I am looking for any publicly-available staff-and-dependents records for the British Consulate in Los Angeles, specifically for the period 1965 to 1966. I have some info. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Sep 29, 2009 - 1 answer

BritFilter: What is Jay Rayder's speaking accent? (He's the bearded man in this video clip.) [more inside]
posted by Joe Beese on Jun 18, 2009 - 16 answers

Which football club does Billy Bragg support? I understand he was born in Bridport, Dorset, and grew up in Barking, a suburb of the east Greater London area. Does Billy support Bridport FC, Barking FC, or some other club? [more inside]
posted by MetaK9 on Jun 11, 2008 - 9 answers

[englandfilter] what's so cool about cricket? [more inside]
posted by krautland on Apr 2, 2008 - 34 answers

I think I may be a British citizen by descent. What now? [more inside]
posted by SemiSophos on Mar 14, 2008 - 11 answers

How can I get into writing for (British) television? [more inside]
posted by Orange Goblin on Dec 28, 2006 - 12 answers

In the US, the first syllable of "privacy" rhymes with "eye." In the UK, it rhymes with "give." So why, when listening to an audiobook, did I hear a British reader (with a standard British dialect) pronounce it the American way? Was the reader just being weird, or is the pronunciation of "privacy" becoming Americanized? Are there any other common Brit-pronunciations that are migrating across the pond? [more inside]
posted by grumblebee on May 8, 2005 - 22 answers