dw_britglish

Upscale/exclusive post codes/communities/neighborhoods in England

kaffy_r wrote in dw_britglish Jan 01, 2014 12:10

Hi there! As the subject line states, I'm trying to get at least a sketchy idea of what particular neighborhoods, towns, villages, etc. throughout England proper would be considered homes for the rich and powerful.I'm guessing that post codes could be a clue, right? Country homes, for instance, where the houses themselves have a pedigree, and the ( Read more... )

My character needs a degree like burning

meatball42 wrote in dw_britglish Aug 08, 2013 01:14

At my high school we had a College Counselling Office that did its best to crowbar students into applying for universities (jk). What would this be called in Britain? University Counselling?

schools

England-to-Wales Phone Call in the Early 90s...

pleasure_past wrote in dw_britglish Jul 31, 2013 07:57

As I said in the title, the fic is set in the early 90s. I need a character in England to call a character in Wales. Is this going to be considered long-distance/is it going to cost more than a call to someone in England would? If it is going to be more expensive, are both parties going to be charged extra, or just one of them ( Read more... )

On Weddings, next question

gentlehobbit wrote in dw_britglish Jul 09, 2013 05:54

I've poked around quite a few UK government and wedding advice sites since my last questions, but I can't find an answer to these three questions ( Read more... )

Welsh Food and Birthdays in School

pleasure_past wrote in dw_britglish Jul 06, 2013 18:34

1. I need a food that Gwen and Ianto are both likely to have grown up eating and know how to make, but that Tosh and Owen probably aren't familiar with, or if they are familiar with it, they probably think it's a bit disgusting and wouldn't want to know how to make it ( Read more... )

schools, torchwood, food and drink, children

On Weddings...

gentlehobbit wrote in dw_britglish Jun 25, 2013 11:54

To all the kind folk in Who Britpickery, I need some advice about what the official words need to be at a non-church wedding. I can't see anything in the tags, and I haven't been able to afford to go back to the UK for weddings, funerals, etc. etc. for all my relatives. So I'm woefully ignorant in this regard. For example, I've jotted down the ( Read more... )

On Driving Licenses Expiring...

pleasure_past wrote in dw_britglish May 28, 2013 16:05

How often do driving licenses expire in the United Kingdom? (Does it depend on the region? It'll be a Welsh driving license, if that makes any difference.) When I google it, the only information it's really pulling up is information about the licenses expiring when you turn 70. Since the license in question belongs to Jack Harkness, I can certainly ( Read more... )

roads and driving

Proper Usage of "Quid"

pleasure_past wrote in dw_britglish May 11, 2013 21:13

For some reason "quid" just doesn't feel right to me as slang whenever I'm talking about large sums of money, and I don't know if that's justified or not. Like, "twenty quid," sounds fine, but the sentence in question is "He asked what I was doing running around the countryside at midnight with three-thousand quid in my bag..." and 'quid' just ( Read more... )

money

Maybe?

marence wrote in dw_britglish May 05, 2013 23:28

Jerusalem is to England as God Bless America is to the United States.

Analogous Accents

cheriola wrote in dw_britglish Feb 27, 2013 04:15

This is not technically Brit-picking, but I thought somebody here might know anyway ( Read more... )

history, slang