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I wish I were British...

#223
bassybill said:
Warwick and Stratford are about 40 miles south of me. You can see most of the Midlands places mentioned in this thread on this map - Wolverhampton, Birmingham (biggest city shown here by a huge margin), Coventry, Warwick, Stratford, Burton. At the top NW you can see Newcastle - note that this is the small town of Newcastle-under-Lyme, not the major city of Newcastle-upon-Tyne that is 200 miles or so NE of here. At the bottom of the map, you can see the region called the Cotswolds, a very scenic rural area. Oxford is just missing off the southern edge. The square map is maybe 55-60 miles along each edge.

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This map is home. :)
 
#226
Marmite on ketchup is more palatable. I have found that Marmite itself is simply not salty enough! After I add some salt on Marmite sandwich, it is more tasty. At least for me.
No doubt, after having eaten my 2 kilograms of Marmite, I'll be the one to decide LOVE it or HATE it ;)
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You know, mates, there are Danish candy called Lakrids. I specifically talk about the softer variety, similar to rubber, black, in different forms (some are available as a sort of electrical cable with filling instead of wire). These are made of sugar, liquorice, and salmiac (ammonium chloride). (The old prejudice is Lakrids are made of horse blood) :-) After having some Lakrids, you wish you were not born, or you choose dying quickly, so bitter it is. Compared to Marmite, Marmite is food for babies ;-)))) Still, MANY people including some of my Polish friends LOVE Lakrids. I was getting to Lakrids for 2 weeks... and gave them up.

But now I think of the Swedish snus. Snus is chewing tobacco; the newbies can buy it wrapped in tissue bags (like a mini version of teabags). The taste of snus is AWFUL. And you know what? Snus and Marmite taste similarly. Since I can do the snus, I still hope I can do Marmite :)))))))))))
 
#229
Kwesi said:
...So that I could say "Brilliant" and not sound strange. Admittedly, this was probably brought on by me rereading the Harry Potter books and watching all those funny Guiness commercials.

That is all.
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There is a Tom Robbins book called 'Another Roadside Attraction' in which one of the characters, in an effort to appear as counterculture as possible, gives himself the name Marx Marvelous. As one, (and this is paraphrased and comes off much better in the book) being named after Karl Marx is a testament to his aversion of capitalism, and secondly, no straight man would dare utter the word Marvelous.
 
#231
Twiglets = Sticks dipped in Marmite

I will always remember that Mr. Bean episode XD

Though I couldn't live without Tunnock's Teacakes, Snowballs or Caramel Logs...roasted coconut and cruncy biscuit pieces on a Caramel Wafer, give me one of those and I'm happy as anything.
 
#235
Over here we'd say that Manchester United and Liverpool play football. New Orleans Saints play American football (no wisecracks, please, guys).

"Soccer" is a word that originated in England but it is rarely if ever used over here by most people. It's mainly Americans who use that name to distinguish the sport from American football.
 
#237
i_got_a_mohawk said:
American Football isn't played in a big way in the UK, so there is generally no need to distinguish between more than one "football", so Association Football, just get's called Football.

There is Rugby Football, but that just gets called Rugby :)
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American Football is getting more popular in the UK though. The NFL have even played a couple of league games at Wembley Stadium in the past couple of years and they've been sellouts (that's 80,000 people).
 
#239
Rusty Chainsaw said:
American Football is getting more popular in the UK though. The NFL have even played a couple of league games at Wembley Stadium in the past couple of years and they've been sellouts (that's 80,000 people).
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I wouldn't deny that it's getting bigger, but the historic dominance of football and the huge difference in popularity between Associate and American football over here will, IMO, see Soccer always being called Football over here :)

A lot of people over here follow American Football and Ice Hockey, but support the NFL and NHL teams, not local teams, I think that (and the rarity) would be why they were selling out the stadium. There must only be a handful of professional American Football teams in the UK.
 

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