Cultural differences Scotland and England

[CauleyMacGlochlin]

So surprised to see on a recent thread that in England secondary school pupils are often not allowed out of school for lunch until 6th form, which Google tells me means 16-18. I'm gobsmacked. I've never heard of anything like this in Scotland and I've lived all over the country (grew up in Glasgow and moved around in adulthood)

I also recently discovered that English school pupils can't leave education at 16. They have to stay in education til 18 unless they have an apprenticeship.

Got me thinking about cultural differences between the countries that I've maybe been oblivious all this time. Any others?

I think you can get lorne (square) in English supermarkets I'm sure Aldi had an advert claiming they invented it 😃

I used to buy Scottish Plain bread in Asda in England

Where in England and how long ago? Farmfoods used to sell plain bread and other Scottish foods down here but stopped over 10 years ago in my city.

Most supermarkets near me in Glasgow are open 24 hours. I can't get my head around shops being closed on a Sunday. And the Sunday lunch thing.

And in Scotland the rain goes on and off. In England it starts and stops 😂

Thank you. That's the legalities, but culturally I don't know anyone who thinks it's ok to drink and drive.

Safeguarding, OP. They're perfectly happy, eating lunch, hanging with mates, playing footie, going to the library or lunchtime clubs or whatever.
I have never known any kind of riot to occur!

In Scotland you stay somewhere.
In England you live somewhere.

There's the rain on...

That's the rain off...

I've never heard that either. Our cashiers say 'next, please'

No, the legal limit is different here.

I do have some friends in England who will have a half pint beer/shandy and drive. Some friends in Scotland used to do the same but it's been really noticeable to me on visits back to Scotland since the law changed that, in my friendship group at least, the drivers don't drink any alcohol at all.

I see, thanks. Must be my circle then. None of us would drink and drive.

Lots of school things: in England they seem to have packed lunch police, attendance fines and rules about kids walking to school.
Also very strict school uniform rules?
DD walks to and from school herself, she's 10 and in P6.

When we arrived at my Granny's she didn't say "come in" she said "come away hroo" .
She also always called me "hen", which I miss.

oh you're right😂

Yes the fines for taking them away on holiday blow my mind! For taking your own child away on holiday. Madness.

The school subject Modern Studies isn't a thing in England.

You haven't been to the North West of England then.

I've never heard 'next here' only 'next'

Learning lots from this thread!

Lovely obedient children

Gingeratheart · Today 15:52

They don't have square sausage down here.

Where's down there, roughly? It's no problem to get Lorne in Newcastle.

Also, you cannot get moved in Morrisons and Aldi for school kids at lunchtime.

@SinnerBoy

Also, you cannot get moved in Morrisons and Aldi for school kids at lunchtime.

See this is the same here. I have to time getting the messages or I'll turn up and they've all stripped the bloody deli bare!

I am Scottish but lived in England for a good few years and there are def a few cultural differences.

The first one that comes to mind is that family units seem to be smaller in England. For example in Scotland everyone I know is constantly seeing cousins/second cousins/aunties/uncles/great aunts and uncles/grandparents. I know my cousins cousins well. Whereas in England, there was much less of that. One of my colleagues had not spoken to her aunt who lived 30 mins away in years! And no, there was no falling out.

Religion is more prevalent in Scotland.

Scots have waaaay more national pride.

There’s the obvious socio-economic issues and alcohol/drug misuse in Scotland that just isn’t the same in England and I don’t think folk south of the border truly understand.

Can’t buy booze before 10am or after 10pm in the shops in Scotland.

The Scottish dry sense of humour/sarcasm/gentle rubbing DOES NOT translate well to English 🤣

The English are also more.. sensitive?! IDK how to say it. They don’t take things on the chin so well.

”Juice” in Scotland = “fizzy drink” in England.

I was able to find Lorne sausage,
black pudding and haggis in England, but not macaroni pies 😢

I found having a local village pub to be more common in England than in Scotland, weirdly.

I am sure there will be people quoting me saying “that’s not true for me!!!!” so let me pre-empt that by saying this was my experience.

In Scotland you wear gutties. In England you wear trainers..In fact if you're in SW England you wear daps.

Growing up in Scotland we would go "through to" Glasgow / wherever.

I don't hear that as much in the SW.

I'm kind of glad it's normal to stay at school for lunch though. We used to just eat cones of chips every day 'Doon the street"

But maybe the canteen food has got a bit better over the years