Help needed immediately! What things do YOU associate with the British?

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debs

Ok, i'm American... and i will say that 'Crumpets' are the bomb! Hahaha... simple but delicious, i tell ya. And the 'Bacon Sarnies', EVERY time i go visit my 'English' fiance, over in England... first thing i'm asking for is a 'bacon sarnie'. To die for....

As far as music, well let me tell you.... The British, are hands down, the best when it comes to musical talent! The list is everlasting... BUT my favorites mind you are:
DEF LEPPARD.... #1 baby, **ROCK ON...
Queen...
Ziggy Stardust/Spiders .. aka David Bowie
Rod Stewart
Iron Maiden
Judist Preist
Sex Pistols
Duran Duran
Rolling Stones
The Clash
Rooster
Elton John
The Beatles

The music talents could go on and on.... The Brits have definately done well for/in the music business.

Another thing.. Footie! Oh sorry, thats 'soccer' to us Americans. LOL Either way, English Footie is making its way into the hearts of us Americans. My team? MANCHESTER UNITED... All the way! GO REDS!!!!

redpillowcase

crumpets, the queen of England, Monty Python

Labatt113

crumpets
tea
football
intense british and footblall pride
Tony Blair
House of parliment
Intense early days of war (with everyone including us)

''H''

old red phone boxes,red post boxes,red double decker buses,red coats,red brick houses,.......the colour red, the spelling of the word colour,the rolling stones,the stone roses(both the best of British music)guy fawkes ,bonfire night 5th November,the royal family, proper bacon butties,chip butties anything on a butty(butties=sandwiches)steak n kidney pie, Christmas cake boxing day(day after Christmas)horse racing ,gambling,betting shops on every corner,peter kay (very funny comedian)news at ten,big shop on a thursday/friday,going to the pub,getting drunk,nightclubs,kebabs,fights in the street with some pissed up girl yelling ....leave him Gary!,somebody throwing up in the street at 3am,harry potter,watershed on TV(after 9/10pm programs cater for adults no cutting out swearing etc)bloody crap weather for most of the year,but when it's sunny it's magic!prawn cocktail crisps(potato chips)cadbury's chocolate,Indian food,the BBC- TV and radio no commercials ever!the sun newspaper- boobs on page three every day,football (also know as soccer in some parts of the world)the England football team and how the country stops when they play even though we haven't won anything for forty years (bloody hell),saying bloody hell,fish n chips,penny toffees,penny for the guy(children begging for money for a couple of weeks a year end Oct to 5th Nov- cool)hope this helps

patois

Old intellect, modern tolerance, stuffy manners, good gardeners, excellent sense of humor, slightly fatalistic, and one British gentleman whom I knew once who was the best lover I ever had.

Aves

Malt vinegar (to go with the Fish and Chips)

Polo

Ladies and Gentlemen

Red coats and black hats

London and Manchester

Shakespeare and Douglas Adams

History

Cockney

The Clockwork Orange

mhiaa

Benny Hill - best of the best. Lady Di - best of the best. The Queen. Scones. Only thing I find extremely irritating is the accent, especially cockney - it's like fingernails on a chalkboard, or they have a stick up their butt.
Other than that, from my experience, they are an extremely polite
people who try to keep the peace and avoid conflict. I'm not sure what aspect of British culture you're looking for. And I've yet to meet a Brit with bad teeth. And one of the best musical groups - actually there were more than one, which is why they called it the British Invasion in American music - The Beatles! Did they not change the course of musical history or what? And I also associate double-decker buses with the British, and one of the most fantastic tv shows of all time on public television - and his famous telephone booth -- Dr. Who. And I associate certain parts of Canada as well. And if my memory serves me correctly, without giving away my age, they had some of the best flying aces in the war against Hitler. And Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson -- how much do you need? Mercy, if all they know is Austin Powers - Yuk! That's like saying Gerry Springer and his trailer trash is a true representation of the USA! NOT!
Redpillow, you are so right!! How could I have forgotten Monty!

laffinse

The Royal Family, Stonehenge, Buckingham Pallace, Cunard Cruise Line (before Carnival bought it out), Tea, Castles, Sherlock Holmes, Jack the Ripper. If you need any more, drop me a line. I've only been there a few times and most of that was spent in Southampton, but I may be able to help.

Cariad

I'm Canadian but....I associate the things you said as well as old castles, King Henry VIII, Big Ben and driving on what I call the "wrong" side of the road. :)

Edit for music: Greensleeves (song), God Save the Queen, Elton John

raindrop

big ben

eaglearm60

Fish and chips-egg and chips-beans on toast-bangers and mash-fried bread-sausages-pork pies-mushy peas-fudge-cheese and onion pasties-roast beef and Yorkshire Pudding-treacle tart-HP sauce-porridge-apple pie and custard-scones-kippers-crisps.
The Beatles-Stonehenge-Tower Bridge-Yorkshire Dales-Dartmoor-train spotting-Bingo-Pubs-darts-Blackpool-Stag Nights-cricket-fog-The Pennine Way-Tweed-James Bond 007

ironbrew

Toad in the hole
Spotted Dick
Bottingtons
Newcastle Brown
Rhyming Slang
Winston Churchill
Irn Bru

sarch_uk

You want traditional stuff...

Try

MORRIS DANCING!
http://www.ukstudentlife.com/Ideas/Album/MorrisDancing.htm

Town Criers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town_crier

Punch n Judy
http://www.punchandjudy.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punch_and_Judy
(that's the way to do it)

Pantomime
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantomime
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~derek01/
(he's behind you!)

just a girl

Accents, large colonial land holds around the globe, a pathetic obsesion with the royalty (which most Americans are the same way with Hollywood stars so...), involvement in many important wars, an ancient and rich society and culture. I could go on but these are just the first ones. Oh and the Church of England, Puritans, an interesting government set up, interesting relations with the E.U.

mj_indigo

World domination, hedgehogs, nit picking about grammar, the colour wedgewood blue, nannies, fox hunting, and their coffee is worse than ours in Canada.

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