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A cup of tea (with saucer) in a lecture!? Just British Uni Things...

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Reply 20

Snufkin

Universities Forum Helper

I never have any funny anecdotes to contribute, I study via distance learning. :cry2:

...CertHE post nominals? :eyebrow:

Reply 21

JPO92

Original post by Manitude

The most british thing that happened to me?

I dunked a digestive into my tea, left it too long and the biscuit broke and fell into my tea. I did what any other British person would do and tutted softly to myself.

This is British, so wonderfully, wondefully British. :hat:

Reply 22

Roving Fish

Original post by Snufkin

I never have any funny anecdotes to contribute, I study via distance learning. :cry2:

...CertHE post nominals? :eyebrow:

According to my supervisor, I can use these. (I have a CertHE prior to my current degree)

Reply 23

Snufkin

Universities Forum Helper

Original post by Roving Fish

According to my supervisor, I can use these. (I have a CertHE prior to my current degree)

When I did my CertHE with the OU I got an email from my tutor saying congrats on passing, but she warned me (in bold :afraid:

) not to use the post nominals after your name because it makes you look desperate. :dontknow:

Reply 24

Viridiana

Here in Poland it's not too weird to have tea or coffee in class either... :biggrin:

Reply 25

Ethereal World

I would like acupofgreentea in lectures :yep:

Reply 26

Hannahmay01

Original post by jneill

No biscuits????!!!!!

:cookie:

(Nice storyboard!)

People watching come dine with me and Jeremy Kyle in lectures...

Reply 27

Tpos

Err the most British thing that's happened in my lectures is when my lecturer jokingly asked if the students who walked in late for the 9am lecture were too drunk to turn up earlier.

Reply 28

Kevin De Bruyne

Original post by Hannahmay01

People watching come dine with me and Jeremy Kyle in lectures...

This !!!

When The Apprentice is on, there's at least one person in one of my lectures during the week watching it there!

Reply 29

Asuna Yuuki

This doesn't really answer the question, but it's this that comes to mind whenever people talk about the most british things what what

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Reply 30

The Empire Odyssey

Original post by JBLondon

It didn't happen to me, but Douglas Adams had the absolute best example of a 'Britishism'. It's a bit of a wall of text but it's definitely worth a read:

Literally keeping this story for a rainy day! Hilarious!

Reply 31

The_Lonely_Goatherd

You know, despite having studied at Oxford, I can't think of any quintissentially British anecdotes to tell :sad:

There was a lot of quirky **** that happened and lots of hilarious stories, but things that are stereotypically British? Can't think of any off the top of my head :no:

#TLGFails

There was, of course, a LOT of tea involved in doing an Oxford degree. Oxford basically runs on tea. You can't NOT drink tea - people get confused (and occasionally offended. As I found out... :eek: