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Originally posted by Spimman View PostWhat do you guys/gals call the queen?
Mom or Mum? I was watching Doctor Who S2 Ep2 and it sounded like Rose and the Doc kept calling her Mom, but I thought y'all said Mum instead of Mom. Maybe there were saying ma'am?
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Originally posted by Spimman View PostI thought it might be good to have a forum to discuss British/Welsh culture, for those of us who don't really understand the differences or how accurate everything on TW is. I'm new to TW, but have watched them all and really enjoy that it shows (as far as I know) more of the British/Welsh culture than DW, who is always in different places. I'll put out a few questions for discussion and please expand or take it away from there. I'm in no way trying to make fun of the culture, I enjoy it, I just like to understand things!
Do British/Welsh people really drink that much tea?
Is Ianto a traditional Welsh or British name?
Are certain characters more Welsh/English and/or British?
How do British identify themselves? British or Welsh/English/Scottish/Irish?
Does British TV allow all the language on public broadcast?
Are Bloody and B***cks (spelling?) considered cuss words equal to the F or S word?
This should be a good start?
Never heard the name Ianto outside TW to be honest so will bow down to the Welsh people on that.
Owen is a stereotypical Cockney/Londoner, as for the Welsh characters, again I bow down to those on the other side of the Severn.
I was born and have lived most of my life in England but spent a few years living in Scotland and have a Welsh Mum. I consider myself British. However I have to admit that that is a rare sentiment nowadays.
How much language is allowed depends on the time of day.
They're cuss words but "bloody" is pretty minor though B-cks is heavier
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Originally posted by Spimman View PostDo British/Welsh people really drink that much tea?
How do British identify themselves? British or Welsh/English/Scottish/Irish?
Originally posted by Skydiver View Posttea is, well basically a late afternoon snack in the UK. When i've been over there, you have tea around 5pm or so, then dinner at 7pm or so. And it's just tea and maybe cookies or a simple light snack. Milk in tea is a taste sensation that isn't well known at all in the US. I like it, it makes the tea much milder and kinda a warm, soothing drink.
Do the Americans not take Milk in their Tea? ewwwwww. I can't drink Tea black
Originally posted by Draygon View PostWell I know that in northern England and Scotland, tea is a term used to mean you dinner while dinner is your lunch There was a huge debate about it before one of my lectures once. Bit of North/south riverly (To me they're all southerners thoughsigpic
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Quick run down on how the UK works it's a bit complex as we haven't had a clean slate constitutionally since well 1066 compounded by the fact non of it is written down
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNu8XDBSn10
That vid does skip of the complexities of the crown that's some pedantic insanity you could spend an hour on and will probably upset people with strong opinions on Irish terminology as that's contentious you could spend hours on it.
This should show that British national identity is totally incomprehensible the only hard rule is dont mix the home nations eg dont call a welsh person English or any other combination.
On Tea very popular one of those reasonably deserved stereotypes
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Originally posted by dosed150 View Postthought the last scene of the teaser at the end of the first episode was funny, when someone from dollhouse called gwen english and gwen punched her and said im welsh
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Originally posted by Tanith0709 View Postlol, I'd have a similar reaction. I tend to find that Scotland tends to be more nationalist than the other parts of the UK and would put you right immediately if anyone called us English.
although when people say their english, scottish etc not british i like to remind them they must not be wanting their british passports
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Originally posted by dosed150 View PostI think the perception of people who call themselves english instead of british tends to be that their the wrong kind of nationalist, whereas scottish or welsh people who dont refer to themselves as British it seems more acceptable and not really racist
although when people say their english, scottish etc not british i like to remind them they must not be wanting their british passportssigpic
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Originally posted by Tanith0709 View PostWhich is okay, but when other countries think the same it really does piss off people from the other parts of the UK.
I get annoyed when people think that Scotland is part of England.sigpic
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Originally posted by Ed View PostQuick run down on how the UK works it's a bit complex as we haven't had a clean slate constitutionally since well 1066 compounded by the fact non of it is written down
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNu8XDBSn10
That vid does skip of the complexities of the crown that's some pedantic insanity you could spend an hour on and will probably upset people with strong opinions on Irish terminology as that's contentious you could spend hours on it.
This should show that British national identity is totally incomprehensible the only hard rule is dont mix the home nations eg dont call a welsh person English or any other combination.
On Tea very popular one of those reasonably deserved stereotypes
Originally posted by Tanith0709 View Postlol, I'd have a similar reaction. I tend to find that Scotland tends to be more nationalist than the other parts of the UK and would put you right immediately if anyone called us English.
Originally posted by dosed150 View PostI think the perception of people who call themselves english instead of british tends to be that their the wrong kind of nationalist, whereas scottish or welsh people who dont refer to themselves as British it seems more acceptable and not really racist
although when people say their english, scottish etc not british i like to remind them they must not be wanting their british passportssigpic
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