Thread: An American performer who should be in London..

[F]So I am an american girl mid 20's who for as long as she can remember has wanted to visit London England.. I will finally be traveling there for vacation in about 5 months and I just know I will love it and I want to live there actually anywhere Europe. But I just would like some information about everything.
I know this post is kind of vague but what can I say.
Ohhh Im assuming burlesque is much more common in the UK then it is in the States, with that being said how difficult is it to make it an actually career.
any insight about any and all things would be [/FONT]

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How funny, I am an Englishman who has longed for the stateside life for as long as he can remember! But that is probably more to do with cost of living meaning I can live more or less like a sultan, and the fact that I have an incredibly intoxicating accent amongst the transatlantic folk...on this side, it just gets me noticed, ie more likely to be stabbed.
Well, biggest piece of advice is to start learning real English as soon as possible! That includes use of the letter u in words which really don't require it, appropriate reference to the real football (The sport which actually connects the foot with the ball) and ensuring to distinguish between crisps and chips. The English folk will know you don't really mean these changes to your language, but will find it endearing that you are trying!
Oh, and you have to start talking about the weather more. Fact.

And drink tea!!!

Though I don't actually do that.

Make sure you don't talk to people you don't know- don't even acknowledge them. Don't sit next to anyone you don't know on the bus/ train unless there really is nowhere else to sit! And if someone asks how you are the correct answer is ALWAYS "I'm fine thanks. Yourself?". Even if your cat got struck by lightning, chavs invaded your home to use it as a fake burberry market and your sister run off with your stepdad and is now sitting on Jeremy Kyle's stage saying "Yeah but where was you when we needed you? My mum said she saw you with anuva girl in town, yeah" (Ooh the delights you have to sample of British culture!)

Seriously though, the UK is a great place. London is my favourite place in the world- it really is wonderful. (As long as you are not in Brixton or Acton)

Have a great time over here!

If you want a real education, come to Northern Ireland, we're much nicer and more hospitable!

Everyone will instantly call you "love" or "darlin'" and invite you round for tea/tell you where you can buy cheap things/where all the peelers are so you can avoid getting nicked/when the traffic wardens are about :lol:

Plus its full of verdant lush countryside, unbelievable coastlines....I'll have to post my pics of the Carrick-a-Rede rope bridge

Axx

(the tourist board ought to pay me)

The best piece of advice I can give about London is DO NOT STAY in a place called Michael's Guest House in Kentish Town!!!

I like your name by the way.

Originally Posted by Vivienne_Verimetal

But I just would like some information about everything.
I know this post is kind of vague but what can I say.

What, everything??

Where do we start....

Don't expect good customer service in the UK...we haven't quite mastered the concept of the customer being king here yet.

Do queue - for everything...if you see a queue, join it, even if you have no idea what it's for ...it's traditional

Do listen and nod whenever we start moaning about the weather, even if we have no right to complain in light of what's been happening in Haiti, Texas etc. Humour us...we somehow have the misconceived idea that our weather is the worst in the world.

Make sure you root out and try some of our delicacies - prawn cocktail crisps will be a delightful surprise to your palate, as will black pudding, jellied eels, cockles, yorkshire pudding, crackling etc.

Know that every problem, no matter how big or traumatic can be solved by a nice sit down, a "cuppa tea" and a chat.

If anyone asks you for a rubber, don't slap them without first enquiring if they actually mean an eraser....but if they say no, they really do want a condom feel free to slap them.

Similarly, don't be alarmed if little old ladies on the tube faint in horror if you point out a gentleman as 'the one over there in suspenders', we call them braces....unless you really have spotted a group of medical students collecting money for their rag week dressed in Rocky Horror costumes

And London taxi cabs are now subsidised by our government, meaning that all journeys no matter what their length are now a maximum of two pounds, and don't let those naughty taxi drivers convince you differently....ok, this one's a lie.....it's £2.50....

thank you all very much for the replies.. please please keep them coming and if anyone wants any info on Texas i would love too...

Originally Posted by tempest devyne

Make sure you root out and try some of our delicacies - prawn cocktail crisps will be a delightful surprise to your palate, as will black pudding, jellied eels, cockles, yorkshire pudding, crackling etc.

Yopu forgot chips and cheese. And chips and gravy, chips and curry, chips and brown sauce, chips and pea-wet*.... Oh and chips and sweet and sour sauce (a rarity these days).



*Not peewit. We don't eat lapwings here, as far as I'm aware.

What's pea-wet?

I think it's the juice from mushy peas, but I'm not going to ask for it to find out!