Interesting/ annoying things about the UK

Alla said:
As this is also about interesting things, I LOVE that in many supermarkets you can find almost any brand or flavour of anything. Sometimes it's too much, as you have 200 options for cereals and you just don't know where to start, but we don't have here things like banana jam and lots of things that I would love to taste.
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If you think they have a lot, you should come to American grocery stores
 
Alla said:
As this is also about interesting things, I LOVE that in many supermarkets you can find almost any brand or flavour of anything. Sometimes it's too much, as you have 200 options for cereals
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AND CRISPS
 
Logic? said:
The variances in regional accents fascinate me. Not sure if it’s just a Northern British thing but people speak in different accents/name things differently even though they live like ten miles apart :D

You guys say “like” a lot too.
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The word tooth being pronounced 'tuth' in Birmingham and literally nowhere else in the fucking world is a great example of this. Bolton and Wigan are ten minutes apart and sound totally different as well.
 
Kate said:
Hot food at your desk risks pissing off your coworkers with the SMELL, plus you have to queue for the microwave.
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I understand that. But it seems like if you want anything other than a sandwich, packet of crisps and a “pop” for your dinner and you’re being OUTRAGEOUS AND AWKWARD :D

I don’t know why it makes me laugh but sometimes in those meal deals it’s just two BOILED EGGS and a garnish of something green. It’s complicated.
 
I remember people used to eat banana or chocolate spread sandwiches at school :zombie:
 
Logic? said:
I understand that. But it seems like if you want anything other than a sandwich, packet of crisps and a “pop” for your dinner and you’re being OUTRAGEOUS AND AWKWARD :D

I don’t know why it makes me laugh but sometimes in those meal deals it’s just two BOILED EGGS and a garnish of something green. It’s complicated.
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God I love a meal deal. I've never considered it to be odd!
 
Kate said:
If we're eating at our desk in the office we tend to have cold food, but that could be salads too. Is that what you meant?

Or did you mean we don't eat sandwiches UNLESS it's a work lunch?
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No, I thought you had nothing but sandwiches (as opposed to proper meals). I think Moopy is to blame for making me think that.
 
Alla said:
Oh yes, but at least some of them in the UK are sort of healthy. I don't think I would eat all those American "products".
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This probably belongs in the other thread, but there is a massive divide between how poor Americans eat and how middle/upper class Americans eat and even the access to certain types of healthy foods
 
If I get a meal deal it's always this though

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ButterTart said:
The word tooth being pronounced 'tuth' in Birmingham and literally nowhere else in the fucking world is a great example of this. Bolton and Wigan are ten minutes apart and sound totally different as well.
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It’s so interesting to me.

I like the different names given to cigarettes and bread buns.
 
I find meal deals a bit DEPRESSING, I only get them at the end of the month when I’m BROKE.
 
Logic? said:
It’s so interesting to me.

I like the different names given to cigarettes and bread buns.
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And the breakfast/dinner/tea breakfast/lunch/dinner debate.

There's a different word for alleys wherever you go as well. Round here it's a jitty, in Bolton it's a ginnel and they've never heard of a jitty.
 
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