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You certainly find a lot of shows where you can say “those two streets in Indianapolis* don’t connect…because they’re both in Vancouver...

I can't really blame people for the delusion, because it's so well-supported by the tiny exposure modern British people tend to have to...

All this savoury food talk requires British desserts of course, so: Bakewell Tart (or to be strictly Derbyshire, Bakewell Pudding) is...

And then we can talk about British uses of the word “pudding”. Pudding probably most commonly means “dessert in general” (“would you...

The Indian food I had was a little spicy and they warned that it was the least spicy item they had. Supposedly their food gets...

It probably was authentic! Many US Indian restaurants are more authentic TO INDIA than British ones. British ones tend to serve...

What are the big items that each sells (British vs. American) in their Chinese Restuarants, which are the same, which are different? I...

The classic British-Chinese dish is sweet and sour pork, which is similar to a lot of other dishes (such as tangsuyeok in Korean-Chinese...

That's a fascinating one because it's essentially been astroturfed into being a thing by (I suggest by initially paid) influencers. The...

This is probably true of almost all cuisines that have been imported for any length of time (say fifty years or more) - British Indian...

So, we just finished The Night Manager series 2, which was OK but somewhat disappointing after the original, which isn’t surprising...

Yeah, basically, the U.K. gets as much international influence as anywhere - probably more, because we’re so used to importing whatever...

Yeah, the Harrying of the North was definitely a genocide, but calling it that upsets a lot of English people who think genocides only...

Ooof wow that's pretty bad. Particularly as there were a lot of real pagan places (in Central/Eastern Europe particularly) being...

I think probably not? The translation is very clear throughout. I think I probably just missed something (and have now returned the book...