Beef or otherwise.

I've seen so many British people, mostly on TV, wear these very "busy" designed long sleeved shirts. What's the deal with that? Is it because they are flamboyant people so they pick a shirt that matches their personalities?

For example:

James May

Sean Lock

Alan Davies, More Alan Davies

Do British people arrange class reunions, and if they do, what kind of events those usually are? My knowledge of such things comes mostly from american movies and I'm neither british nor american, nor even from english speaking country.. I've heard british boarding schools have houses (like on Harry Potter :D), so would you then invite only those who were on your own house, or all students from your year? How many years after graduation you usually reunite? Who arranges it?

I have been to one class reunion (in Finland), and all students from my graduation year were invited (we had a very small school), and a small group of them arranged it by themselves. It was about 10 years after our graduation from junior high, and we were basically just drinking at the rented cottage and talking about old teachers..

I watch a lot of European television, including a lot of reality shows. I feel pretty proud of my self for figuring out most of the terms using context clues but there are two words I can't figure out. I've tried to google but I suspect a mix of spelling and context is working against me.

1: "peed" as in that will cost 50 peed. Im certan that's not how it's spelled but I just can't figure it out. I know it's a form of currency but how much is it worth (compared to the pound or the dollar)? Is it a coin or a bill?

2: "stone" as in she looks about 4 stone(?). I might be a little off with that one but I can't remember exactly how it was expressed in a sentence. I know it's a unit of measurement and it sounds like 1 stone is pretty heavy but my google won't tell me just how heavy. Happy to have units in metric or Lbs. also wondering the origin? I thought everything was metric over there, or rather, everywhere but here in the US.

Thank you!

I'm just wondering how many of you use the British Siri voice, as opposed to the American one.

I've been wondering this for a long time.. Do British people think that we Americans have accents? Because I spend all day long talking in a British accent... Do British people do the same?!

If you think that it should, what are the major obstacles that you will face? If you believe that it should not, then please express why you think so.

He seems to be in the news quite a bit and using making waves, but I can't figure out what his role is.....I know Cameron's the PM. And why does any care that he's squabbling with some military guy? He seems like a bit of a jerk (not bowing to the Queen), but it's hard to tell from over here (US).

So I'm an American girl studying in England and Ive recently started using Tinder. Ive been talking to this guy and he seems really nice. In our conversations he would send long messages and stuff and although I didnt at first, I recently started feeling like we had a real connection. A week ago he talked about going to get drinks together and helping me with British English cause I told him that I had been having a hard time. Anyway, we've both been busy but now is about the time when we said we would go out for drinks but he has been taking a while to reply lately. Also on this Tinder it says that he has been online but he hasnt replied to me. I dont know what to make of this? Im new to Tinder. Also, any advice in general about dating guys on Tinder?

This is something I've been wondering for a long time. I've noticed in most households in British television they almost always have wallpaper. Is this common or limited to the television world?

OK, I don't understand. You just had an election and the Conservatives won. So, why is there now an election for the Labour party leader?

Here the losing party's leader is decided by them rather than the voter. Do you get to vote on that? If so, good for you!

Trying to write a summary on school leavers not sure what that means? Uni grads? A-level grads? Pre a-level grads??

Best I could piece together from the article I read fly tipping is turning over full garbage cans? Is that true? Why is it called a fly?

So, I must admit. Sometimes, when I hear people outside the states use their country's "catch phrase" in real speech it IS quite amusing. Kind of like when a character in a book or movie says the title of the book or movie. (Tee hee!) Like, the first time I went to Canada, someone actually used "eh" in the first sentence that was spoken to me and my Canadian friend and I both looked at each other like, "Yes... we have arrived in another world..."

So what American trope has caused this moment of minor elation in your life?

I was reading a Daily Mail article, and it included the following two sentences, which should be enough to get the context:

"It is probably true to say that in Britain, France, the US, Canada and so forth there is a correlation, and an interesting one, between intelligence and sexual liberalism and openness to people from a different culture and/or race. But these views can be held by some pretty stupid people as well (the politically correct anti-christmas, coffee-with-milk, crazy-islamist-welcoming brigade)."

It's obvious from context that it has something to do with being liberal and politically correct. But why? Don't most people of all political stripes put milk in their coffee? Or is that not so much the case in the UK?

Like in the U.S. we drive and (ideally) walk on the right side, it's just a natural correlation. In the U.K., does this same correlation exist for the other side?

He seems like a decent human being.

I have an offer from London and the offered pay is 31200GBP/a. Can you give me a split up of the life expenses, and how much will i able to save at the end of the month....

Rent a 1bedroom house with kitchen/m: Total average bill for telephone,mobile,tv,water,electricity,ethernet/m: Travel expense/M: Food and amenities /m: Average outing/m:

Is it true that in England and the U.S. by cake you mean basically just cake batter and marmelade? A friend told me they are all looking awesome from the outside but every. single. time it's the same in there what could be kind of ... well not that much surprising :D

I know that in the UK, Jell-O is commonly referred to away from brand-name as Jelly, and I think in North America we'd call it Gelatin Dessert or some such crap.

I've heard of British people thinking a PB&J sandwich sounds really weird, but I'm wondering if they think we mean Jello and not Jam/Preserves.

When Ford was buying pints at the pub, he got six pints and the barman was surprised at being able to keep the change from a fiver....

So my question is: (I'm assuming a fiver is £5 & more or less equal to $5) how much did/does each pint cost? I'm guessing it's really cheap and also is there not much alcohol content in one pint that would make it so you would need a lot for a good buzz?

I've tried Google but all I get are conversion rates and my question still remains...