What are British famous for in the whole world?
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Manchester United
Football, tea, the queen.
The English language and being hugely ignorant of other cultures, an example of this being a joke I was told by an Argentinian I know:
"What do you call someone who speaks 3 languages?"
"I don't know"
"Trilingual! What do you call someone who speaks 2 languages?"
"I don't know"
"Bilingual! What do you call someone who only speaks one language?"
"..."
"ENGLISH!"
"What do you call someone who speaks 3 languages?"
"I don't know"
"Trilingual! What do you call someone who speaks 2 languages?"
"I don't know"
"Bilingual! What do you call someone who only speaks one language?"
"..."
"ENGLISH!"
Original post by jacet
The English language and being hugely ignorant of other cultures, an example of this being a joke I was told by an Argentinian I know:
"What do you call someone who speaks 3 languages?"
"I don't know"
"Trilingual! What do you call someone who speaks 2 languages?"
"I don't know"
"Bilingual! What do you call someone who only speaks one language?"
"..."
"ENGLISH!"
"What do you call someone who speaks 3 languages?"
"I don't know"
"Trilingual! What do you call someone who speaks 2 languages?"
"I don't know"
"Bilingual! What do you call someone who only speaks one language?"
"..."
"ENGLISH!"
Original post by jacet
The English language and being hugely ignorant of other cultures, an example of this being a joke I was told by an Argentinian I know:
"What do you call someone who speaks 3 languages?"
"I don't know"
"Trilingual! What do you call someone who speaks 2 languages?"
"I don't know"
"Bilingual! What do you call someone who only speaks one language?"
"..."
"ENGLISH!"
"What do you call someone who speaks 3 languages?"
"I don't know"
"Trilingual! What do you call someone who speaks 2 languages?"
"I don't know"
"Bilingual! What do you call someone who only speaks one language?"
"..."
"ENGLISH!"
Is that supposed to be a joke ?
I bet your argie friend is a right laugh out on the piss
Literature,
Technology,
Science,
Engineering,
Philosophy,
Art,
Television Media,
Britains rich historical past.
Britain has contributed immensly to the world
Technology,
Science,
Engineering,
Philosophy,
Art,
Television Media,
Britains rich historical past.
Britain has contributed immensly to the world
Original post by jacet
The English language and being hugely ignorant of other cultures, an example of this being a joke I was told by an Argentinian I know:
"What do you call someone who speaks 3 languages?"
"I don't know"
"Trilingual! What do you call someone who speaks 2 languages?"
"I don't know"
"Bilingual! What do you call someone who only speaks one language?"
"..."
"ENGLISH!"
"What do you call someone who speaks 3 languages?"
"I don't know"
"Trilingual! What do you call someone who speaks 2 languages?"
"I don't know"
"Bilingual! What do you call someone who only speaks one language?"
"..."
"ENGLISH!"
There is a reason for that though
You can really get around just about everywhere with english because it is such a widely spoken language. English is all you really need in today's world.
Someone from Sweden, on the other hand, is going to find it far more valuable to learn english because swedish won't get him that far. So most swedes are probably going to know more than one language.
Fish and Chips
Burburry
Harrods
A love of Indian food
Beans on Toast
Baked Potatoes.
Burburry
Harrods
A love of Indian food
Beans on Toast
Baked Potatoes.
Original post by In_Infamy
-World War 1
-World War 2
-World War 2
No that's Germany, please don't get the two countries mixed up.
Edit: What am I saying, of course Britain is famous for WW2, they are famous for saving Europe
(edited 13 years ago)
slavery
Relentless colonisation and and extreme racism covered by a thin layer of tolerance.
and many of the world useful discoveries.
and the Queen
and the Beatles
and our diverse range of accents in such a small area
and our food
...I could go on...
and many of the world useful discoveries.
and the Queen
and the Beatles
and our diverse range of accents in such a small area
and our food
...I could go on...
Original post by Ferrero Rocher
Colonialism and slavery.
Original post by LaughingBro
Colonialism and slavery.
Thats rich coming from a Chinese person.
Original post by Internet Toughguy
^ We didn't enslave, whip, rape or lynch black people. We didn't invade so many countries.
Original post by LaughingBro
^ We didn't enslave, whip, rape or lynch black people. We didn't invade so many countries.
The chinese enslaved tens of thousands of Koreans. And China invaded and colonised many countries. Just because you did not colonise as many as britain is not an excuse.
Original post by LaughingBro
Colonialism and slavery.
Slavery....come off it. It was the Americans that loved slavery. The British Empire was the single greatest thing to happen on this planet. Maybe if the empire was still around, the rest of the world wouldn't be so ****.
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