Originally Posted by Oink (Post 8154223)

I always thought pease pudding was known as Yorkshire caviar or Geordie hummus?

Originally Posted by Oink (Post 8154223)

I always thought pease pudding was known as Yorkshire caviar or Geordie hummus?

Originally Posted by iaink (Post 8154037)

Half the houses I lived had no yard or next to no yard, thats the point.

While I was in Leeds
House 1 was a back to back mid terrace, nothing but 6 ft of concrete in front

House 2 was end terrace with a tiny yard on one side, maybe 8 feet deep. It was right by the allotment though:)

House 3 was a regular terrace. concrete out back, narrow strip of grass out front

House 4 was a terraced, concrete out back, walk out on street in front.

On the other hand you could direct the naysayers to Chatsworth or Hampton Court, those sort of houses have very nice gardens:thumbsup:

Originally Posted by fledermaus (Post 8154364)

What about when you lived in Cheshire, and Bedfordshire?? We lived in a 2 up 2 down in Bedford and had back and front gardens. Compared to here they are tiny but that's not the point is it?

Originally Posted by bodgerx (Post 8154090)

I agree there are some strange preconceptions about the UK in North America. I know some people from the States that assume the British live in the world of a slightly updated Dickens novel.

Originally Posted by iaink (Post 8156186)

As I think I said, half the places had gardens, half didnt.

As generalisations about the UK go, its half right, many houses have no (or not much) yard, and residential space is at something of a premium (Compared to Canadian norms).

Did they say "ALL houses have no yard", or just "Houses have no yard", which is certainly true of some houses...

Originally Posted by Souvy (Post 8156189)

Generalisations are all too common.

Before she got posted to the UK, Souvette watched Corrie. She genuinely expected the UK to be like that.

My ex-boss when I worked at the CHC told me that Canadian diplomats being sent to London use Yes Minister as a training aid. Apparently, it is very close to reality.

Originally Posted by fledermaus (Post 8156326)

I have heard that too. Jonathan Lynn has said that he had inside sources and his family has polititians in it too.

Originally Posted by fledermaus (Post 8156318)

They said that people in Britain had no yard, no outside space at all.

They also think that Copenhagen is a beer.

Originally Posted by Chookie (Post 8156609)

It is probably no different to the person in the UK I was speaking to who had no idea that we had summers in Canada... They thought we had snow all the time.

Or the parent on a home-ed board I was on many years back, who thought that UK stood for either Ukraine or Yukon :eek:

You get ignorant people all over...

Originally Posted by Souvy (Post 8156340)

You might think that. I couldn't possibly comment.

Originally Posted by jericho (Post 8156767)

I find people often confuse London with the UK in general. eg/ where in London are you from? erm, Manchester.

Have also been told numerous times that houses in the UK dont have central heating.

Originally Posted by Atlantic Xpat (Post 8156743)

Isn't that House of Cards rather than Yes, Minister?