Lorna at Vicenza

what about the Italians ????

Agree totally they are completely irrational drivers ,,,,,,,,,,, but the food is good !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bob

I don't, because I can't be arsed or ain't all that interested, but I wouldn't mind if someone else did.

nc-gremlin

The most often I run into (and avoid) fellow Brits are in fake Irish pubs. Most of the time they are pissed and obnoxious.

Ridski

I won't stop them in the street, though I spot them, all the time. Especially tourists, you can tell by the matching tracksuits.

I find it really hard to smalltalk with Brits over here anyway. I rarely get past where I'm from, and 90% of the time, they all know where I'm from (Camden in London, almost everyone has a Camden Lock Market story), but I've never been to where they're from, especially if it's South London. So the conversation usually fizzles out really quick.

I've got nothing against Brits here, and do have a few British friends, but it's really difficult to find anyone I have anything in common with other than both of us having Coronation Street once.

Something else, too. Mrs Ski got a contract gig with a British publishing company here in NYC, and got to know a few of the Brits working there. We went out as a group a couple of times and that was fun, then we started hanging out with her boyfriends' gang, which was a large group of twentysomething Brits who worked for banks and some of them worked at the British Consulate. I tried my hardest to break into the clique they had set up, but it was nigh-on impossible, and I realized that they never invited us to anything they were doing, but we always invited them. So eventually I ended up giving up, not bothering to email them if we were going out, and we've drifted away from that group and now hang out with almost exclusively Americans, and I'm much happier.

NC Penguin

Well, you can't have bumped into me yet 'cos I don't go to Irish pubs.

nc-gremlin

I'm guessing you are in the Triangle. Did you ever go to "The Fox and Hound" (Edinburgh South Drive rather than the restaurant chain) in Cary before it became the Brazilian steak place? Best pint of London Pride in the state. Not that London Pride is that good mind you, it just seems ironic that I moved from London to NC and could still get that great indigestion causing beer. Can still get it at the Flying Saucer sometimes although my visits have sharply dropped off since the birth of my daughters.

anabella

I love meeting British people, I miss the British accent...

NC Penguin

Yes, I did. Food was OK but the staff can't make a cup of tea! The water was not boiling hot.

The Flying Saucer's a bit out of the way for me but I did go there once. Just got back from the UK where I had my fill of draught pints, thank you.

another bloody yank

It's unlikely that I will see a Brit in my neck of the woods, but thanks to this site, if I ever do I have a script ready. First, I will ask if they are from Australia. When they say they are actually from England, I will tell them that they are wrong. They will argue, I will concede, but say that Australia and England are basically the same anyway. I will then ask if England is close to London and if they have chatted with the Queen lately. Next, if they have attractive teeth, I will say they must have been here for a while in order to have had their teeth straightened and cleaned. If they have ugly teeth, I will just stare intently at their mouth and say "Yep..." with a slight nod of my head. After telling them how lucky they are to have made it over here, I'll see if my new friend wants to head to the bar for a Bud or two and a decent hamburger and fries, since I'm sure their sick of the warm beer and horrible food they had back in Aus... er, London.. Through the course of the conversation I will alternately tell them how cute their accent is and ask them to repeat themselves. I will of course speak slowly and deliberately, and at slightly higher than normal volume.

britvic

you bugger.

Ray

just for you ....

cindyabs

Make sure you warn them about the bread, bacon and sausages.

tamms_1965

DH (Brit) and I (Amer.) were in Chicago last month for a few days and ended up sitting next to another "mixed" couple at the bar of Hard Rock. THe Brit hubbies started chatting and then the wife and I started talking. It was actually quite nice, esp. for hubby because in our smaller town of 40,000 he doesn't meet many expats.

Sophia_S

I don't make a point of saying anything unless they hear me and say hello...some people can be a bit strange like that,however,there was a Brit who used to work at the Opticians I used to go to,and we used to have every one in fits of giggles when they heard us chatting and gigling together every time I went in there,course, they couldn't understand a word we were saying! LOL....then there is a woman who works in a 'Fashion Bug' store I pop into occassionally,we always have a chat,and there's another who comes from Sheffield who works in Kmart,she heard me talking to the cashier and made a point of coming over to say hello,she's hardly got any of her accent left,although I could hear it in one or two words she said,mind you I haven't sen her in ages because I never go into Kmart,since I changed my pharmacy to Walmart...............Lauren,the one who worked at the Opticians,moved down to Florida.....it must be her fault that the hurricanes have really been hitting Florida since she moved there!!!!!!!!

lapin_windstar

ROFLMAO! (Although, to be fair, the teeth thing is quite accurate...).