I don’t know why, but I think some Americans don’t realise how big the UK is….
American Customer: you’re English right? Do you know the bookshop between Wales and Bristol that has lots of books in?
Me in my head: yeah mate, I know that one. Classic. Love to pop down there on a cheeky break between work. What a wanker…
the continuous 48 states are is almost 39x the size of the isle of great britan
that’s your answer
For reference:
That’s JUST Texas.
what a tiny little baby country. smol
stop being mean to mom
you can literally drive a couple of hours north or south here and notice a massive change in the accents/dialects, values, customs, attitudes personalities of those around you! i’ve just been about 2 hours away from home and felt like a total foreigner. nearly everyone speaks in received pronunciation where i live but 2.5 hours west and there’ll be stereotypical farming accents, an hour drive to london and entirely different consonants will be dropped, it blows my mind sometimes
It’s literally a shorter drive from Bristol to Wales than it is from Dallas to Austin I’m screaming
What was my twenty years of catholic indoctrination even for if I’ve just recenty found out that st. Margaret was known for getting rid of Satan in form of a dragon by showing them a cross. I love how the dragon looks like a doggo.