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weirdUK@cupoftea.social

<p>A German wanting to talk about things that are different in the UK and happy if someone from the UK will share their point of view.</p>

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    doors Doors in the UK are different in many ways. When they&#39;re indoors they like to be right in the corner of a room and open away from the room. In Germany there is usually a closet sized gap between Wall and door so you can fit some furniture there, and the door will open into the room. The handles in the UK are usually a lot smaller, but from what I&#39;ve seen they seem to be prettier and the doorknobs are also smaller, more like something I&#39;d expect on a cupboard. The door handles...

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    British TV #11 The Great British Bake Off There is a German show, Das Große Backen, which seems to be a copy, but I&#39;ve never followed it. I started watching the UK variety because my friend loves that show and baking. I haven&#39;t watched it from the beginning but I think around season 10, when it was with Noel and Sandy as presenters. When I catch older seasons I must say that Paul Hollywood has aged nicely into his looks. White hair really suits him. I usually don&#39;t care too much for...

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    a hard shoulder When we drove through England in a car there was the occasional sign of &quot;no hard shoulder&quot;. We were wondering what it could possibly mean, but we always forgot to look it up. Finally I met some Brits with a car who I could ask and they explained to me that hard shoulder is what we call in German a Standstreifen - a lane for stopping. But also they couldn&#39;t explain why it would be called after body parts. Now I always envision some invisible head in the middle of t...

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    Roundabouts Fortunately there aren&#39;t any really complicated roundabouts where we have to go to. I&#39;m always glad that there are traffic lights on the more complicated ones and putting the road numbers on the lane to make sure you go the right way is also a great idea. Britain was famous for its roundabouts before Germany put them everywhere too, only here they are usually on small streets and you hardly ever have to deal with multiple lanes. I had to look up how to do roundabouts correct...

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    More about tea If I make a mug of tea, I use one teabag. If I make a pot of tea, I use 2 teabags. If I have loose tea, I always look up what the packet says. It usually says 1 teaspoon, 3-5 mins. The time sometimes varies, but I have never seen any other amount. One teaspoon is already variable enough, I guess. But why doesn&#39;t it ever say &quot;or to taste&quot;, like it does with other stuff? I use 1 teaspoon for a mug, not a cup. Before mugs got so popular, did people drink stronger tea? I...