Britisher than thou
In order to instill civic values and cultural knowledge, the British are moving to offer classes in schools on 'Britishness'. There is also a 'Britishness' test that potential immigrants take as part of becoming a citizen to gauge how easily they will integrate into society.
If you go to the website, you can purchase resources to study for such a test, including taking a free online version. Curious, I took the free online trial: 10 questions to be answered in 20 minutes or fewer.
I got 10 out of 10.
In under a minute and a half.
There weren't even any questions about cricket. The mind reels.
Maybe that means I'm 'Britisher than thou' -- although I should note that I was listening to NWA's single 'Straight Outta Compton' while writing this, so maybe not. Not exactly a top-selling British single, that.
Or maybe it just means that the test is surprisingly easy. (Hint: the Queen is head of state -- who knew?)
Hat tip to James Aylett on Talk to Rex
If you go to the website, you can purchase resources to study for such a test, including taking a free online version. Curious, I took the free online trial: 10 questions to be answered in 20 minutes or fewer.
I got 10 out of 10.
In under a minute and a half.
There weren't even any questions about cricket. The mind reels.
Maybe that means I'm 'Britisher than thou' -- although I should note that I was listening to NWA's single 'Straight Outta Compton' while writing this, so maybe not. Not exactly a top-selling British single, that.
Or maybe it just means that the test is surprisingly easy. (Hint: the Queen is head of state -- who knew?)
Hat tip to James Aylett on Talk to Rex
posted by Jason at 11:28 PM
2 Comments:
I failed the test. Six out of ten.
But at least I have a more convincing British accent than you.
James:
Absolutely correct! In fact, I take away from the test the notion that Britishness is mostly accent.
Of course, I can tell the difference between the words source and sauce when they are spoken, but who am I to point out such things? ;)
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