What are British famous for in the whole world?

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The last great Empire.

When I think of British; the first few things that pop into my mind are tea, scones, stephen fry, cambridge, the queen, fun accents, skirt suits.

Oh, and binge drinking/pubs.

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Tea and the queen apparently

creating soccer?

Driving on the "other" side of the road. :smile:

Reply 105

iainthegreat

Probably the Monarchy

Reply 106

southminor

Manchester United :smile:

and/or any other football clubs :smile:

For football :biggrin:

Reply 107

yaravel

in portugal we have a whole lot of british tourists (especially in algarve) so we joke with your pale skin and the way you turn lobster red after being in the sun x) And when you try to speak portuguese but can't help the accent! Of course these are all stereotypes we like to joke with but generally we have a good idea of the uk, mainly regarding the language (there's a lot of people speaking fluent english) and the culture (arts, music, celebrities etc). I'm a huge fan of a lot of bands from the uk and I can say for sure I'm not the only one. Oh, and cheryl cole. She's famous, maybe not as much as the american stars, but she is :biggrin:

Reply 108

ukr-nffc

Original post by Ferrero Rocher

I mean what they are well-known for in the whole world? :smile:

judging by my erasmus experience - Tea, drinking and fighting

Reply 109

espada00

yep we invented the pint

Reply 110

White&Beautiful

British contributions to the world -

Industralisation,
Technology and Science (huge number of nobel prize winners)
Philosophy,
literature,
The English Language,
worlds most popular sports,

Reply 111

Made in the USA

The jokes about rotten teeth have been done to death but I always wondered if Lucas jokes were popular outside of north america? We had a lot of unreliable British cars shipped to the US during the 1970s and they became famous for their shoddy lucas electronics. Here is a humorous list of Lucas, Prince of darkness jokes:

http://www.kitcar.com/articles-kitcar/humordept/lucas-prince.html

Reply 112

hanaalou

terrible teeth,their love for tea and the ability to form an orderly queue

Reply 113

RadioHawk

Original post by BringBackDeathPen!

food porn

Reply 114

HannieTheConqueror

As a foreigner I guess I have a less partial perspective on this. Where I live Brits are known for the accent, tea (so far I haven't tasted anything extraordinay), driving on the wrong side of the road, a really strange sense of humour, some bands, some authors, Shakespeare, fat people, London, Oxbridge, the slave trade and a long history of invading other countries. (No judgement, I'm a descendant of vikings myself) I suspect the monarchy is famous too, just not in Sweden where I live, because we have one too.

Personally I think the UK should be famous for the desserts, they are absolutely fantastic.

Reply 115

ukr-nffc

"the British Empire was built on cups of tea"

Reply 116

Kaykiie

The English Language maybe :lolwut:

I'd put my neck out and say that this is what we're most famous for...

Reply 117

BenHur

* for inventing football, but to never have won any meaningful cup on world stage ( always got thrown out of the WC and EC by mighty Germany)
* for not realizing they do not matter any longer as world power,the sun had already set on the empire
* for being the slave of the americans
* for massive larceny (go and visit the British museum when you get there)

*Guiness

Reply 118

autodidact

Original post by LaughingBro

^ We didn't enslave, whip, rape or lynch black people. We didn't invade so many countries.

Niether did the UK enslave black people, slave markets already existed in Africa and were a major part of the economy in many West African states, the British, Portuguese, French, Spainish and Dutch shamefully exploited these. And essentially you are right, they were treated appallingly and brutalised, much like your Korean and Tibetan slaves.