Some random new things I've learnt about British culture: the 'socially awkward' concept, that pudding isn't actually pudding but dessert, that saying dessert is 'sooo' middle-class, that public schools are actually private and that you can be Zimbabwean white and British (well actually that's not true not anymore), that carpets (incl. in the bathroom) are supposed to make you warm during winter, tea has to be strong and dark, that being rude is a BIG deal, and that if you are invited for dinner you have to leave politely between 21h25 and 21h35...
Seeing drunk smart-dressed people at 8pm or huge beer drinking crowds in the city from 5pm is not uncommon. The 'laicity' concept has no translation in English. You can open a bank account without any address check but they will do a credit search on your behalf. Everything is so expensive but you have important sell-out discounts. Amazon is a big business. English people don't really like Americans' extravagance.
Seeing drunk smart-dressed people at 8pm or huge beer drinking crowds in the city from 5pm is not uncommon. The 'laicity' concept has no translation in English. You can open a bank account without any address check but they will do a credit search on your behalf. Everything is so expensive but you have important sell-out discounts. Amazon is a big business. English people don't really like Americans' extravagance.
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