British Banter

[AeneasBK]

We call it trash talking.

We don't do the sarcasm thing so we take British sarcasm literally.

Hang on, trash talking is implicitly intended to highlight genuine disatisfaction right? You wouldn't be happy to find out your wife was trash talking you...

I thought the America equivalent was "roasting" - saying the nastiest shit but with the friendliest of intentions.

[Deleted]

So Finnish people don't joke with each other?

We don't speak with one another.

[AeneasBK]

There are more than six time zones.

Yes; fortunately yo mamma so fat she's only crossing over 6 of them she's not so fat she covers all 24.

[Jester Joe]

I totally agree many Americans 'do sarcasm. I think what non brits struggle with is working out IF a brit is being sarcastic.

On a different note...watching American reactions to a very well spoken (English nationality) colleague who happened to be black.

That I could see, the accent throws people off possibly.

Hang on, trash talking is implicitly intended to highlight genuine disatisfaction right? You wouldn't be happy to find out your wife was trash talking you...

I thought the America equivalent was "roasting" - saying the nastiest shit but with the friendliest of intentions.

Yeah, roasting would be more apt.

[Deleted]

all 24.

There are 39, actually.

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I can see British people in pubs having a good time together, but when I try to have a conversation with them they often have such thick accents that I cant understand a damn thing they say

[AeneasBK]

There are 39, actually.

Fair cop One might wonder why

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I can see British people in pubs having a good time together, but when I try to have a conversation with them they often have such thick accents that I cant understand a damn thing they say

Pardon ? .

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Pardon ? .

And dont forget the British slang

[Deleted]

We do.

There's more to joking than "yo momma...".

Yo momma isn't really much banter

[Varitok]

I guess American's just aren't good at it.

[Deleted]

And dont forget the British slang

Every nation has slang, though a lot of English regional slang has quite a bit of history

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I am aware every nation has banter but there's varying degree in banter and I often see significant differences between say British banter and American banter

[PickleballAce]

My experience with English banter across numerous multinational discussion boards is they claim to be experts at it, but all you have to do is poke fun at their janky orthodontry or that slop they eat that can loosely be referred to as cuisine and the indignant "U FOOKIN' WOT?" responses start rolling in.

I can think of a lot of nationalities that are good at talking shit, but not many that are good at taking it (despite what they claim).

[Deleted]

My experience with English banter across numerous multinational discussion boards is they claim to be experts at it, but all you have to do is poke fun at their janky orthodontry or that slop they eat that can loosely be refered to as cuisine and the indignant "U FOOKIN' WOT?" responses start rolling in.

I can think of a lot of nationalities that are good at talking shit, but not many that are good at taking it (despite what they claim).

It's not that we can't take banter it's just we're very critical of lazy banter. The "bad teeth bad food" jibe was funny 40 years ago but now it's just poor because there's no longer any element of truth in it. Much like the word 'limey' is obscure to is. It would be like us called Americans 'Indian rapers' it just isn't true now

[Prothynyas]

i love friendly piss talking ! Huzzah !!

[Bae]

It's not that we can't take banter it's just we're very critical of lazy banter. The "bad teeth bad food" jibe was funny 40 years ago but now it's just poor because there's no longer any element of truth in it. Much like the word 'limey' is obscure to is. It would be like us called Americans 'Indian rapers' it just isn't true now

Yeah pretty much this. I've found it the opposite aswell. If i banter with an American over their stereotypes they get distressed and defensive. I even admit that i could of done better and was being lazy. Stereotype banter is just lazy and rarely funny if not done very well or with a good setup.

When I've had new people join my guild on wow, about 90% of them think im aggressive, nasty and rude. Purely because of the way i banter with others and they dont understand it.

[Zelk]

stop hiding behind your shite patter with "it's just a bit of banter"

[Deleted]

stop hiding behind your shite patter with "it's just a bit of banter"

Banter is between friends, if you're doing it with strangers you're bordering on insulting

[Scathbais]

We call it trash talking.

We don't do the sarcasm thing so we take British sarcasm literally.

This guy is awesome. Thanks for linking!

[Zuben]

I can mostly tell if it's friendly or not, but sometimes differences in sense of humour makes it tough.