Tell us something about your country that most people don't know

Lesser-known things about the UK:

  • London is not England (or Britain, or the UK);
  • Not a monoculture;
  • Has benefited massively from being a cultural melting-pot;
  • Food is not actually terrible (thanks mainly to immigrants);
  • Don’t actually hate the French (or anyone else, for that matter);
  • Top hats and bowler hats went extinct many years ago.
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That’s a damn shame, if you ask me… They look dapper!

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Indeed sir, indeed…

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There’s nothing wrong with a good Sheppard’s pie or black pudding. I love it.

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In Brazil, we had a battle against Portugal, look what happened: imaginary cavalry :joy:

The struggle was tremendous, the resistance heroic; but after nearly five hours of skirmishes, with reinforcements coming from the city and in order not to see the army split, the independents were on the point of retreating and choosing a better point of defense in the rear.
The attackers were already climbing the slopes of the hills, certain of taking the enemy out, when they heard the sinister sound of advancing cavalry and beheading. The bugle, to whom Major Barros Falcão, who commanded the action at that point, had given the order to sound the retreat, had changed, on his own, the call intended to announce the defeat of the brothers in arms, for that of the unexpected attack, whence the disorder came. and the panic of the Portuguese.
The providential stratagem of Luís Lopes, who was the name of this Lusitanian adherent to the cause of Brazil, suddenly transformed the action. Amazed by the presence of this imaginary cavalry, which they did not count on, the Portuguese shuddered indecisively and finally retreated. Without wasting a moment, the Brazilians taking advantage of the situation, ordered the bayonet charge. The nearly victorious hosts were now pouring over the plain, fleeing in fear, enveloping the reserves in the same dispersion and in the same defeat.
After this disaster and the last failure of the action on Itaparica, Madeira’s army was in total despondency, which could not renew reinforcements to dominate beyond the capital.

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My favourite food from the UK is toasted crumpets, piping hot, with plenty of butter that melts into all the little holes, and a nice smear of Marmite on top. With a cup of strong, black tea, of course.

Also, baked beans and jacket potatoes with butter and cheddar cheese…

No, the food is not bad at all in the UK, although they do have a few odd foods which I would consider barely edible. But that is true for all nations.

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Read my mind, simple yet very effective! :+1:

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Me too, except Marmite, never understood that one together with vinegar on chips.

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Like the commercial says, one either loves it or hates it.

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Maybe someone should tell him! :grin:


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I just looked this one up…guess I would starve if that were the only food available :persevere: But there’s always fish & chips I guess…or a McD:grin:

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It’s just meat, without the meat. :grin:

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We have something like that here, too. It is called krvavice or blood sausages. Pretty much the same thing as black pudding… I’m not a big fan :rofl:

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Ugh… Blutwurst’s british cousin :nauseated_face: :face_vomiting:

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I am from Northern part of India, hence few parts in conversation of language around there and around Central India resemble to Hindi.

Whenever I go to village, I often get confused what people speaking there despite the fact that they are speaking variation of Hindi. :rofl:

In Southern India, Hindi is not prevalent hence common language for conversation is English.

In Easternmost area, around Arunachal Pradesh and Tripura, language spoken there sounds like Bengali, which itself sounds like Hindi if paid attention closely.

When I went to my village via train, I need to cross through 5,6 states. Due to which I am able to listen the many variation of Hindi.

As @sradjoker told, English is useful in some case, that is because of the fact that might belongs to Southern India, hence for him English suits better.
Northern India follows Hindi scheme of conversation, hence language of states like Himachal, Haryana, Rajasthan, etc. sounds like Hindi more.

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This is what i see also.

The modern necktie history has its origin in France. But it is not a French invention but something that the Croatian soldiers used during the Thirty Year War. The word “cravatte”, the neckties precursor originates from the French “la Croate”, meaning “Croat”.

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Exactly. The French made it popular. In the 17th century, France was very influential when it came to fashion. Everybody copied France.

Yes and i read more info from a necktie site.

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