Common stereotype in the U.K.

"Svend" (svend)
10/27/2020 at 09:46 • Filed to: None

Northerners are more friendly than southerners.

Many northerners will say hello to strangers in passing on the street, while in the south, more the bigger cities really, they are less likely to do so.

Certainly on the tube, you don’t interact with others (unless they have a dog, but not if it’s a seeing dog for the blind or disability working dog). Talk with your friends but in a muted tone.

It’s more a comical stereotype we have of ourselves and each other.

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DISCUSSION (17)

ranwhenparked > Svend
10/27/2020 at 09:55

Here, it’s S outherners and Midwesterners that confuse No rtheasterners with their politeness. I remember the first time someone bumped into me getting out of an elevator in St Paul, MN- he stepped back and said a genuine "Sorry, excuse me" - in Philadelphia, people would just push you out of the way without even a grunt or eye contact.

Just Jeepin' > Svend
10/27/2020 at 10:01

Man, I’ve lost my ability to not be annoyed by audience laughter. Grating.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > Just Jeepin'
10/27/2020 at 10:08

It's only annoying if it's a laugh track. If it's at least real laughter it's okay.

Svend > ranwhenparked
10/27/2020 at 10:09

Most people here do the sorry, whether it’s to someone we’ve bumped into, someone who has bumped into us or even a door that’s closed on us unexpectedly or faster than we expected. Like the stereotypical Canadian.

But it’s the gree ting that seems the thing. We’ll say, ‘hello’, ‘morning’, ‘alright’* , etc...

*the ‘alright!’, one confuses North Americans and even some Europeans of being a question, when it’s simply a passing greeting, sort of an acknowledgement of your presence.

Future next gen S2000 owner > Svend
10/27/2020 at 10:10

This guy is pretty good. He plays into the stereotypes pretty hard. Weirdly enough when he tries to cover his accent, it is still there. Can’t get away from the midwest dialect.

Chariotoflove > Svend
10/27/2020 at 10:13

That was wonderful.

I had a friend in Michigan who had spent several years in New York City. She told me that she was genuinely uncomfortable at all the people in the Ann Arbor side walks who made eye contact and greeted her.

Svend > Future next gen S2000 owner
10/27/2020 at 10:22

Where I am, it’s very similar.

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > Svend
10/27/2020 at 10:42

That newsreaders are vacuous airheads. Over here we retain the conceit that “newsreaders” are actually serious reporters. So you get this kind of reporting on serious airplane accidents.

Svend > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish
10/27/2020 at 10:48

The Mash Report is a mock news TV show .

But the stuff on that CNN clip are scary in that they were even brought up.

fintail > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish
10/27/2020 at 11:01

That aint even the half of it:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOC5u3ZE5KnWFnEN61-RgSmrWBI8BgZ-I

Of course, this one isn’t even a legitimate news source.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > Svend
10/27/2020 at 11:03

It was exported to this side of the Atlantic. Even our rhotic accent came from rural England and the curious accents of Appalachia came from Scotland. Southern sayings that people believe are incorrect usage are actually a combination of archaic usage from both that is preserved there. The southerners and some midwesterners also seem to have maintained the rural friendliness of their ancestors from GB.

For Sweden > Svend
10/27/2020 at 11:22

What about when you get to Scotland?

Svend > For Sweden
10/27/2020 at 11:42

That can vary wildly.

But I’m English, so can’t say.

For Sweden > Svend
10/27/2020 at 11:50

Just don’t try to walk up there with an army and you’ll be fine

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Chariotoflove
10/27/2020 at 14:45

eye contact and a greeting is fine for me...(grew up in the sticks...everyone greets)

where i am now people just stare...and nothing...its a little offputting

Chariotoflove > farscythe - makin da cawfee!
10/27/2020 at 14:51

Yeah, if you aren’t going to say anything, look elsewhere, but make up your mind either way quickly.

JeffCronin > ranwhenparked
10/27/2020 at 15:43

Second year in Minneapolis and I honked at a guy who cut in front of me on a surface street. Pulled into the gas station and he followed me, walked up to me at the pump and told me he was sorry. Weirdest thing ever, sure I was about to get into a fight, but there you go.

The locals may not like me, but they are polite and I appreciate it more every year. I may have caught some of that in the 25 years I’ve been here, hope so.

Say that as a reforming FIB... ask someone from Wisconsin,