Questions you have about other nationalities!

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Just for fun. DD and I were just watching a video where Americans were asking questions about the UK. What are your questions (can be for any nationality from any nationality)? And please feel free to answer other people's questions!

I'll start with some questions for Americans:

Are your grocery bags really those ones without handles? They look really awkward to carry!

Why do you not have electric kettles?

In High school films the English teacher for example always gives them some homework to do by the next day and says 'see you tomorrow' - do you have the same classes every day? We just had English twice a week or something!

😂

Why do Australians use so many abbreviations.

Well they do e.g ambo, arvo. avo, tradie etc.

umm sag (or saag) aloo is spinach and potato and delicious! Part of a whole range of 'side' dishes many of which are vegetarian / vegetable based

Saag Paneer - Spinach & Indian Cheese
Saag Aloo - Spinach & Potato
Matter Paneer - Peas & Indian Cheese
Aloo Gobhi - Potato & Cauliflower
Tarka Dhal - Lentil (I guess dhal is like a really think soup?)

Not every restaurant / restaurant would have an identical list of sides but yes they'd all have these kinds of dishes and I'd be shocked if they didn't have the ones above.

I know, that's why I was laughing because I never really thought about it before but now you say it. One of my best friends is Ozzie and she used to talk about the 'rona all the time which took me a few minutes to get first time :p

Yeah Indian's here in Ireland would have all those dishes on the menu too. Love Indian food

Also, with your class system would it ever be possible for a royal to fall in love with and marry someone from a very poor background? Or are you meant to 'stay in your lane' so to speak.

It's theoretically possible, but in reality wouldn’t happen. The Middletons are a well-off family from what’s considered a good background, but Carole (Kate’s mum) is apparently still seen as a bit Petey M. Whitey by the Royals. (PTMYT = pleased to meet you, toilet.)

Hahaha... I dunno! I think they just roll off the tongue easier. Servo, arvo, bottle-o... I'm sure there's a lot more I use, I'm just so used to them as my everyday language that I can't think of them right now!

If they do make tea it's always lukewarm, in fact I did find that in America food is rarely served as hot as we serve it. They do use filter coffee makers, as we used to use in Germany in the 70s/80s but they leave it there, stewing, all day and it's awful.

This thread has been very informative - a few rude questions but mostly genuine curiosity and I haven't seen any "oh aren't foreigners funny" type comments here.

Question for non-British people: do people in your country seem so negative as British people about everything? E.g., our government is crap, our weather is crap, our trains are crap, our police, councils, etc. etc.
It's possible Britain is the worst at everything, I just wonder if others see their country a similar way.

Irish here and people complain about all those things here too (your trains are NOT crap!) Come to Ireland and have a go at Public transport and you won't stop praising yours! :p

They don't have time to say full words as they have to run away from a monstrous spider to another.

I'm French, and yes, our country is the ABSOLUTE worst at everything.

and sparkie for electricians. That's my favourite.

My other fave is ordering a banger sanger in a cafe. (sausage sandwich).

My mother likes ordering a decaf semi skimmed latte in her cafe. It's called the 'What's the Point' on the menu.

We use Sparkie for electrician here in Ireland too and Chippy for Carpenter

Oh we use chippy also!

Hahaha I do agree, the DART train in Dublin is a relic. Public transport in Ireland needs an upgrade asap.

Spanish people are very critical about everything in their own county: government, opposition, local government, education, work, health care, teachers, the referee at the football match and...the weather!!
I find Irish people very positive about their (miserable) weather which I really like about them.
If there is a drop of rain in Spain, a cloud, too much sun, not enough sun, wind...always someone complaining!

The funniest thing is if there is a foreigner, then we tend to defend the country and everything becomes perfect hahaha.

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I find Irish people very positive about their (miserable) weather which I really like about them.

Grand soft day 😜

I greatly prefer the laundry room. I can do 3 or 4 large loads at once, so I only do laundry once every 8 or 9 days. Washed and dried in 1.5 hours. Get it all folded and put away and that's it, rather than constantly doing laundry.

I used to work with a lot of South Africans when I was in my twenties. I considered myself a permanent resident of the UK (good old EU days, no need for paperwork back then!), so it used to annoy me no end when my SA colleagues asked "where do you stay?" instead of "where do you live?". Is this an SA turn of phrase to mean the same thing, or did they actually assume that I was there temporarily, like them? (Most of them talked about going back to SA to buy property with their earnings.)

I'm English and say sparkie and chippie.
Saw an NZ friend on FB talking about a cigarette break: smoko.

Why Ukrainian refugees have received preferential treatment coming into the UK over other nationalities

Hi, we generally say the UK!

Why do Scottish people love offal in a stomach? Why do Spanish, French, Cajun and Scottish people eat blood as a sausage?