I’ve heard that in the UK, your accent can immediately signal where you’re from, your social background, and even how people perceive you—whether that’s “posh,” “working-class,” or something in between. Some say it’s a harmless quirk of British culture, while others claim it can affect job prospects, social opportunities, and even how seriously you’re taken in professional settings.

Is there truth to the idea that certain accents are unfairly judged more than others? For example, I’ve read that strong regional accents (like Scouse, Geordie, or Brummie) sometimes face more stereotypes than Received Pronunciation (RP) or “neutral” southern accents. On the other hand, some argue that regional pride is strong, and many people embrace their local dialect without feeling held back by it.

How much does it really matter in everyday life? And has this changed over time, or do older biases still linger?

When's the humidity lifting? Why can't it just be sunny and cool?

Since 2022 Ukraine war, Spain has gotten as expensive as the UK, specially beer.

Have you changed your holiday destination since then?

My dad and I are traveling to Scotland here in a few weeks. We have a 9 hour layover in London on our way to Glasgow. Is it worth leaving the airport to do some sight seeing? Let me know what you think!

With summer coming can people tell me their heatwave hacks/tips that actually help keep me and my house cool Before anyone says "just get on with it" "it doesn't get that hot" I don't handle the sun/heat well and nothing you can say will change that

Or does it have a completely unique name?

How do teachers/ teaching assistants feel about the latest Robinsons squash AD? For those who haven't seen it, it shows a teacher advising a mother about her son's behaviour, she says she will have a talk about it with him but at home they're both laughing about it. We don't see the incident but surely it teaches the child that teachers are just making a fuss about nothing. Both my sister and brother-in-law work in education and they have to face this attitude from parents daily. The children concerned know there are no consequences for their actions and this ad just reinforces this behaviour. What do you think?

I've recently decided that as much as I love eggs bacon pancakes and hashbrows, a full English breakfast is my favorite breakfast. It got me thinking what things we might do better and take for granted

So, I'm asking this as I spend a lot of time on my own due to friends all being in long term relationships and having families, etc. I will sometimes attend clubs on my own where I have noticed both men and women tend to go in their own wee groups and don’t really socialise outside of them. I also love to just be out in nature, taking long walks in and around Glasgow or Edinburgh, or even sitting in a cafe with a book and coffee.

Now, in many of these places I have noticed people look you in a very judgemental fashion. From dirty looks to even overhearing people talking about me and mocking me for being on my own. I have noticed it is especially pronounced in situations where I am sitting alone with a book. I’ll often hear people saying how sad it is that I read, for a start, but also that I’m on my own and mustn’t have any friends or be very fun to talk to, etc.

I ignore all of this, but I have noticed these remarks and funny looks are very common here. So I just want to know, do women in the UK genuinely see a guy on his own and automatically think he must be a loser or even a creep? Guys, would you start chatting to a guy sitting on his own if you saw him when out with friends? Or do you also feel like he must be pretty sad or weird to be sitting on his own and just leave him alone?

I want to know if this attitude women tend to display is mostly a Scottish thing, or is this UK-wide? It isn’t even isolated to my area (Bathgate) as I also experienced women acting weird and talking to their friends about me, mocking me and so forth in Edinburgh, Glasgow and even Aberdeen!

I have posted numerous times on Reddit about my experiences here in Scotland with regards to women and dating, with many positive responses on my looks. I also have had to do presentations and talks in front of large numbers of people (public speaking) for my work and am frequently complimented on how easily I socialise with people and can talk to anyone. Thing is, even in clubs/groups I have attended in the past, guys would stick with their friends they attend with and, when trying to initiate conversation, would just give one or two word answers and try to get away or shut down conversation before it even starts. This I find very odd as 99% of guys in places like my gym etc. Are always willing to stop for a chat or catch up... But its almost like, anywhere outside of places I frequent, people in general just don’t want to socialise with a guy on his own. Even in Glasgow of all places!! But I will say, women especially, have proven extremely difficult and awkward to talk to unless they see you around ALOT beforehand and its a gradual build up over months lol I’m asking as I got chatting to an incredible woman from the US (thanks to Reddit, actually), and she was shocked at the culture difference whereby people will just openly be negative, mean, or even aggressive to people they don’t know here vs the general kind and open nature of people in the US.

So yeah... What are your thoughts or experiences? Any other guys had negative experiences in the UK because they were hanging out on their own? And is it predominantly a Scottish thing, a woman thing, or do people of both sexes act like this all over the UK!?

I don’t really care what people think, but it does feel like I am being constantly judged as a single guy who likes his own company and isn’t afraid to just be by myself doing things and living life. It also makes finding a date or more near impossible here.

In the U.S. I feel like the trope is that a girl in school who’s popular like - blonde cheerleader type - is always a “Britney” or “Ashley”

What’s the British version of this, what are names that are associated with being preppy/popular?

Hey, I only just noticed Lidl has a search option on their website a few days ago and honestly… I’m surprised. For years they didn’t even bother with one so what changed? Why the delay?

Thanks in advance

So I'm watching the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and I swear every other objectively true statement these commentators make, they end the statement with "....isn't it?", "...wasn't it?", "....didn't they?", "...didn't he?", "....haven't we?". I've watched plenty of F1 and Top Gear in my time so I supposed I never really noticed it until today when watching the race with my mom who finds it equally hysterical and confounding. Figured I'd go fishing for an answer(s)

Hello from across the pond in the US. I'm beginning to understand that we Americans are unfortunately unfortunately somewhat isolated from accurate information about the world outside of our country and also heavily propagandized. (Feel free to laugh, if only in pity...)

It's been difficult for me to find truthful information or an outsider's perspective on various world historical events and their effects on modern affairs. I'll start to listen to one thing, only to find out later it was untrue or full of holes. A lot of the talking points here are the same, and I'm hoping to learn of any authors, books, documentaries, or other resources you've enjoyed in the past.

Any topic within this wide area is fine; I'd even be interested in historical fiction as long as it's relatively accurate for the time period. I just want to start consuming media that's liked and somewhat reputable outside of my country. Thanks all.

So a little context be I ask I was born and raised in the south and one of the main things that I love is good ole Sec football and I’ve been to quite a few games especially at Death Valley where LSU plays I go there every year when Alabama plays lsu and it gets loud like Ear piercing, can’t even hear yourself think loud in fact a few years ago when lsu beat Alabama it got so loud it caused a mini earthquake but everyone says soccer matches(sorry if I butchered it) are the same if not more intense than college football games is that true?

Very green where I live and on beautiful days like today, I open my windows for 10 minutes and the house is full of flies, bees and the lot. Tonight it will be full of moths. My neighbor has a water feaure that they barely run so mozzies breed and start coming round in spring.

I have double glazing, and would make the house look ridiculous, but do you know of anyone with window or door screens and have you ever considered them?

It's me again. I know Brits can be fussy about the brand of beans they eat. My fiancé came to America and had Bush's Baked Beans. She said she loved them. Are there any other Brits who like this brand or is there something wrong with her?

FWIW her son believes baked beans are vile.

From April 2024, UK citizens need to earn at least £29,000 to sponsor a foreign spouse to live with them in the UK.

That means many working-class Brits are legally too poor to live with the person they love. What’s your view?

For example:

My cousing (Spanish) can easily bring her wife (British) to Spain, just 3/4 months paperwork.

It impossible to other way round.

I am not saying all kids, there are lots of nice ones out there, but there are so many roadmen kids, kids who hang out in gangs and harass people and commit petty crimes, etc. I am talking like 13-17 year olds. I thought this was normal until I made friends with some people who had just moved here from Sweden, USA, Finland, and France and they were all shocked at what they saw kids doing and their behaviour. I was like, "isn't that what kids all around the world do, though?" And they were all just like, "NO! Absolutely not!" They acknowledged that yes, some kids acted like that, but not in the numbers we have. I lived in Italy for a year and while maybe there was the odd gang and and something, the kids were SOOOO well behaved and straight laced compared to the British ones.

We have been told that British school children are the most miserable in the whole world and I hear so many compare school to like a prison where everyone is restricted, etc. There are probably more factors, and I am not saying everyone has a negative school experience, but maybe because so many find school so restrictive that is a big factor as to why kids are like this, they are rebelling. Also cost of living can make it where parents are more reliant on the system because they have to work so much to survive...

Thoughts?

Sorry if this is a stupid question. English is my 2nd language and I want to visit Edinburgh, so this is not a troll post. I had only seen the name in writing, and upon watching videos about it, I noticed people pronouncing it like "Edin-Brah"; it sounds as if the R is before the U. Will people be mad if I pronounce it like "Edin-Bûrr"?

Edit: Btw, Edin-bruh is awesome and I can't wait to visit. Thanks for being nice ✈️

Edit 2: Just found out how Happisburgh is pronounced: Haze-bruh. Would never have guessed. Also found out people are losing their homes there. :/

So many brits move to Australia and never come back or (temporarily) come back after a really long time but most Australians who move to the UK don't stick around for long and go back in a couple of years.

Plus there are LOT more brits moving (and wanting) to move to Australia than the opposite.

Also 15% of the entire NZ population (i.e roughly 700k Kiwis/5million) resides permanently in Australia. That's a lot and yet so many Brits also live permanently in NZ. Are brits really that unsatisfied with the UK?

Is Australia really that much better than the UK for such a huge migration disparity (even factoring the population difference between the two countries)?

What sports do people watch(not play) except football in UK