Stereotypical

[Vladimir Lugosi]

I had a friend who was British who I used to talk to on MSN all the time (sadly, I haven't heard from him in almost a year now) and he used to ask me "Have you been wanking today?"

Up until that point, I had NEVER heard of the word "wanking" and had to get him to explain it to me. Not sure if it's sterotypical, but I use the word all the time now myself.  

[Invictus_88]

Hm, not sure. I've never heard it spoken outside the UK, though kids in France learn the word. Not from the teachers though, it has to be said.  

[Invictus_88]

http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12420372

^All new British Stereotypes thread^

It requests your support.


EDIT: http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3858601&page=1 << The original.  

[Ihmhi]

Indeed, let us support this new thread! I shall be vigilantly scanning the pages for newbs, n00bs, and even the dreaded nub.

Also known as:

British Stereotypes: Reloaded.  

[Invictus_88]

Very much appreciated, I'm hoping that it doesn't get CB'd like the original did.  

[Iggy The Balrog]

I dunno about stereotypes but for sayings I love cockney rhyming slang.

My dad once asked for a cup of "rosie lea" (tea) in a restaurant and the waitress was all: "We don't serve wine til after six"

I love Bloody Hell and Sod Off.  

[Invictus_88]

Invictus_88

http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12420372

^All new British Stereotypes thread^

It requests your support.


EDIT: http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3858601&page=1 << The original.

http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12420372

It's in GD now. At least it'll (I strongly suspect) never have to face the Chatterbox.  

[Invictus_88]

And now it has been enshrined in the GBG Info page.  

[Narelon the Great]

Probably 'What the devil?' or its derivations, these just seem to epitomise the British reaction to suprising events, along with such phrases as 'I say' or possibly even 'I say, I do say'.  

[Foetus In Fetu]

Narelon the Great

Probably 'What the devil?' or its derivations, these just seem to epitomise the British reaction to suprising events, along with such phrases as 'I say' or possibly even 'I say, I do say'.

What the Dickens!  

[Invictus_88]

See? Some situations just require an interrobang.  

[Foetus In Fetu]

I prefer the neutrality mark.  

[Midnight Jasp]

Taking the piss, by far! Why do they not have this saying everywhere else? It makes us seem jolly stupid chaps and chapettes when we use this inadvertently to an audience of some other nation and then have to explain it.

...listening to BoJo (Boris Johnson) speak is entertaining.

Is 'toff' British?  

[Behatzlacha-S]

"Blimey!" - The ferret has spoken.

 

[Invictus_88]

I'm probably not able to comment neutrally on stereotypes, given the top hat. Both on here and on f*cebook.

neutral