What's a good word for being drunk? According to an article in The Guardian, this type of word is a drunkonym. A healthy, robust language has many of them to refer to particular types, styles, and means of being intoxica...
https://www.neatorama.com/2024/02/21/Britons-Have-546-Words-for-Drunkeness/High Wycomb is a small town west of London. Every year, the charter trustees elect a mayor, who, upon taking office, is immediately weighed on a huge scale by officials wearing period costumes from the Eighteenth Century...
https://www.neatorama.com/2022/02/04/The-Annual-Weighing-of-the-Mayor-of-High-Wycombe/[https://youtu.be/OdV7nHqEf1Q] (YouTube link)There's a royal wedding coming up, as Prince Harry will marry American actress Meghan Markle on May 19, and today Queen Elizabeth II turns 92 years old. Happy Birthday, Your M...
https://www.neatorama.com/2018/04/21/These-Six-Stories-Are-as-British-as-it-Gets/Britain has its share of "follies," or architectural stru...
https://www.neatorama.com/2017/04/15/5-Converted-Follies-in-the-UK/Probably due to its long and contentious history,... ...n’t swing a cat without hitting a castle in Britain . In this list of a couple dozen castles, some are... ...of Northumberland.Learn about 23 other castles in Britain
https://www.neatorama.com/2016/01/30/24-of-Britains-Best-Castles/In this ad for Heathrow airport, Stephen Fry explains how they do things in the United Kingdom. The small things that matter, like the After You Loop and the constant passive-aggressiveness that dominate social interacti...
https://www.neatorama.com/2016/01/06/Stephen-Frys-Guide-to-the-UK/[https://youtu.be/2PDry2U5mNY]YouTube LinkSiobhan... ...In this episode, she discusses animals native to Britain that we won't see running wild here in the United...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/04/21/British-Animals-Not-Found-in-the-United-States/Canada Lynx were almost wiped out in the Western U... ...oe hare. Can a similar program bring lynx back to Britain ?The Eurasian lynx was a part of the British fores... ...bout the “rewilding” plan for lynx in Britain
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/03/16/Bringing-Lynx-Back-to-Britain/We know enough about the royal couple, Will and Ka... ...t on the run, 2006 / CC-BY-SA-3.0 & GFDL-1.2.) Britain has an enormous appetite for summer festivals. Th... ...Your Job Doesn’t Mean Losing Your MansionIn Britain , if you’ve lost your job or simply taken a... ...than 70,000 acres being...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/01/23/10-Interesting-Things-About-Great-Britain/[http://youtu.be/E5OrW9YOK-4]YouTube LinkIf your'e... ...set of tastes between the cultures. For example, Britain seems to have slightly more of a taste for licori...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/01/09/15-British-Sweets-Everyone-Should-Try/
