy our own society with all of our inherent misery, anger and pessimism.
"Maybe across Europe you can get away with pushing in, but it can turn nasty very quickly if you do that in Britain." Britain is in Europe ffs
Regarding the taps, put the plug in the basin and add both hot and cold water till you get your preferred temperature. It's not rocket science.
Yeah that doesn't solve the problem most the time
who has the fuckin time
Yeah and then drink out of the basin. Genius.
Or just use the hot tap til it warms up enough
I love this! I’m a Brit and voted to stay in the EU (along with the majority of young people) also I keep having to explain to people that we aren’t leaving Europe we just wouldn’t be in the union. English and proud, British and proud, European and proud. 🏴🇬🇧🇪🇺
We queue in America, we even campout for concert tickets, sporting events, etc. so we can remain near the front of the line. Another odd thing in my part of the country (Montana) is, if you arrive at a door before the person behind you, you open the door for them. Also, cars darn near have accidents stopping for people wanting to cross the street, even if it's in the middle of a block.
It's so funny how british people don't think of themselves as europeans..they talk like they are in a different continent...and speak about "europeans" as if they aren't like us..bah
I don't know, I think 'European' as an adjective? - Definitely not because it sort of has associated traits/habits that we don't (stereotypically) have. Also we sometimes are just leaving off the 'continental' of continental Europe. But technically we're European and certainly compared to the rest of the world we're European. Athough (sadly) not for long... (perhaps, I mean goodness knows what the fuck is going on with the EEA, financial passporting, Theresa May's supposed 'Brexit means Brexit'. The country's a mess. Wow I overused brackets in this
Mostly because historically Europeans haven't considered Britain to be part of Europe and more as just an island in the north sea similar to Iceland or how the Japanese weren't considered part of Asia but as a separate entity.
The French had major issues with England controlling land in Europe because the English had developed a completely separate identity to that of mainland Europeans even down to actual gender equality in the 7th century up until the Norman Invasion.
Napoleon didn't even consider the British to be Europeans and that's why he didn't expect them to become as heavily involved in Europe as they did become during his empire building phase. It's only in the last 100-150 years that the British and Mainland Europeans have begun to include British in European affairs mostly because of wars.
Anna Chiara
Brits aren't europeans. Period.
You do realise that you can be British without having European descent right? I think you mean English or something, that makes more sense.
I'm a Brit and Churchill rounded it up - He said -
We have our dream and our own task.
We are with Europe, but not of it.
We are linked but not combined.
We are interested but not absorbed.
If Britain must choose between Europe and the open sea, she must always choose the open sea.
Waiting in line is like the worst lol. How is it a sport. Where I live, people will scream at eachother to hurry up
alexis viciedo it was kind of a joke but in the UK you just have to learn to be patient with queues otherwise people will judge you/stare.
alexis viciedo Are you from Liverpool too?
I find it comforting to have a bit of social order. I'm no fan of waiting in the queue but that's the only way you'll get things done fairly for everyone. But I do agree that we say sorry and thank you too much as a nation. When I'm abroad and still say sorry and thank you like I do here, people just look at me weirdly, but at the same time it's about being nice. I always feel a sense of comfort when I return from a long holiday and feel like I can queue , drink properly made tea and say sorry and thank you as often as I want again. Go Britannia!
In America we have "queues" (we say lines) but in my experience, if the line gets too long the shop will open up another sales register. I've never seen a line of more than five people.
Other countries don't have hot and cold tapes.... what?!?
Cede. Lol it’s the same tap with hot and cold settings
Mande Peer No its not. Loads of countries have hot and cold taps just like in the UK.
Cede. Most European countries have one tap in the middle of the sink that has both hot and cold water.
Bud we also can have one tap with hot and cold it's not uncommon here in Britain as well. It's just older houses that have the 2 taps for the most part.
Separate hot and cold taps reduces the risk of legionnaires disease
If you don't queue up then it's considered rude and bad manners. We don't make a fuss when queueing because we're taught from a young age that it's what we're suppose to do, obviously. Don't get me wrong though, you do get impatiant people. But if you try and cut the line then you'll definately hear a fuss. And you do get people complaining and saying "I've been stood here for ages" and stuff like that so I don't know where you get the impression that we don't. We are human after all not Robots.
Don't you love that when they talk about Britain, they really mean England
sam Taylor i know it’s sad scotland wales and northern ireland are in the uk as well
As an Irishman i bave to say that Brits are very considerate and well mannered which is why they queue. Take a look at the Dunkirk image on Wikipedia and see the soldiers stranded on the beach queuing patiently to get on the boats. Similar happened on the Titanic when the British passengers queued to get on the lifeboats...while the few yanks on board rushed onto them (this is the reason yanks disproportionately survived by a huge margin). Brits don't have that "me me me" every man for himself culture. Their National Health Service ensures everyone is looked after.