Ask a British person

Where are all the bloody custard creams ya bloody cretin? I want them with ma cuppa tea.

 

east anglia too, it's "Urban" "roadman", as if we are all London. I'm from Essex, so t's generally go unheard of, water becomes wora and other simplifications, such as "Harwich" becoming "arridge". Also the "shut up" came from essex as it was said like this, "shh[hard end of H] up"

 

I'm From East Anglia... I agree completely, Corsas full of puffa jackets and vapes all over the show

 

Are the "white van men" really that common of a phenomenon on the roads?

 

Where I live at least (The North-West, Northern Greater Manchester area), yes. Nearly every old van is white and most vans on the road are old, usually pre 2014 Ford Transits, often 2005 or earlier. Oftentimes, the people driving them are white males too, and the exhausts are often blowing and rather loud!
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About right, yes. Though where I live (Northern Greater Manchester, near the Yorkshire - Lancashire border) it'd be more like this:

"Hello, how are you doing today?"
"Areet pal, how're yee?"

"Sir, I do not care though."
"C'mon mate, does it look like I care?"

"May you pick up some bread?"
"Oi, pop down 'shops and get a loaf o' bread would yee?"

Glossary:
Areet - Alright
Yee - You

 

Why is the Oxford Dictionary so unique from other dictionaries?

 

British English basically

 

Unique definitions as well?

 

Mostly things like Boot = 1. shoe 2. space for cargo in rear of car. As opposed to trunk and other similar definitions

 

I also heard that minute in the Oxford Dictionary also means minor differences.

 

I don't know if americans even know this, but in the UK all people with a TV must pay a TV license. Otherwise big scary detector vans will come after you.


here equipped with sinister piano music


Despite this, there have been 0 convictions from detector vans, and the only way people are convicted are by BBC knocking at your door. Except they don't have any legal power to search your home. So there are quite a few license dodgers.

And as for the TV Vans, well the BBC can't tell us how they work, there are no patents and it was made up of a group of engineers in isolation. In otherwords, no one person knows how the TV license van works.

There was a BBC one appearence of a TV License Van, but that's rigged by the BBC too, (one show is BBC), in a documentary form.

At the moment the TV license evasion rate is about 27% according to TVLicensing, and i suspect it's going to go higher.

 

why is the BBC so good a documentrys

 

Because the BBC is rich and has loads of money to work with for making documentaries.

 

Plus, they're the main broadcasting company of the country as well.

 

how much are malboro reds

 

£10.70 = €12.10 = 13.47 USD But they have to look like this due to laws and say bad messages on them

 

its changed a bit since i lived ther

 

So how do you feel about the CO2 shortage over there in the UK? https://www.bbc.com/news/business-44628993

 

Genuinely wouldn't have known lol I'm under 18 and so can't drink outside my own home and don't kill pigs

 

No energy drinks if ur under 16 .