Tuesday, 30 September 2014

The most British words - from "consultancy" to "trousers"

"These are the words people in the UK disproportionately use in talking about themselves.
  • Newcastle
  • Bristol
  • wot
  • wasters
  • Camden
  • Brighton
  • twat
  • Portsmouth
  • Biffy
  • Clyro
  • trousers
  • trainers
  • Glasgow
  • feeder
  • Plymouth
  • consultancy
  • bloke
  • moaning
  • Haribo
  • kebab
  • nan
  • Ibiza
  • Essex
  • lecturer
  • Stereophonics
  • bolognese
  • Yorkshire
  • housemate
  • bugger
  • shite"
That is from this piece in the Guardian, taken from real data from dating (and other) websites. It was slightly depressing to find that a man's favourite age for a woman varies all the way from 20 (for 20 year olds) to 22 (for 50 year olds) and interesting to note that "successful couples agree on scary movies – either they both like them or they both hate them – about as often as they agree on the existence of God".

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