difference between British and people from mainland Europe

[@Rimas_875_2]

after watching only fools and horses box set for over 20 times...(still makes me laugh...i think important part of understanding the culture is through humour!😊

[@leesunited3327]

I once queued for a bus in Malta. I never queued again. Us Brits get a bad rep abroad because of our over exuberance on the devils brew. I guarantee tho that you won't meet a more humble, honest, compassionate soul on this planet when you bump into a true Brit.

[@Paul-eb4jp]

I live in Spain among Spanish people, I see a huge difference between Spanish and Germans, I see differences between all nationalities, I like the difference.

[@eugenesoch]

This video feels completely out of touch. Firstly, you're generalizing all Europeans, lumping them together and comparing them to Brits - an oversimplification that doesn't hold up. As a Lithuanian living in the UK myself, I find your perspective biased and inaccurate. The comparisons lack depth, and overall, the video seems rather pointless. I'll refrain from commenting on your English, though it's surprising given your claim of living in the country for some time. In short, this video adds little value.

[@valentine8161]

I'm a Lithuanian as well, lived here for 9 years since 14. Very true. When I go back home now I notice it from the English perspective, we are way more reserved than the Anglos for one, to the point the amount of times I got assumed to be autistic by my colleagues at work is insulting, only for me to then notice that "awkwardness" they spoke of back home. It was a relief to be fair, I was confident in knowing it was definitly culture acting here.

[@JC-sd3vh]

We queue. A habit dying out I am afraid.

[@jonathanvh9958]

Brits are more well mannered imo. The Dutch are rude in comparison, strange how you come up with a completely contrasting opinion. Coming from a Dutch-English person who was raised being mannerrd but had to unlearn that whilst living on the mainland.

[@TheSwissChalet]

American culture compared to Mainland Europeans...stark conntrast!

[@MichaelPatrick-i4s]

Not arrogant, just better. Far better.

[@davidhealy7171]

How do Europeans act? Would you mind listing the qualities, as you just seem to be making the divide over the toast at breakfast in hotels. Also, as a British person, you'll understand the importance of using 'articles' like 'a','an', and 'the' when you use nouns in your speech. Much love.

[@ht-ve9fe]

A perfect example is queuing on the tube and metro stations: In the UK there is a clear order for who enters the train. You don't push to the front without being frowned upon. Secondly everyone waits for people to step off the train and only when the last person has cleared the platform do people begin boarding. In euro metros, it's a brawl to get onto the train regardless of if you've been at the platform for 10 minutes or 10 seconds. When the doors open a lot of people pile onto the train to make sure they've covered themselves. This makes it difficult for people trying to disembark the train. This is an example that is consistent and clear throughout Europe that highlights the cultural differences between behaviour and social norms in the two regions.

[@Answersonapostcard]

@ht-ve9fe UK trains are a free-for-all. Maybe in the past things were more civilised.

[@ht-ve9fe]

@@Answersonapostcard my experience says otherwise so I can only agree to disagree with you

[@kermit56780]

The biggest difference i found between uk & europe is infrastructure (germany).

[@octavianpopescu4776]

No, there's also a big difference in terms of culture. Brits are fundamentally Americans in denial. Europeans are... Europeans. I'll give you an example: Brits are individualistic like Americans. We're more community-focused on the continent.

[@turbosandtalks]

Nah, the UK mentality is very similar to the mentality of other Western European nations (I'm French-Dutch). Americans are different however. Western Europeans and Eastern Europeans are different.

[@TheSouth-j7f]

Some parts of "Eastern Europe" are further West geographically than parts of Western Europe but o.k.

[@scottmcgahey6820]

The difference is win win world wars

[@lastofthemohicans4665]

No offense, but you are not British. You are a Lithuanian who has lived in Britain for a long time.

[@J_SavedbyGrace_Eph28]

What does British mean mate? It appears on his passport (if he has one) as "British Citizen" that makes him British. Maybe he means his nationality. Ethnically, he's not Scottish, Northern Irish, English or Welsh. Nationality=/=Ethnicity.

[@lastofthemohicans4665]

@@J_SavedbyGrace_Eph28 If he says "I am British", that's simply not correct. He is Lithuanian with a British passport. If I was born in China, does that make me Chinese? No, I would still be European with a Chinese passport.

[@lastofthemohicans4665]

@@J_SavedbyGrace_Eph28 Only one's genetics make someone "British", not a piece of paper.

[@octavianpopescu4776]

@@lastofthemohicans4665 Citizenship gives you your nationality. Being born in China wouldn't give you citizenship, unless one of your parents is a Chinese citizen. But if you got automatic citizenship just by being born in China, yes, you would be Chinese. You'd look different from the rest of the Chinese, but still Chinese.

[@quillo2747]

​@@J_SavedbyGrace_Eph28If all British is is a piece of paper that anyone can get then it doesn't mean much. I appreciate people like this guy who has embraced British culture. But one can not be British and Lituanian. You can be a Lithuanian with Brotish citizenship, then maybe your kids grow up fully in the culture and they become British, but it's not a given and many second generation immigrants lean into the culture of their parents homeland rather than the place they live.

[@ln5747]

And the Irish and Scottish consider the English (and to some degree the Welsh) cold and rude.

[@test-201]

england for the english that's my opinion

[@lastofthemohicans4665]

100% percent agree

[@Answersonapostcard]

bit late for that now

[@atomiclemon77]

I thought you guys were being funny. Now I'm not so sure.

[@lastofthemohicans4665]

@atomiclemon77 why would you think that is funny?

[@TheSouth-j7f]

It's too late, the horse has bolted, just look at London.

[@justindawson6724]

You are talking about cultural differences. Northern Europeans do uncomfortable silences ,thats weird to the British but nothing wrong with it . The British are actually to tolerant but if you break the perceived politeness scale it could end in violence, im mean how over reactionary is that 😂😂😂.

[@alfredoalejandro87]

But sir, the UK is technically Northern Europe too.

[@svtthunder1784]

making joke about the germans and war.... you my friend are British ;)

[@MoreLaterDude]

British is a culture as much as it is a geographical region... British is the way we interact with others, our manners and our way of communication and rationalisation... British is the origin of the west... and the west is best! 😉

[@Answersonapostcard]

you haven't travelled much

[@eugenesoch]

Such Lietuviškas accent 😂

[@Crypto-Live]

"we won the war mate" isn't actually a joke. It's a plea for some respect and recognition. Right or wrong, that is what it is.

[@onepalproductions]

The same bankers funded all sides of the "war" to create the beginning of global governance via the U.N. The only respect goes to the people who understand this, and not to those who fell for the propaganda, and volunteered themselves as banker fodder.

[@Campingwilder]

You actually did nothing, and there's a strong possibility that neither did a massive percentage of your family. So, less of the "We".

[@xgtwb6473]

​@CampingwilderNonsense, we were pivotal in constructing the modern west and destroying it

[@Crypto-Live]

@Campingwilder This gets to the crux of the matter doesnt it? I am English, many of my family either died or were affected but World Wars one and two. So when I say we I am totally correct. But aside from that, "We" as The English is also correct. Get off your high horse. I didn't say we by the way, I just said it is correct.

[@4BCJesus]

​@Campingwilder Both of my grandfathers fought in the war, one died shortly after due to the trauma and ill health. My father never really got over the death of his father, this effected me and my brother growing up. Generations had to deal with the impact of continental Europeans conquests against other Europeans. And before that is was the French and Napoleon. The arrogance of them, I've spoken to continentals who claim that British aren't really Europeans, neither are eastern Europeans according to them, there's a sense of superiority that we've had to fight and crush over and over, and they think we aren't really Europeans. We upheld European values more times than they did.