Anyway, I'll start.
I wanted to do a post that I think we can relate to, and that is typical British things, because we all do these things, whether we know it or not, so let’s get right into it!
Having a Sunday roast. This is like one of the most British things ever, Sundays are not the same without a roast dinner- though we sometimes have them on Saturdays- does that change anything though??
Cuppas… Ok, tea is like a purely British thing, starting off the day with a cup of tea, having a cuppa with elevenses (that’s actually a word in the dictionary oh my goodness), having a cup with lunch, a cup when you get home, a cup before dinner, a cup after dinner and a cup before bed. Sometimes on weekends we had a pot of tea, or if we go out for breakfast I’ll have a pot of tea with a teacake…
Elevenses. This is just so British that I can’t even. Who came up with it? They must have been like ‘Hmmmm in Britain we won’t call it a snack, we’ll call it elevenses and make everyone wait till eleven to have a shortbread and tea, no matter how hungry they are at ten’
Crumpets, English breakfast muffins and teacakes. Now, I absolutely hate crumpets, but I love breakfast muffins and teacakes, does that make up for it? There’s not many things nicer than in the morning having a teacake and tea whilst looking out at the trees, or alternatively running to catch the bus whilst hurriedly eating a teacake and carrying a flask full of tea…
Luvvly-Jubbly- this is just such a British phrase, and my friend and I have this thing that when you say it you have to have tea with the queen (yes, we’re weird) and so we have about fifteen teas with the queen a day.
Words like ‘toodlepip’ and ‘cheerio’. No, not cheerio the breakfast cereal, but cheerio means goodbye, see you later, as does toodlepip.
Reading the newspaper. There’s nothing quite like reading a paper whilst drinking a cup of tea (of course) and finding out what’s going on in the world.
Fish and chips. This is so stereotypically British, every Friday going to the chippy and getting your battered cod and chips that is sometimes wrapped in newspaper, oh gosh I can’t wait till fish and chips day now!
Complaining about the weather. This is so British, you complain when it’s too cold and wish it was warmer, but then when it’s warm you complain it’s too hot and wish it was colder! Since I travel a lot, mainly to warm countries I tend to complain when it’s below 20 degrees (…) and everyone is a bit annoyed then. I spend at least half my summer in Spain, where it’s around 35 degrees, and I travel to places like Singapore, Thailand and Dubai a few times a year. Saying that, I love it when it snows, it makes everything seem so special. Mind you, British people complain about everything really, not just the weather!
Usually we’re ridiculously polite, so we apologise a lot, and yes, we’re terrible snobs and are secretly judging you… I’m so sorry.
Watching the Great British Bake Off on a Wednesday night with a cuppa. Missing the bake off season :/
That’s all for today, I hope you liked this post, be sure to share it if you did! Toodlepip!
Big love,
A x
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