Chavs, scripts and the British quiz
I’ve had a hilarious comment left on my Chavs article (unapproved at the moment, I can’t stand the chat speak). Anyway, thought it proved my point about chavs brilliantly:
becky (e-mail removed) has left a comment on scr-chavs
actually im a chav i think we smash it and we not dumb u just think we are peace out
Chavs “not dumb”? Of course not…
Moving on to scripts: I’ve been adding to the list, and have even added a skip links list so you can skip straight to a script you may be running without having to read about scripts you don’t use.
And a few questions I decided to answer from the “British quiz” (because I’m too ill to think of anything decent to post)…
Spend over £10 a week topping up your mobile?
I don’t think I spend £10 a month on top ups! I still find it incredibly irritating that children are given mobile phones AND are allowed to the money to top up those bloody phones. I can NOT bear the argument “we need them for emergencies”. What bollocks. I used to run around the local brook getting stuck in hip-high mood, falling out of trees, jumping the fence at the local skip to see what material we could nick to make dens and I never once needed a mobile bloody telephone.
Have you ever shopped at New Look?
Don’t even get me started on New Look. Every time I’ve ever been in there I get glared at. Apparently, unless you’re stick thin and “up” on the latest fashions, you’re not welcome there. So no, I’ve never shopped there.
Ever been made to do PE in your underwear because you forgot your kit?
I think I had to do this when I was about 6, and it makes me laugh looking back because just 14 years ago this was happening and nobody even blinked at the thought. I dare to imagine the uproar that would happen now-a-days if parents thought of their precious children doing activities in their pants and vest.
Do you say phrases like ‘safe’, ‘innit’, ‘bloody’, ‘bugger’ etc.?
Bloody and bugger are the best words ever invented. They’re “ok” enough to say in relatively polite company but harsh/strong enough to get the point across.
Are you proud to be British?
Absolutely! We might not have the world’s best chocolate or a great football team (not that I watch that crap) but we have culture, good honest food, some great actors and comedians, etc. I don’t think I’d want to be anywhere else in the world.
Chuu said:
On 22 Sep at 9:00 pm
PE in your underwear? o_o Well. That is a nice culture change from germany.
Corinne said:
On 22 Sep at 9:35 pm
Lol, that’s very funny. I always wanted to know if people really said bloody or bugger, and it just cracks me up when they do (I’m obviously not British). Unfortunately, as and American, I’d probably sound really weird saying bloody around my British friends, no matter how tempted I am.
Frosty said:
On 22 Sep at 10:03 pm
O.O PE in your underwear? Scary thought– we never even had to change for PE until 7th grade, and if we forgot our clothes, we either used street clothes (7th grade) and got a 0 for the day, or, starting in 8th, we have to wear the school set, which is basically just a pair of normal shorts and the normal PE shirt just dyed pink–rather stupid if you ask me, it’d be funnier to see all the idiots running around in their boxers. :P And if you’re spending that much a month topping up your cellphone, isn’t that a sign to get off of prepaid and get a monthly plan? Hell, I’m on the phone like crazy and even when I was on prepaid, I never used more than $50 a month! It’s annoying seeing little 10-year-olds on their cellphones, spending even more time on them than I do! The hell are they talking about that they need to wander around Wal-Mart for an hour with those ugly pink RAZRs that blind people with their overly bright color yakking it up? :P And I’ve been around too many British people online it seems, since I’ve started using bloody regularly in my everyday conversations. :P
Mike Haddad said:
On 22 Sep at 10:56 pm
Not that I’m going to knock the British, but the fact that you said “good honest food” makes me incredibly amused. I hated the food when I was there. I found it incredibly bland.
Corinne said:
On 22 Sep at 11:33 pm
lol, I am a bit bad when it comes to cells, I’ve had a new one every year since 9th grade (I’m now a junior in college) I have a habit of changing them every year, that I can not break. I’m actually looking for a new one right now. However, I did need one back then, I was a debator, and we would travel out of state and such and be away for long periods of time. My parents wanted me to always be able to contact them.
Manda said:
On 23 Sep at 2:07 am
Haha, the question about words like “bloody” and “bugger” made me laugh – I love the British lingo!
Stephanie said:
On 23 Sep at 2:47 am
Hah, food. I’ve gotten in plenty of arguments with one of my good friends about British foods. And honestly? I don’t think he eats one green thing. And everything is potatoes and a butter sauce or something and I’m trying to find variety. Not that I have much to say. American cuisine is pretty much all over the place ;) We find food and declare it our own, hah.
Aithnea said:
On 23 Sep at 3:30 am
I love Brit slang. You guys have the best slang (although PEI is close with “Jigamerandy”). My fiance is always making fun of me because I’m Canadian and use “Bloody” and “Goosepimples.”
Sarah said:
On 23 Sep at 5:31 am
I shop in New Look, Primark stuff is always the wrong size and ASDA doesn’t really have my sort of things. I get the funny looks from the stringy, caked in make-up girls. Maybe because I’m overweight? What they probably don’t know is that I can fit into New Look’s clothes, and I don’t look like a string bean either. :D
Tiddley said:
On 23 Sep at 8:03 am
Non-English people really don’t say Bloody or Bugger? I thought the people who said that were just being silly? :O I’ve been into New Look dressed as a goth before. Poor little people looked petrified! :P
Jessica said:
On 23 Sep at 10:32 am
Australians use “bloody” and “bugger” all the time, and some think it’s an Australianism rather than something we got from the British. I always thought they were worlds common to most English-speaking countries, just not the USA or Canada…
Nikki-ann said:
On 23 Sep at 10:45 am
“We might not have the world’s best chocolate”… What?! Cadbury’s! (barring that slight problem they had earlier in the year). I don’t think I spent
Lew said:
On 23 Sep at 10:51 am
Nevermind Great Britain, we’d be known as Amazing Britain if it weren’t for Chavs.
Azurae said:
On 23 Sep at 11:10 am
I love the binary blue and white. (: The UK sounds so charming – cute quiz. I agree on the cell phones (mobiles) thing. A teacher told em she has issues with her kndergarteners (5 yr old) and THEIR phones… insanity.
Nellie said:
On 23 Sep at 12:23 pm
I’m really surprised at the amount of comments from people surprised that the British (and Australians and New Zealanders for that matter) use the words bloody and bugger. They’re part of any staple vocabulary diet! You have Cadbury chocolate over there, right? If you do, you DO have the best chocolate in the world. Unless of course, it tastes a lot different to the New Zealand version. I can’t stand any of that Belgian or German stuff. British food > all other food. Toad in the Hole. ‘Nuff said! :)
Jem said:
On 23 Sep at 12:24 pm
“British food > all other food. Toad in the Hole. ‘Nuff said! :)” – EXACTLY <3 I was eating it last night when I wrote that, hehe.
Jenny said:
On 23 Sep at 12:34 pm
Oh God. I have such embarassing memories of me doing PE in my underwear. :(
Vera said:
On 23 Sep at 4:49 pm
No… of course they’re not dumb, they just can’t be bothered to spell properly. I mean: what for? Like that actually makes a difference. Ugh, I hate those shops too… which means I hate 95% of the romanian clothes’ shops. Grrrr… I’ll never be one of those skinny girls that sell those clothes. And they even glare at me for not fitting into their merchandise. I should be the one glaring… *sighs* PE in one’s underwear… er how about not even thinking of that. Kids here are especially mean.
Chans said:
On 23 Sep at 6:37 pm
I really like the UK, especially for the beautiful country side and the cream tea! That comment on your Chavs article is just one of those “I rest my case..” comments, brilliant.
Shannon said:
On 24 Sep at 4:15 am
…I just spent a few minutes translating your divider… Genius.
Stephanie said:
On 24 Sep at 2:40 pm
Since I couldn’t be left out of the party, I translated the divider, too, and Shannon is quite correct ;)
Tish said:
On 06 Oct at 10:10 pm
I jumped onto the divider-translating-bandwagon, and I must say that I concur with Stephanie and Shannon :P Even if I wasted 10 minutes typing and retyping it out… Gosh, I’m surprised that chav was even able to understand your article. What was a chav doing here anyway? Chav + internet connection = the combined IQ of Britain decreasing
Kirsty said:
On 28 Oct at 11:10 pm
Yes, I remember people doing PE in their under garments myself, during the younger years of primary school, and that was only 8-10 years ago. In the last year, I have used £4.42 on my mobile. Previousing this last 12 months, when I did use to use my phone MUCH more than I do these days, I would never use more than £10 every three months, unless going abroad. (: