A couple honest questions for Brits. Sorry to change the subject, but it's still on topic almost.
I am not poking fun but really want to know.
1) I've heard many Brits say that most of the Americans they encountered were rednecks, YET the telly show "Keeping Up Appearances" has the character Onslow, so you guys have them too, do you not?
2) One character on the show said, "I just painted me nails" instead of saying "my" nails. Is that for lower class people like rednecks or those with cockney accents?
3) On the the same show there was a small refrigerator or maybe frig/freezer that Brits probably call an icebox. Box is right, it's small, for that is the size Americans would have behind a bar in their house. (if they had one in their house) Our frigerators are 68 inches tall approx, which is more than 5 1/2 feet. Do you not grocery shop for a week at a time? (We do in US, sometimes there are some things we buy only every 2 weeks or once a month, but weekly is somewhat the standard.) Do you only buy food for one day at a time? Our frig is taller than the average height of most women and the height of most average men. (I said average).