The Weekly Gripe

Foreigners find UK people just a tad unfriendly
Why are English people so cold?

People in the UK not friendly?

Since first moving to the UK, I decided to move away again and have lived abroad for seven years. During that time I have never failed to make friends with the locals, and quickly too.



During the time I spent living in the UK I was always treated as a foreigner and found it difficult to form friendships with English people. Why are English people so cold and unfriendly to foreigners?

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13-5-2008John me ole mucker! How about you come on over, have a get together? I'll kick the 'barbie' into touch, crack open some cold 'Stellas', 'Kid Rock' live. Wiener schnitzel, king prawns skewered and rolled in black pepper. How bout it?Karl
13-5-2008Jennifer, Congratulations! You've just rocketed to first place with the 'Most Stupid Remarks of The Year Award!' What a brass neck! American's can't see beyond their post box, love to pursue law-suits against their partners, carry semi-automatic, use them on a regular bas...moreLeo The Lion
13-5-2008Hmmm... how come no one has written the gripe about the stereotypical American? Loud, arrogant, always sticking their nose in where it isn't wanted. The list could go on here too!Bob
13-5-2008I've often wondered the same thing. They seem so cold and self-important. I've gotten to know about 5 Brits in my life, and they were all cut from the same unfriendly cloth. It's a trip! They have no reason to act that way, yet time and time again they do. It's freakish...must b...moreJennifer - Los Angeles, California
12-5-2008Every Brit I've met thus far strengthens the stereotype we have of them. They are unfriendly and come across very cold and prudish. Screw them. The industrial revolution bypassed most of their cities anyway. Places like Norwich are charming, it's the people that make me not want to visit...moreJohn
11-5-2008Who really cares?! who gives a toss what country they are from, where theyve been, what they do? Who actually gives a toss?!?! We are all human beings and we can explore this world wherever we want to go...arghhhh! Im from Englan and I dont fit any stereotype..im friendly and welcome ne1 into my lif...morePissed off
07-5-2008coz were fed up with people coming over here, taking our jobs, and most of the time not speaking a word of english, sorry if you feel you get branded for not feeling welcome, but not our fault, blame the government for letting to many wasters in that dont give a "bottom release" (there goe...moreMRNEAVES
29-4-2008It's your love of money, Silly, that makes you ugly and your complete lack of sincerity. I don't know what you look like physically and I don't care. I don't have to, I can tell what sort of person you are from what you have written and you sound very disagreeable. All you are intere...moreDan
25-4-2008I am White English from Birth and so are both my parents. It seems that English people and I will not include myself are xenophobic. Not only to non-English people but the attitudes and ideas of being English make it very hard to get along with. I have never had an English friend and I have found...moreJames Newman
25-4-2008You should have moved to Scotland. People are very friendly here.Shaz
25-4-2008Honestly most of the 'foreigner' jokes that get banded around are a joke. when the British mock you it means they think they know you well enough to get away with, meaning they like you. You'd probably have got along better if you had laughed at yourself as self depracation is one of the...morerule_britannia
22-4-2008Beware this is not a biological or unique trace. This can only happen when a nation attempts to inbreed, colonise ( play rightious because they made money from it), change religions for political convinience and then spend comtemporary times thinking in the LONG GONE PAST!ANCIENTGODDESS



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