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Other British Cultural Aspects

Other British Cultural Aspects. British Food Education Transportation Sports Superstitions Wedding ceremonies. British Food. Mealtimes : - changed/ ridiculed - different from Europe/no long breaks/meal at midday/off work 5:30 - Sundays/ family day/ Sunday lunch/ typical British food

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Other British Cultural Aspects

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  1. Other British Cultural Aspects British Food Education Transportation Sports Superstitions Wedding ceremonies

  2. British Food • Mealtimes : - changed/ ridiculed - different from Europe/no long breaks/meal at midday/off work 5:30 - Sundays/ family day/ Sunday lunch/ typical British food - confusion about meal name a. (dinner, supper, tea, high tea, brunch…) b. part of country/ social class

  3. Breakfast - much bigger/ fried or simple/ porridge ‘Scotland’ • Lunch - 12:30-1:30/ packed lunch/ canteens at schools/ cafe • Dinner - 6:30-8:30/ taste changing/ typical dinner: meat & two veg/ potato • Afternoon Tea - 4 p.m./ tea and scones (cream tea)/ afternoon tea (sandwiches) • High Tea - 6 p.m./ early evening/ sweet foods/ savories/ now replaced with supper

  4. Tea with milk & sugar • Typical English food: (fish & chips/ Bangers and mash/ Yorkshire pudding/bread and butter/ Shepherd’s pie/ haggis/ Black pudding/pie)

  5. Education in England • Education • required (6–16) • Free (5-18) / state schools/ 90% children • Private schools/ independent • School year/ 39 weeks/ 3 terms • Children start 6/ at 11 - high school (secondary) • GCSE (exam)- General certificate of Secondary Education • Technical college/ or 2 more years/ A levels exam/ University • Holidays • Summer/ 6 weeks (July to sep) • Winter & spring / 2 weeks

  6. Uniforms: • Required • Boys (black trousers/ white shirt/ tie/ logo) • Girls (skirt/dress) • School day: • 8:55 – 4 p.m. • Higher Education: • Oxford and Cambridge / middle ages • University of London • A levels required

  7. Transportation • Airports London/ 5 international/ Heathrow/ • Airlines British Airways/ English flag line • Trains fastest communication/ reasonable • Automobiles roads/ primary domestic travel routes/ most ppl travel by car/ left-hand side • Subways 1st city in world / underground/ the ‘tube’ • Buses red double-decker/ London • Taxis famous London Black taxis

  8. Sports • Most sports originated in U.K. Soccer (top) Cricket (England’s national sport) golf (Scotland) tennis/ table tennis rugby (Wales) polo (india) rowing (university boat race) fishing swimming

  9. Superstitions • Ladder • Black cat • Mirror • Magpie • Spill salt • Umbrella indoors • 13 • New shoes on table • Stairs • Touch wood (good luck)

  10. Weddings • Primeval/ unchanged rites of passage • Matchmaker ridiculed/ compatibility/ dowry/ computer- common interests/ never disappeared • Giving the bride away monetary gain/ symbol of blessings and support • Why a wedding ring symbol of unending love/ Egyptians • 3rd finger on left hand vein-heart/ commitment • Why ‘White’ ? Romans/ purity and joy • Why the ‘veil’ ? subordination of a woman to man/ red in Rome/ Yellow in Greece/ lifting veil - dominance • Why a ‘wedding cake’ ? Romans/ fertility • Why a ‘trousseau’? French/ bundle/ personal possessions/ dowry • Why the ‘honeymoon’ ? captured bride/ 30 days/ honey

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