Everyday life in the UK and the US by Thanh Huyen Hoang https://padlet.com/hth2712/ey65v10ruv4t0p77 en-us 2022-11-08 02:56:41 UTC 2022-11-08 04:10:19 UTC hello@padlet.com Group 2 https://padlet.com/hth2712/ey65v10ruv4t0p77/wish/2374291447 THE UK.
•Their common food?
  • The food is generally outstanding.
  • You’d better like peas, potato and sausages.
  • Cookies are “ biscuits” and potato chips are “crisps”
  • After fish and chips, curry is the most popular food
  • Avoid British wine and beer
  • Butter and egg aren’t refrigerated. 
  • Drinks don’t come with ice
  • Cake is one of the major food groups.
  • Their coffee is mediocre but their tea is wonderful

•Favorite brands of consumer goods?

Top 10 favorite brands:    

•People’s shopping habits?
  • UK shoppers are loyal
  • UK shoppers value free, reliable delivery and product returns
  • UK shoppers research products online
  • Stores are still essential to the Brits’ buying journey
  • Product knowledge of sales associates and ability to check stocks are important
  • Millennial Brits seek validation from social networks
  • Mobile shopping is valuable to younger consumer groups

•Significant holidays in the UK.

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Notting Hill Carnival


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December


  • People’s family name: Smith, Jones, William, etc… They come with names and also the meanings of them. (1)
  • People’s dating life: Rule for dating
  • Booze is essential for dating: Drinking culture is alive and well in both the United States and the United Kingdom.
  • Parental approval isn’t as important in Britain.
  • Do not text, just meet in person
  • Brits generally only see one person at a time so exclusivity is assumed.
  • Daytime dates are pretty much unheard of in the UK.
  • British women are less self-conscious on dates. British men are usually more low-key.
  • Double date does not happen in the UK
  • Their common topics in conversation
  • Discuss about weather: “It’s getting hot, isn’t it?”
  • Traffic: Those roadworks are really slowing the traffic down.
  • Surrounding: Those yellow flowers smell so nice!
  • Social problem:
  • Investing for global good
  • Innovation through tech
  • The Power of Us
  • UK homelessness 
  • (2) 







THE US
  1. Their common food: Burgers
  2. Favorite brands of consumer goods: 
  • Band-Aid 82%
  • Reese's Peanut Butter Cup 81%
  • M&M's 81%
  1. People’s shopping habit
  2. People’s family life
  • In the past:
  • wife: housewife → cook, do the housework, take care of children
  • husband: work, earn money
  • Nowadays: sharing the housework, more and more women work outside
  1. People’s dating life
  • 15% single American adults are dissatisfied with their dating lives and it’s difficult to find people to date (Pew Research Center, 2019)
  1. Significant holidays
  • Christmas
  • Thanksgiving
  • Mother’s day
  • Easter
  • Independence day
  • Halloween
  • Father’s day
  • Valentine’s day
  • Saint Patrick’s day
  • New Year’s day
  1. The common topics in conversation
  • College football
  • Food
  • Trucks
  • Guns
  • The opposite gender
  • Gardens
  • Fishing
  • Politics
  • Religion
  • Illegal Aliens
  • Braves Baseball
  • College Basketball (both genders)
  • When is it going to rain?


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