[Misc] Britishcore - "100 experiences that define and unite modern Britons" (it says here)

Stato said:

Article should be called: "I'm a middle class millennial and everyone I know is a middle class millennial, except for my parents, who are just middle class". We'll assume that the Steve Jones he fancied, was the Welsh TV presenter, not the guitarist in the Sex Pistols or the host of ITV's 'The Pyramid Game'.

Makes you wonder what the universal Brit experiences really are though. I'm sure that NSC could do better.

1) Telling people in shocked tones that there are Christmas things in the supermarket next to Halloween stuff! (Despite this happening absolutely every year);

2) Getting the response "Shouldn't celebrate Halloween anyway. It's a Yank holiday" from anyone over 50:

3) Having absolutely no interest in tennis for 50 weeks of the year then trying to hold a conversation about it during the last week in June / first week in July;

4) Saying good morning to magpies if you see ever them on their own;

5) Wondering where Bill's mother lives and why the sky's always black over her place;

Over to you...

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Stato said:

Article should be called: "I'm a middle class millennial and everyone I know is a middle class millennial, except for my parents, who are just middle class". We'll assume that the Steve Jones he fancied, was the Welsh TV presenter, not the guitarist in the Sex Pistols or the host of ITV's 'The Pyramid Game'.

Makes you wonder what the universal Brit experiences really are though. I'm sure that NSC could do better.

1) Telling people in shocked tones that there are Christmas things in the supermarket next to Halloween stuff! (Despite this happening absolutely every year);

2) Getting the response "Shouldn't celebrate Halloween anyway. It's a Yank holiday" from anyone over 50:

3) Having absolutely no interest in tennis for 50 weeks of the year then trying to hold a conversation about it during the last week in June / first week in July;

4) Saying good morning to magpies if you see ever them on their own;

5) Wondering where Bill's mother lives and why the sky's always black over her place;

Over to you...

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Herr Tubthumper said:

I absolutely hate anyone who calls Eggs Benedict anything other than Eggs Benedict. They should be exterminated along with 'banter' and 'bantz' people.

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Cheggers said:

'8. Brushing Monster Munch dust off the Barbour jacket you got for a fiver at Oxfam.' I don't know where to begin. What an absolute c#nt.

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schmunk said:

I bought a J. Crew Harris Tweed jacket (originally about $500) from Scope, for £13 in perfect condition. As a special bonus, it had* a business card from a New York strip club in the pocket..

I like Monster Munch.



The vast majority of the rest of the list though. Well cringe.



* still has, at least a year on,

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Bakero said:

Number 5 is very West Midlands, isn't it?

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Bill’s mother’s blown across the country | Letters

Letters: Readers on regional variations of the phrase ‘It’s looking a bit black over Bill’s mother’s’, used when it looks likely to rain

www.theguardian.com

Cheggers said:

Monster Munch sprinkled g strings.

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Wozza said:

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

“The rise of Britishcore” - https://www.theguardian.com/lifeand...eriences-that-define-and-unite-modern-britons

*shudder*

1. Umming and aahing with your partner for 10 minutes over whether to share a naan, and then just getting one each because “you only live once”.

2. Encouraging the entire pub to erupt into cheers when someone smashes a glass.

3. Flawlessly lip-syncing to: “If you see something that doesn’t look right, speak to station staff or British Transport Police. See it, say it, sorted,” on the train to Bristol Temple Meads.

etc

*cringe*

AI Podcast version here (natch).

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beorhthelm said:

more like a list of common experiences for Guardianistas.

except the glass cheer, and the complaining about small prices while buying £10 beers.

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Stato said:

Is it? I genuinely don't know. I've no Midlands connections and it's one I've heard around here for years. Have to admit it would sound great in their accent and I'm very much in favour of this suggestion that it should be 'black over the back of Bill's mother's.'

Bill’s mother’s blown across the country | Letters

Letters: Readers on regional variations of the phrase ‘It’s looking a bit black over Bill’s mother’s’, used when it looks likely to rain

www.theguardian.com

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Bakero said:

Seems like variants pop up everywhere https://wordhistories.net/2020/05/21/bills-mother/

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Stato said:

Is it? I genuinely don't know. I've no Midlands connections and it's one I've heard around here for years. Have to admit it would sound great in their accent and I'm very much in favour of this suggestion that it should be 'black over the back of Bill's mother's.'

Bill’s mother’s blown across the country | Letters

Letters: Readers on regional variations of the phrase ‘It’s looking a bit black over Bill’s mother’s’, used when it looks likely to rain

www.theguardian.com

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Wozza said:

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

“The rise of Britishcore” - https://www.theguardian.com/lifeand...eriences-that-define-and-unite-modern-britons

*shudder*

1. Umming and aahing with your partner for 10 minutes over whether to share a naan, and then just getting one each because “you only live once”.

2. Encouraging the entire pub to erupt into cheers when someone smashes a glass.

3. Flawlessly lip-syncing to: “If you see something that doesn’t look right, speak to station staff or British Transport Police. See it, say it, sorted,” on the train to Bristol Temple Meads.

etc

*cringe*

AI Podcast version here (natch).

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Wozza said:

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

“The rise of Britishcore” - https://www.theguardian.com/lifeand...eriences-that-define-and-unite-modern-britons

*shudder*

1. Umming and aahing with your partner for 10 minutes over whether to share a naan, and then just getting one each because “you only live once”.

2. Encouraging the entire pub to erupt into cheers when someone smashes a glass.

3. Flawlessly lip-syncing to: “If you see something that doesn’t look right, speak to station staff or British Transport Police. See it, say it, sorted,” on the train to Bristol Temple Meads.

etc

*cringe*

AI Podcast version here (natch).

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Brovion said:

89 is wrong. The slang name for Eggs Benedict is 'eggy benz'.

But I do recognise the type of person who would do/say 90% or more of that list. They've always been with us. They're the same people who used to jump up excitedly to dance to 'The Birdie Song', they name their cat 'Rambo', and they say 'time to climb the wooden hill to Bedfordshire' when they want to go to bed.

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Stato said:

Is it? I genuinely don't know. I've no Midlands connections and it's one I've heard around here for years. Have to admit it would sound great in their accent and I'm very much in favour of this suggestion that it should be 'black over the back of Bill's mother's.'

Bill’s mother’s blown across the country | Letters

Letters: Readers on regional variations of the phrase ‘It’s looking a bit black over Bill’s mother’s’, used when it looks likely to rain

www.theguardian.com

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