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‘Which British stereotype really grinds your gears?’ – 21 people who don’t like tea, queueing or ‘Spoons.’

13.

‘The stiff upper lip/ formal stereotype. Most people I know don’t fit this stereotype, in fact the only ones that do are a few elderly I know. None of my friends fit this stereotype either.’
lavayuki

14.

‘For me it’s the claim we’re all ugly. It’s just particularly mean-spirited and xenophobic (and usually particularly aimed at women for some reason).

‘Especially when we have so many famous attractive people and I don’t seriously notice a general uptick of attractiveness when I travel to other countries, it seems to maybe be rooted in casting actors who aren’t model level attractive in our media.’
Hot_Interaction2815

15.

‘People think we’re arrogant, as a country . We’re probably the most self deprecating people on earth.’
Sharp_Plum9711

16.

‘That we are heavily policed and can’t have opinions about politics or immigration without being imprisoned. If this was the case, every third grandparent would be locked up.’
idontlikemondays321

17.

‘We moan about the weather. I loved our summer. BBQ and beers every day.’
Eggtastico

18.

‘The whole ‘100 miles is a long way’ thing. Of course there are some people who don’t like travelling far from home, but most people I know will easily do a multi-hour drive if needed.’
RedPilgrim257

19.

‘Deep fried Mars Bars. Scotland done it as a joke and the UK thinks its part of our diet.’
Tru72

20.

‘The “bo’le o’ wo’er” thing. I think relatively very few say it like that and there are certainly more people with US regional accents that drop their Ts than there are British accents that do that.’
the_topiary

21.

‘That Americans still think that Monty Python is the pinnacle of British comedy.’
Garth-Vega

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