- Refer to chips as crisps, fries as chips, candy as sweets, biscuits as cookies, and elevators as lifts.
- Pretend to enjoy Rugby, or at least make an effort to understand it.
- When crossing the street, look right first, then left, then cross. This is important.
- Pronounce Z as “zed”.
- Drink tea. Often.
- Say “wee” in place of tiny, small, little, etc. Use it frequently.
- End every sentence like it’s a question, even if it’s not.
- If something is cool, then it is “class”. If it is fun, it is “craic” (pronounced like “crack”). (eg, “How was your weekend?” “It was great craic!” “Oh, that’s class!”)
- Eat chips with everything – waffles, pizza, beans, etc.
- Eat beans with everything – waffles, toast, baked potatoes, etc.
- Do not understand the concept of corn dogs, peanut butter and jelly, or s’mores. You think these are strange and exotic foods.
- You think Obama is way cool and you cheesily use his face and slogans like it’s the Uncle Sam of the 21st century.
*This data has been compiled by a highly trained person with extensive (though not related) post-secondary education. It is not intended for public use. It is also highly stereotypical.
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