To me it's calling someone a 'doughnut'.

Only a British person could use such a word in a manner to insult someone.

Doughnuts have no quality. It's food. So surely there's no way to use that to imply someone is stupid or a fool?

Enter the Brits.

Any other ones you can think of?

Basically advice that can be useful

Like 'taking the piss' or 'up their own arse'?

When I was a kid I was poor, dirt poor. We were constantly getting our gas and electric turned off, had empty cupboards and no tv. My mum and dad had ok jobs but were terrible with money.

One night, when I was about 11/12, we hadn’t had tea again, maybe a slice of bread or something as it was a few days before payday so we had no food in. I hadn’t had a packed lunch at school either. Sometimes a friend gave me some of hers but she wasn’t at school that day. My older brother was at uni and my older sister was at her boyfriends families house where she had tea most nights.

I was walking the streets because I’d done my homework in the library so I could see what I was doing. I’d found 20p on the floor so went to the chip shop and bought a cone of batter bits. While I was eating them outside some twat walked past and knocked them out of my hands. He was a grown man showing off to a couple of women he was with. I just stood there and wouldn’t allow myself to cry until he was out of sight. Then when they’d turned the corner I got on my knees and picked up the bits that hadn’t touched the floor and were resting on top of the bits that had and started to put them back in the cone.

While I was doing that a man came out the chip shop that had been waiting for his food to be ready before I got there and said “here you go duck” handing me a big warm bag of something. I told him it was ok and it was his food. He said “it’s ok I need to watch my weight anyway” and walked off.

I shouted thank you and walked around the corner to a bench and opened it up. There was a massive portion of fish and chips, two pots of peas, two sausages and a nice cold can of coke.

There was no fork but I sat and devoured as much as I could with my hands and then wrapped the sausages back up and took them home to save for school the next day.

I still think about that man all the time. I wish I could tell him how content I fell asleep that night with a belly full of food

French here.

I realise today that most French people assume the English feel the same way about us than we do about them, I've never had a conversation with you all about it.

To us, we have a siblings relationship with the English, which means we will hate on them most of the time, die before we root for any English team in sports BUT would go to war for them. The hate is just banter.

We also feel that England is the closest country we have in Europe. So yeah overall we love the English we just love to pretend we don't. It's more of a running joke than anything else.

Is it the same for you? Or do you not care/actually don't like us?

Edit: Didn't expect this post to get so many answers! I am glad to see it's a mutual feeling and that so many people agree France and England are pretty much siblings. Thanks everyone, this was actually really wholesome.

Now get back to being insufferable.

Love, Your Frogs.

Edit 2: Guys I am seeing A LOT of comments on us not letting people speak French so I need to explain this one.

You have to understand, it's not that we try to be rude or think your French is shite. We're trying to be polite 😂 We know that for a long time foreigners thought we didn't want to speak any other language than French and that we didn't speak English anyway. So I guess most people are trying to prove a point? Just tell us you want to practice your French and we'll stop I promise.

Also loads of comments mentionned jealousy over our food, but we'll be happy to share as long as you share your music.

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When someone makes me a good cup of tea. I often thank and compliment the tea making skills. Is this a common theme? How often do you compliment the tea/ coffee when made for you?

There are many things that are stereotypical but what is the best one in your opinion?

I met Gordon Ramsay once at Heathrow. Someone asked him for a photo while he was clearly stressed and he still stopped and did it. Then immediately told the guy “make it quick, my gate’s closing”. I think he favoured me over the guy he took the photo with considering when he was leaving he gave me a small nod with a smile. Honestly came across much nicer than I expected

Not sure this is the best sub as I am a Brit but why are our cash machines obsessed - to almost Talkie Toaster levels - with trying to make me check my balance when I just want some cash?

What's in it for them?

Edit: Thank you all but I don't want any muffins, no toast, no teacakes, no buns, baps, baguettes, or bagels. No croissants, no crumpets, no pancakes, no potato cakes, and no hot cross buns, and definitely, no smeggin' flapjacks!

*STARBURST although Starbucks should get renamed too

I'm a woman who doesn't care about football at all. I've been raised in a football watching household and have a partner who is absolutely obsessed. We can't go out at certain times because he has to be home watching the match and if I do manage to get him out of the house on a match day he's not present at all and constantly checks his phone for updates. Then it's the football podcasts, the groupchats for discussing football, the post match analysis, it's impossible to avoid.

I feel like so much of my life revolves around this sport that I couldn't care less about. I don't understand the whole "WE did it" thing when a team wins, because YOU didn't do anything as a fan, did you? I don't understand the rage and sorrow that comes with losing or an unfair decision, nor the joy that comes with a win. I know I'm probably about to receive a fair amount of heat for my opinion but I just had to vent a little bit. I just want it to all go away if I'm honest. Curious to hear others opinions!

Sorry for the dumb question. American here, laugh away. My question is not about "high tea" but just regular "tea." I always thought of "tea" in Britain as being like a mid-afternoon snack: some tea and maybe cookies or fruit or crackers and cheese, maybe around 3 or 4 p.m. Something light. But I'm reading a British novel and the author refers to going to a pizza restaurant for tea or serving the kids pasta and bolognese for tea. That's what we'd call dinner! A big meal. So I'm confused. I've actually been to England many times but weirdly this has never come up. And yes, I searched the "AskABrit" subreddit and didn't see this question asked. Thanks. Be nice. UPDATE: Well, this blew up! I was going to cut off the commenting but I'm learning so much from everyone! Apparently there's also "cream tea" and "beef tea" and a big debate over whether jam or clotted cream goes on the scone first? I had no idea! No wonder we dumped that tea into Boston Harbor so long ago! Thanks, everyone!

I feel like i could mess with anyone and nobody takes it so seriously, and most of the time the time y'all come up w some better comeback. Where does this come from?

I'll start,if you ask someone if they want to come to your place and they say, "I don't know if I can make it" the it translates to,"I'm not coming, I don't want to and we both know that."

York-sure pudding is how I pronounce it.

Lady at the shop (not in the UK) made me feel really small when she corrected me and loudly pronounced it York-shy-er pudding.

Please tell me how real British people say it so I don't feel foolish. Thank you!

Edit: Thank you!

My Sure is pronounced like Sher(lock)

Edit 2: It is in Canada, not the USA. Just randomly slipped Yorkshur pudding into a conversation with a few fellow Canucks and they all said it like The Shire lol

Hello guys! Australian here posting from AUS. I have recently had a friend from the UK in my vehicle with my fiance. I noticed she wasn't wearing her seat belt properly and said just so you know you have to wear that normally here because my fiance will get a fine. Later that day my other friend drove her home and she (UK friend) says "what's that camera?" And my friend realized that this girl didnt have her seat belt on. She was like ?!?!? Why aren't you wearing it????

Anyway my friends probably going to get a $500 fine now and lose points on her licence. I know she probably should check... but here in Australia, it's not something we really have to remind people on because.... Everyone sort of just puts them on as force of habit? I thought that not wearing seatbelts was very American? Am I wrong? Are your laws similar? I was told it's an easy google but google says it's law in both countries but you often see on tv in america that people aren't wearing seatbelts. Wondering if it's a think in UK because of this situation. So help me guys! Opinions?

Context edit: the girl is not old or anyone's grandparents age lol shes 19. I understand this seems so stupidly obvious now, but i wanted to ask because the girl actually stated "No one wears them back home its not a big thing unless you get pulled over". And to people saying your car should beep, yes it does. She clicked it in behind her lol

In year 11 in the early 2000s, we went on a trip to a farm, a historical site, or a similar location. I forgot now, but I remember that straight after, our teacher, who drove a minibus, joked with us about who wanted to go to the Morrisons supermarket. Obviously, we said no because we still thought it was a joke. When we turned into the Morrisons car park, we all went in with the teacher and saw her doing her shopping as she wanted, with us just following the teacher and watching her get the groceries. If it were today, I think she would be in trouble.

If you split the country into three parts: Northern England, Midlands, Southern England, which of these three regions would you say has the nicest scenery/landscape?

My immediate first thought was she's already died (possibly even overnight in her sleep) and the Palace is just waiting to make the official statement until making sure all of the key people (family members, Prime Minister, etc.) had been informed and the RF had some time to console each other, etc. It was also obvious that some of the media already knew as well but were trying their hardest not to say so. You could see Nick Witchell at the BBC constantly having to stop himself from spilling the beans.

i was just watching "the great british sewing bee," and the host, sara pascoe, was talking about the famous sports company Nike (the one with the swoosh).

in the US (and at the company itself), Nike is pronounced "nigh-key"... two syllables.

however, the british announcer pronounced it Nike, rhyming with "bike"... one syllable.

is that how british people pronounce it?