British People On Reddit Are Answering The Questions You've Been Too Afraid To Ask
God save all dressed in green
Long live our noble Queen
All questions and answers sourced from this AskReddit.
- 157 VOTES
On The Best Times To Visit
From Redditor u/brendanhahaha:
When would it be a good time to visit?
From Redditor u/Sudomap05:
Spring through to early autumn. Our winters might put off some newbies.
- 2211 VOTES
On Protecting National Treasures
From Redditor u/SlowGoat79:
Why haven’t you wrapped your national treasure, Stephen Fry, in cotton wool and bubble wrap for safe keeping?
From Redditor u/TheOncomimgHoop:
We're too busy protecting David Attenborough
- 3145 VOTES
On Stereotypes
From Redditor u/BrawlStar17:
What’s your favorite stereotype?
From Redditor u/Mukatsukuz:
That all villains in films need to be British because we're so evil
- 4199 VOTES
On Curse Words
From Redditor u/Oh-God-Its-Kale:
How are your curse words so much better than Americans?
From Redditor u/Redsetter:
It’s our language, home field advantage.
- 567 VOTES
On Staring
From Redditor u/KevMatthews:
My mom's boyfriend is from England and says that if you look at a stranger too long they'll assume you want to fight and not a friendly gesture of hello. It's this true/normal?
To clarify, I don't mean just staring at them, but like looking at them briefly instead of walking with your head down.
From Redditor u/mr_rocket_raccoon:
Depends... making eye contact is fine. If you hold that eye contact for more than 5 seconds they may wonder if you know them or ask if they can help you...
If someone is drunk and you repeatedly stare them down then that can be seen as aggressive and definitely won't come across as friendly
- 6117 VOTES
On Milk And Tea
From Redditor u/AegisofOregon:
When is it appropriate to add milk to tea?
From Redditor u/ Marcilliaa:
Milk goes in black tea /English breakfast tea (what 99% of brits drink) but not in herbal tea, green tea, white tea etc
From Redditor u/whatsupskip:
Finally someone answered the question that was asked.
Black Tea is from the Camelia Sensis plant, with different varieties, Earl Grey, Breakfast Tea etc. Fine to add milk.
Herbal teas aren't from the same plant, but generally the leaves or flowers of the plant after which it is named, peppermint, chamomile etc. No milk.