Originally Posted by
Jim Kelly
Well, living in Canada, I've always watched lots of British programs, because many TV stations carry them here, and I'm a longtime viewer of CORONATION STREET, but some things just leave me baffled and I have no idea what they're talking about. Apparently tea isn't tea, but (I think) when they say "Fancy a brew?" that is tea. Then there's a sarny, a fry-up, beans on toast--I have no idea what any those actually would be.
And there seem to be a lot of kebab shops in the "precinct." To me a kebab is something exotic on a stick you might have once a year at a restaurant or a family barbeque, but a kebab in Britain is apparently what you eat after a "massive boozer."
We don't eat jelly babies in Canada, but we love our gummy bears--and I imagine that's the same thing. Tell me, do Brits ever eat Coffee Crisp, ketchup chips, all-dressed chips, Nanaimo bars, poutine, butter tarts, bannock, Smarties, tourtieres, Jos. Louis, Girl Guide mint cookies, Kraft Dinner or maple syrup bacon?