SO... I'm considering going to a college in Greenwich, England. Simply because I want to study outside of the country. I have some questions about stuff.
1.What are some popular foods?
2.Popular music?
3.How is the Economy?
4.Minimum wage?
5.I know about pounds, but what about other amounts of money? Do they have a penny equivalent? Dimes? Quarters?
6. Eating schedules?
7. Also, Is it more difficult to drive a British car than it is an American car?
8. Favourite pass times?
9. How does their government differ from America's?
10. Finally, Gas prices?
Thank you! Sorry about the amount of questions!
Some of these I won't answer because the answer is "about the same as what you're used to" or "you can google it as well as I can". For the rest:
5. ￡1 = 100p, or one pound = 100 pence. Coins are 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p, ￡1 and ￡2. Banknotes are ￡5, ￡10, ￡20 and ￡50 (though you're unlikely to see a ￡50 note). What surprised my American friends is that 20p and 50p coins aren't round, they have seven curved sides, though that's helpful in identifying them. Banknotes are also helpfully different colours and sizes, and again that's to help the partially sighted. Much better than American dollar bills, which all look the same to me.
7. Cars are cars. We drive on the left, which means you sit on the right. Automatic transmission is much less common. You can only drive on a US licence for a year, after which you must pass the British test, and I warn you it's a STIFF test.
9. The UK is not federal so in England there is just Parliament. There is a general election every five years, the Queen appoints the leader of the winning party as Prime Minister, he appoints a government from other members of Parliament and off we go for the next five years.
10. Far more expensive than the US. In Greenwich, I would seriously consider not driving as the public transport in London is excellent.
1. curry
2. varies
3. Could be worse. We could be chained to the Euro.
4. ￡6.30 per hour (approx.)
5. Pounds will do. 100 pence = ￡1
6. Breakfast at breakfast time. Lunch at lunchtime. tea (supper) before you go out
7. Almost entirely 'stick' drive. You might be able to hire an automatic.
8. You will notice there is a betting office in every high street, and a lot of the back ones.
9. We do not mix religion and politics much. (it tends to lead to civil warfare in some places).
10. Roughly $8.40 for a US gallon.
1) There's the old Classic "Fish & Chips", also "Sausage & Chips" + an assortment of Curry dishes (basically Indian food).
2) Not really all that different from the rest of the Anglosphere (UK, USA, Australia, New Zealand, Canada).... from "old-skool" stuff like Queen / The Who / Oasis / The Beatles through from the latest stuff from Taylor Swift / Lorde / Ed Sheeran / Beyonce and all that lot.
3) The economy is booming.. largest growth in the developped world.
4) Minimum wage... recently gone up to about ￡6.50 an hour ($9.99 an hour in US Dollars at the current exchange rate)
5) Pounds is the main one, Pence for fractions of a pound (100p = ￡1)
6) Not really all that different to the US / Canada / Australia (breakfast in the morning, Lunch any time between 12noon & 1:30pm, optional tea time around 4pm, evening meal anytime between 6pm & 10pm), etc
7) British cars are alot easier to drive than American cars: they're lighter, corner alot better, manual (stick-shift) gearboxes more common but not too difficult to get the hang of once you get used to the stick being on the opposite side to what you're used to.
8) Most popular pastimes include watching TV (e.g. Top Gear UK), watch ball games (most commonly Football/Soccer + Rugby), Watching motor racing (usually Formula1), Fishing (look-up documentary series "A Passion for Angling" on the popular video sharing websites), etc.
9) Government.... currently way better (after the General Election coming this May, I'm not sure if that will still be the case)... usually they get things done (checkout the Twitter Lists at my @Conservativecch account over there).
10) Fuel Prices... they were as high as ￡1.33 ($2.04) a litre before Christmas which works out at ￡5.03 ($7.73) per US Gallon... about 60% of which was Government taxes on the stuff. They recently dropped back to ￡1.03 per litre, but floated back up to ￡1.10 ($1.69) per litre (with the price drop meaning the government tax take on the stuff is now 70% of the total price). Costs me about ￡20 ($30.74) to just over half-fill the 40litre (10.56 US Gallon) fuel tank in my car.
College in the UK has a different meaning to College in the US.
UK College is a Further Education Establishment that anyone who is 16 or older can attend.
US College is what is called University in the UK and can be attended by those who are 18 or older have passed A-levels and got high grades.
So which are you refering to?
Gas is what is used to heat homes. The majority of Cars/Vans run on petrol or diesel.
Trolling with another new account. Your spelling gives it away, you need to try harder and get a life at the same time.
Hi you simply can't afford greenwich which is in london. gas is about 10 times more expensive as it is taxed so much so just stay where you are visit we would like your dollars but stay where you are.
TROLL. Go get a life!
This is what google is for, look it up.
You will not need a car
