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Queuing and busy Londoners

queue. Queuing. People say that we're always obsessed with queuing. I think so. I think you guys are like very organized. Most people in London are always in a hurry and have no...

Course: Inside British cultureSection: English stereotypes and cultureSubtitles: en

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Yeah. Great British

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queue. Queuing. People say that we're

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always obsessed with queuing. I think

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so. I think you guys are like very

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organized. Most people in London are

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always in a hurry and have no time for

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people. Yeah, I I'd think it's true.

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Yes. Do we drink as much beer as you

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were told? Yeah, I think so. Probably.

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Yeah, they do enjoy a lot of drinking.

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Yeah, that is very true. Every weekend

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they like to get on it, you know. All

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English people love to get pissed.

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All English people love to get drunk.

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I think that might be changing though. I

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think probably 20 years ago when I was

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sort of younger that was a big culture

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but I think with younger people it's

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just too expensive now. So I don't think

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that's quite so true anymore. But maybe

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when they go up to Spain and the alcohol

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is a bit cheaper that's why they can let

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loose. I think so. Yeah. More or less

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than the Irish cuz that is also a huge

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stereotype. I think less. Yeah.

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Definitely here a lot less, you know.

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Um, in Ireland, yeah, there's a lot more

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drinking around, a lot more occasions

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and events. Yeah, literally any excuse

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to drink really in Ireland, you know.

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The amount of pubs and the fact that

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people drink on Thursday, uh, which is

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kind of a

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