Stuff English people like

You've probably heard of the blog Stuff White People Like. I've mentioned it here before and now it's also available in handy CoffeeTableBook format. It serves as an outline of the unique things that I like along with millions of other privileged white Americans (most recently scarves and grammar).

But whites have contrasting likes and dislikes from country to country and that blog really is American-centric.

1. Saying Fiver instead of Five, especially as it relates to currency.
2. Pink shirts. Blue shirts. Pink ties. Blue ties. Yesterday I counted 21 people wearing at least one of those four items within one city block. Something like 21 of 26. Staggering.
3. Umbrellas (brollies).
4. Vacation colonization. I just made that phrase up but basically it describes how English people like going somewhere on holiday but don't like living without Sky Sports and a full English breakfast. By leaning on the strength of their currency over the course of the years they encourage holiday destinations to become as English as possible. It's a kind of capitalist version of colonization, and it's obvious and sad in places like Mallorca, Albufeira and Bodrum.
5. Talking about the weather.
6. Queueing.
7. Passive aggressive behavior of all sorts.
8. Not talking on public transport.
9. Visiting the US but only going to New York, Orlando and Las Vegas.
10. Forgetting about their common people when discussing Britain; remembering the common people of every other country.

Those aren't nearly as concise or amusing as SWPL, but they're all very real phenomenons and are worth documenting. I'm sure I could boil them down to CoffeeTableBook format and wit if someone were willing to pay me.