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23 Mar 2021, 10:25 am

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There is cricket going on right at this very moment and England are looking like they are going to lose. So maybe best you don't get into it! :lol:

Lots of Indians where I live so plenty of cricket available if genuinely interested.


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23 Mar 2021, 10:32 am

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I enjoy a hot cup of tea, Oolong today with sugar.I don’t care for baseball so probably wouldn’t enjoy cricket either.

Any resemblance of cricket to baseball is superficial at best. Some similar terminology. From what I've seen I'm frankly not very interested. OTOH I actually like soccer which confounds my wife.


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23 Mar 2021, 10:41 am

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OTOH I actually like soccer which confounds my wife.


do you have a particular league you follow?



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23 Mar 2021, 10:51 am

Biscuitman wrote:
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OTOH I actually like soccer which confounds my wife.


do you have a particular league you follow?

I don't follow very closely, I just enjoy the games. Apparently EPL have a big following here. I can identify a lot of the sides, that's about it.


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23 Mar 2021, 11:07 am

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Are British Stereotypes Offensive?
You would have to ask someone from the UK.

Waitaminnit ... you ARE from the UK ... nevermind ...



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23 Mar 2021, 11:17 am

I make the assumption that Americans just get confused between UK, Britain, The British Isles, England, Wales and Scotland. Maybe also throw in The Channel Islands, The Isle of Man and British Overseas Territories just for extra befuddlement!



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23 Mar 2021, 12:26 pm

Fnord wrote:
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Are British Stereotypes Offensive?
You would have to ask someone from the UK.

Waitaminnit ... you ARE from the UK ... nevermind ...


I should have named the title "why aren't British stereotypes offensive?"


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23 Mar 2021, 12:35 pm

Joe90 wrote:
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Are British Stereotypes Offensive?
You would have to ask someone from the UK.  Waitaminnit ... you ARE from the UK ... nevermind ...
I should have named the title "why aren't British stereotypes offensive?"
Well ... maybe.

My point is that if certain British stereotypes do not offend you specifically, then maybe they are not offensive.

Personally, the stereotypical "Brit" in my mind is reserved, intelligent, hard-working, well-mannered, and not prone to acts of excessive violence -- the kind of person whom I would like as a neighbor and even a friend.

People like Benny Hill and the Monty Python troupe, while entertaining, do not represent real British people to me.



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23 Mar 2021, 2:11 pm

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My point is that if certain British stereotypes do not offend you specifically, then maybe they are not offensive.


Well it seems that politically there's nothing anyone can say about the British people that will be controversially offensive like there is with African people for example.

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Personally, the stereotypical "Brit" in my mind is reserved, intelligent, hard-working, well-mannered, and not prone to acts of excessive violence -- the kind of person whom I would like as a neighbor and even a friend.


The most false stereotype ever, sorry to say. :lol:
(No offense taken by the way).


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23 Mar 2021, 2:18 pm

"Bad" British stereotype here?
Drunk and agressive stadium hooligan.
That probably would be offensive.
Hey, have I just found an offensive British stereotype? :idea:


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23 Mar 2021, 2:25 pm

All Americans think that all Brits are like the cast of Dowton Abbey!

In reality more Brits are like Andy Capp, or like Hyacinth Bucket's slob brother than like anyone in DA. :lol:

OK...what I said about what Americans think is itself a stereotype. But the world of jokes is a world of stereotypes.



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23 Mar 2021, 2:25 pm

Joe90 wrote:
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Personally, the stereotypical "Brit" in my mind is reserved, intelligent, hard-working, well-mannered, and not prone to acts of excessive violence -- the kind of person whom I would like as a neighbor and even a friend.
The most false stereotype ever, sorry to say.
Are you serious or not?  This is the impression I have developed over decades of interaction with British people.



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23 Mar 2021, 2:29 pm

Fnord wrote:
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Fnord wrote:
Personally, the stereotypical "Brit" in my mind is reserved, intelligent, hard-working, well-mannered, and not prone to acts of excessive violence -- the kind of person whom I would like as a neighbor and even a friend.
The most false stereotype ever, sorry to say.
Are you serious or not?  This is the impression I have developed over decades of interaction with British people.
In Britain?


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23 Mar 2021, 2:37 pm

When I've gone on the Tube in London, people have been generally polite. If you stop and ask for directions, they'll be pleasant about giving the directions.

Now...if a British person gets drunk....that's another matter....

And they're not too patient when they drive.



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23 Mar 2021, 3:00 pm

magz wrote:
Fnord wrote:
Joe90 wrote:
Fnord wrote:
Personally, the stereotypical "Brit" in my mind is reserved, intelligent, hard-working, well-mannered, and not prone to acts of excessive violence -- the kind of person whom I would like as a neighbor and even a friend.
The most false stereotype ever, sorry to say.
Are you serious or not?  This is the impression I have developed over decades of interaction with British people.
In Britain?
Sort of -- in the British Indian Ocean Territories, as well as the US, Canada, and the Philippines.[/color]



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23 Mar 2021, 3:07 pm

Joe90 wrote:
Fnord wrote:
Joe90 wrote:
Are British Stereotypes Offensive?
You would have to ask someone from the UK.

Waitaminnit ... you ARE from the UK ... nevermind ...


I should have named the title "why aren't British stereotypes offensive?"



Because they're not imposed by people who dominate the British and they're mostly agreeable to Britons.