Are Britain (and Ireland) like, totally turning into America?

Hyperion wrote:I have 3 boxes of tea on my desk at work

Good quality brands i hope.

Karl wrote:On, one and own are all pronounced the same, but scwun doesn't rhyme with any of them. You may not like it but that is what peak pronunciation sounds like.

..."skoon"?

Vermilion wrote:

Hyperion wrote:I have 3 boxes of tea on my desk at work

Good quality brands i hope.

All Twinings, none of this German muck

Hyperion wrote:

Vermilion wrote:

Hyperion wrote:I have 3 boxes of tea on my desk at work

Good quality brands i hope.

All Twinings

No then. Twinings

Ad7 wrote:

Hyperion wrote:

Vermilion wrote:

Hyperion wrote:I have 3 boxes of tea on my desk at work

Good quality brands i hope.

All Twinings

No then. Twinings

strawberry float off you Lipton snorting banana split

What's wrong with Twinings? It's a top quality brand.

Vermilion wrote:What's wrong with Twinings? It's a top quality brand.

Isn’t it what commoners drink to make themselves feel like they are upper class?

I like Twinings generally, but their English Breakfast Organic is diabolically weak.

Moggy wrote:

Vermilion wrote:What's wrong with Twinings? It's a top quality brand.

Isn’t it what commoners drink to make themselves feel like they are upper class?

I'm always slightly disappointed when I realise somebody has Twinnings. It seems far more common in hotels than peoples homes though.

Moggy wrote:

Vermilion wrote:What's wrong with Twinings? It's a top quality brand.

Isn’t it what commoners drink to make themselves feel like they are upper class?

That's Orange Juice not from concentrate

Hyperion wrote:

Moggy wrote:

Vermilion wrote:What's wrong with Twinings? It's a top quality brand.

Isn’t it what commoners drink to make themselves feel like they are upper class?

That's Orange Juice not from concentrate

I only had grape drink.

Moggy wrote:

Vermilion wrote:What's wrong with Twinings? It's a top quality brand.

Isn’t it what commoners drink to make themselves feel like they are upper class?

Yes, bonus delusion points if they have a little wooden selection box with a brass clasp on it.

Moggy wrote:

Hyperion wrote:

Moggy wrote:

Vermilion wrote:What's wrong with Twinings? It's a top quality brand.

Isn’t it what commoners drink to make themselves feel like they are upper class?

That's Orange Juice not from concentrate

I only had grape drink.

Grape??? Get a load of Mr Fancy Pants over here

Hyperion wrote:

Moggy wrote:

Hyperion wrote:

Moggy wrote:

Vermilion wrote:What's wrong with Twinings? It's a top quality brand.

Isn’t it what commoners drink to make themselves feel like they are upper class?

That's Orange Juice not from concentrate

I only had grape drink.

Grape??? Get a load of Mr Fancy Pants over here

The ingredients are sugar, water, purple.

Errkal wrote:

lex-man wrote:

1cmanny1 wrote:

Moggy wrote:

Hime wrote:

Moggy wrote:...they seem to say “banana split” a lot more

Nice that we've had an equal contribution to each others cultures

I don’t feel much national pride these days, but I feel my heart swell whenever I hear a yank say “banana split”.

Sorry to tell you this. But "banana split", is Australian.

It comes from cunte which is middle English. The word is older than the European discovery of Australia.

Suzy Dent has a 5 minute show on all4 that gives the origins of lots of swear words if you want to know more.

Americans also come from England.

1cmanny1 wrote:

Errkal wrote:

lex-man wrote:

1cmanny1 wrote:

Moggy wrote:

Hime wrote:

Moggy wrote:...they seem to say “banana split” a lot more

Nice that we've had an equal contribution to each others cultures

I don’t feel much national pride these days, but I feel my heart swell whenever I hear a yank say “banana split”.

Sorry to tell you this. But "banana split", is Australian.

It comes from cunte which is middle English. The word is older than the European discovery of Australia.

Suzy Dent has a 5 minute show on all4 that gives the origins of lots of swear words if you want to know more.

Americans also come from England.

I am sure that African-Americans, Italian-Americans and Irish-Americans all agree with you.

Ad7 wrote:

Moggy wrote:

Vermilion wrote:What's wrong with Twinings? It's a top quality brand.

Isn’t it what commoners drink to make themselves feel like they are upper class?

Yes, bonus delusion points if they have a little wooden selection box with a brass clasp on it.

Clearly an aspirational tea.

I think the fact that a thread about the threat of Britain becoming too much the USA has descended into a discussion on class, aspirations of social mobility and the relative rankings of tea brands proves that we really have nothing to worry about!

God bless our deeply ingrained class based society!

Jenuall wrote:I think the fact that a thread about the threat of Britain becoming too much the USA has descended into a discussion on class, aspirations of social mobility and the relative rankings of tea brands proves that we really have nothing to worry about!