
S1/E3 - British Stereotypes
The British English Podcast
What Do You Think of Us?
Tea drinking was mentioned a couple of times which for me was to be expected. The weather apparently always raining yes and while most Brits who are still residing in the British Isles will defend this as simply incorrect nonsense. That is just a stereotype I'm exaggerating and not my personal experience. Oh and Amy mentioned pompous sports. Lovely word there which is a disapproving word meaning too serious and not relaxed enough. So a pompous sport in some people's opinions might be cricket or croquet or maybe even bowls. Yeah, bowls is a very pompous sport. We'll see if English speakers from other countries have noted that as there really is a big cultural difference between the North and the
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