Nope.
This is what makes Britain:
Are you saying that I'm not British because I'm vegetarian?
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British People: Monarch or No?
- Thread starter Rival
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Are you saying that I'm not British because I'm vegetarian?
I'm a vegetarian too, bro. But come on, no-one does 'fish fried in the Jewish style with chips' quite like we do.
Fish and chips are a fine example of traditional British cuisine, being derived from the combination of the fried fish brought to the British Isles by Spanish Jews in the 1600s with the fried product of a South American indigenous staple crop brought to the UK by, well, other Spanish people at around the same time.
You beat me to it r.e. Jewish-style-frying. Why didn't I know you were vegetarian, that's odd. Kudos. Wait, so does this mean neither of us are British? Shall we start a new country?
You beat me to it r.e. Jewish-style-frying. Why didn't I know you were vegetarian, that's odd. Kudos. Wait, so does this mean neither of us are British? Shall we start a new country?
Toten
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More unifying than it would be if they weren't there at all. It's part of British heritage, who they are, their culture.
Nope.
This is what makes Britain:
No mushy peas?
I ate them.
Both @Rival and I are British.
Should have known an uncouth colonial would be the one to utter such blasphemy.
Toten
Member
I don't think people should be forced to do anything of course. But it's still part of British history and culture. It's part of their identity as a people. I don't mind Scottish/Welsh/Irish nationalists wanting to be independent, since they were originally their own sovereign kingdoms, but for people of England it's a symbol of their heritage and how far they've come as a people since the Normans came and founded the Kingdom.
What, just by themselves? That's just weird.
It has historical value for us, but not much else.
Nope, mushy peas and mint sauce is a known dish here oop north.
Toten
Member
Historical, cultural, political, social, and traditional value. As well as, like I've said, being a symbol of British identity.
But it isn't; there are many republican Brits who want the Monarch gone. So it's anything but a British identity symbol, since many Brits evidently don't identify with it.
I'm from Wales, but I don't support Welsh independence to be honest. The kingdom was around long before the Normans! Actually William the Conqueror was able to invade due to an ongoing succession struggle to which he was a contender, along with two other lads.
How is the monarchy, the one thing that hasn't changed since 1066, standing up for how far we've come?
Not to mention the whole undemocratic thing. Maybe democracy isn't a British thing?
I have lived in the North for three years - have I been living a sheltered life? Or is this a Yorkshireism? If so, I must say that I am an ardent supporter of independence for Yorkshire. And then we'll shut down the border so there's no contact with the outside world.
Yep. It's kinda redundant to put 'uncouth' and 'colonial' in the same sentence though. They mean the same thing!
Full disclosure time, my paternal grandfather hailed from the Midlands. Never quite lost his accent, even after living here for almost 60 years.
It is quite a dated thing but yes; at carnivals etc. mushy peas were served in like a polystyrene cup with mint sauce as a warm snack, sort of like how people eat a cone of chips today.
Yep. It's kinda redundant to put 'uncouth' and 'colonial' in the same sentence though. They mean the same thing!
Full disclosure time, my paternal grandfather hailed from the Midlands. Never quite lost his accent, even after living here for almost 60 years.
Haha!
My paternal grandfather was from Chile! He never quite lost his accent either.
Hmm, interesting. I guess I shouldn't knock it if I haven't tried it. Mail order me some next time you see it being sold.
Of course, over here we take old Brit traditions and further mangle them.
I give you, the pie floater...
Weird South Australian thing which you don't see around too much any more.
Mushy peas, or a pea soup with mint, with a good old pie dropped in the middle.
Of course, over here we take old Brit traditions and further mangle them.
I give you, the pie floater...
Weird South Australian thing which you don't see around too much any more.
Mushy peas, or a pea soup with mint, with a good old pie dropped in the middle.
You people are weird.
Is it nice?
Doubt I could find one anywhere in my state. I tried one once just because they were common in Adelaide, and it was kinda a 'When in Rome' thing. I mean, they weren't bad or anything, I just didn't see the point really.