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a) do you spell colour, favourite, labour et c. with the 'u' (the british way)?
(three points)
b) do you own anything with the union jack prominetly displayed on it?
(one point)
c) do you prefer the 'two finger' salute over the middle finger?
(two points)
d) do you use the following british slang in your everyday conversations?
(one half pont for each)
bloody ('oh, bloody hell!!')
wanker, sod, or git ('dont be such a stupid git!')
alright (in place of 'whats up?')
telly (in place of 'tv' or 'television')
bollocks (as an excamation of unhappiness or instead of 'it sucks,' 'its bollocks')
brilliant (as in 'really really good')
fags (instead of ciagarettes)
shops (instead of stores)
2. music
(nb: this bit is britpop biased!! if you want to add another
section for uk indie, mod, glam, et c, email me with it!!)
a) do you prefer the 'nme' to 'rolling stone?'
(two points)
b) do you know what 'virgin, hut' is? (three points)
c) do/did you not need to read my history of britpop dialogue?
(one point)
d) do you own any records by the following bands? (one half point each band)
radiohead
suede
pulp
blur
oasis
stone roses
charlatans uk
the verve
3. culture
a) do you prefer 'hello' to 'people' magazine?
(two points)
b) can you name at least five members of the royal family (with titles)?
(three points)
c) do you have a cuppatea at least once a day (cuppateas do not include herbal!)
(one point)
d) have you seen (and enjoyed) at least one episode of the following?
(one half point each)
blackadder
mr bean
are you being served?
faulty towers
the young ones
east enders
lawrence welk
whos line is it, anyway? (english version only!!)
and thats all.
take me back to
the beginning!!
