The weather? We know it's summer in the North of England because the rain gets warmer.

The weather complaining is really just small talk, not meant seriously

We talk about the "Weather" to avoid talking about sensitive or private things

“Stiff upper lip” refers to us being Stoic in the face of adversity.

Who’s watching this in January 2020 thinking girlllll I bet you regret saying “it’s only rained twice” 😂😂😂

For the accents, if it helps, remember that it was only the Victorian railways that synchronised time across the country. People just didn’t travel any distance before that if they weren’t rich. So there were a huge number of isolated communities, which developed their own dialect. Where I’m from in Yorkshire, you can practically tell which town someone is from, by their accent, within a very small distance

Without having the weather to talk, complain about, us Brits would not talk to each other.

Okay, the two taps! It's not a case of having to keep moving your hands from one stream of water to the other to wash them. It works like this.... The taps hang over a thing called a basin. At the bottom of the basin is the plug hole. Put the plug in the plug hole and then turn on the taps. Notice how the water doesn't disappear... it stays in the basin, and you can make it as warm or as cold as you want. You now have a whole basin of water in which you can wash your hands. Notice also how you aren't wasting water and money by having all your water going straight down the aforementioned plughole while you use just a teeny a tiny amount of the running water to wash your hands. Cost effective, ecologically sound and you don't have to rush. Try it, it works a treat.

bonfire night celebrates the failure of the event and not the event

No-one actually cares much about the weather- it’s simply a non-personal / non-offensive conversation opener, as we find say, an American “Hello!” A bit direct. It allows pleasantries to be exchanged with strangers as well as familiars. It allows a moan. The British bond with a good grumble. Not really sure wia spot on observation

A stiff upper lip means not complaining and being brave in the face of adversity..just get on with it ..the British way

We don’t have weird habits, it’s the rest of the world that weird😉😉

"Remember, remember the 5th of November. Gunpowder, treason, and plot."

"so, are you celebrating the fact he tried to blow up parliament, or the fact that he failed?" "yes" "....okay but which one?" "shhhh... just enjoy the pretty lights"

“Stiff upper lip” It’s about being strong in the face of adversity, we don’t bottle things up

I don't think most of us Brits mind the weather. We just like to joke about it self-deprecatingly cos that's our style of humour. It's like an inside joke for the whole of the UK to take the piss out of our weather even though it's not that bad.

Accents simply arise from isolation. Before the start of the industrial revolution most people would not have travelled outside the community into which they were born. Since the majority had no means of transport other than walking and no 'time off' from their daily labours they were, by and large, limited to the distance they could cover in a single day's return trip---probably a range no more than 10-15 miles across rough ground--just enough to reach the next village or market town to sell any excess produce. America has a different accent from Britain (if we could settle on a single representative accent for Britain) for a few reasons. Firstly, settlers did not come to North America only from Britain but from many different countries so the country was not 100% anglophone in the first place and this continued as they welcomed immigrants from around the world. Secondly, the British settlers arrived with a whole range of different accents but were then pushed together in new settlements and pretty much averaged out the differences over a couple of generations. Thirdly, the American population was, for all practical purposes, cut off from the British mainstream by distance so in many cases continued usages that are now archaic in British English. In fact many of the terms that seem characteristically American, such as using 'fall' instead of 'autumn' were actually in common use in British English at the point that the settlers left but changed later in Britain while our American cousins continued the older usage. Another case in point is the use of 'gotten' --common in #american English but now totally lost in mainstream British English (other than in one or two specific phrases such as 'ill gotten gains'). I'd guess that similar things happened in Australia; isolation from the mother tongue, a particular mix of accents among the earliest settlers and the blending within communities as diverse accents rubbed together to come to a common mean.

I'm Australian and we have two taps not one. Quite common in Australia.

I think that your experience with the Welsh being particularly loud and proud about their nationality is because Wales is so often forgotten as a country. Foreigners often think that UK, Britain and even England are the same thing by different names. Many will have heard of Scotland because of historical characters like Robert the Bruce, and more modern stories like Harry Potter and Highlander. Ireland is also known (although often Ireland and Northern Ireland are confused) again because of history, and also because of GoT. In all of this, Wales is often forgotten about and the Welsh want to draw our attention to their own identity. The same is often true about New Zealanders who are very proud of their nationality, particularly when people consider them to just be Australians.

10 months of good weather in the UK? Hahahahahahahaha, just you wait :)

I'm a simple man. Someone mentioned Red Dwarf. I like and subscribe.

It is on the 5 th of November. We are celebrating that he got caught and killed. And more often people make like wood figure of him and burn them on the fire

Accents change every 25 miles in the UK.

"I never see Northern Ireland making a fuss."

I live in the south coast. I count everything as North....

I love listening to your observations, keep them coming.

The weather has changed, but you will find our winters are very long, dull and damp!

Bonfire night is on the 5th November (which happens to be today), it's sometimes referred to as Guy Fawkes night but most call it Bonfire Night. It's to celebrate the failed attempt to blow up Parliament. Guy Fawkes (whose full name was Guido Fawkes), hid a load of barrels of gunpowder underneath the Parliament building and was caught before he could set it off. So once a year communities get together to burn an effigy of him on bonfires, set off fireworks and eat and drink as a community.

Your fellow Aussie, Shane Warne, recently described the British weather as "9 months of bad weather and 3 months of winter".

Hot & cold taps - if I want cold water (eg to make a drink) I don't want to have to run a mixer tap for a minute to cool it down after it has been used to get hot water.

Guy Fawkes / bonfire night is the 5th November, not the 4th. We celebrate lots of crazy things here, rolling round cheeses down steep hills and nearly killing ourselves, pancake day races, the daft Morris dancing, various things to do with witchcraft, etc etc. The Welsh are proud of their language and culture and speak both languages there. The roadsigns there are in both languages. The Cornish are fiercely proud of their culture and heritage too, and talk in a certain way. You ought to see the "Obby Oss" tradition that goes on in various towns in Cornwall every year. It's like something out of the original classic movie The Wicker Man starring Christopher Lee. x x x

Cold water came from a mains supply and was fit for drinking. Hot water would be serviced by a local storage cistern often situated in the loft so would just sit there gathering bugs. This is why we have hot and cold taps as many houses still have this system!

Traditionally Guy Fawkes goes on top of the bonfire, so we are not celebrating him. lol

Stiff upper lip means maintain your dignity in the face of adversity. A fine British trait. As opposed to falling apart in the face of adversity.

About the weather thing, it depends where you live. For instance I live in Liverpool and it has rained on a 106 days since May

The weather here is so changeable, in a small area the weather can be surprising, in spring, summer or autumn. In winter we get surprised when it acts like winter with snow and stuff in a generally non-wintery winter. So lots to talk about even if it is only small talk.

The 'stiff upper lip' is about being stoic in the face of adversity, which is a good thing. I agree that some Brits bottle things up, but these aren't the same thing. Personally I'm extremely direct and open, but that's probably because I'm from the North. You're right about the weather, as a Northerner living in London I find it remarkable how little it actually rains here, yet people act like it's non-stop. It really isn't. What I will say though is that it's CLOUDY a lot of the time - not raining, but not sunny either. You're right that separate taps are idiotic, however they tend to only exist in older, unrenovated homes. It's very rare for anyone to buy them new, practically everyone buys mixers now if they're fitting a new bathroom. You do tend to see more separate taps the further you get from the larger cities though. Regarding accents, Northerners including Mancunians tend to drop the T and replace it with a glottal stop, sort of like "war'er". In fact Northerners use glottal stops quite a lot, including to replace "the" (e.g. "I'm going tu't pub" means "I'm going to the pub"). Talking of glottal stops, I was once told by a guy working in the Middle East that Northerners learn Arabic more easily than Southerners because we're already used to glottal stops, which are common in Arabic. Not sure how true that is. I can't really speak for either, but I find Scottish national pride is just as strong as Welsh national pride. In either case it probably comes from not wanting their national identity to be snuffed out by the domineering English. Rightly so, both nations have strong identities of their own that deserve to thrive. Cornish identity is strong too, and of course Northern Irish. Even the regions of England can be quite vocally proud.

Until 2017ish the weather started to get better. I used to walk to primary every morning and put my shoes on the radiator when I got in ( whole class did ).

Bonfire night is 5th November - though people will start having fireworks for a week or so before. There are lots of public displays usually in parks etc. which are usually either on the 5th or on the nearest weekend - they vary in size a lot. Look up bonfire night displays near you. Some of the really big ones you'll need a ticket in advance for - Alexandra Palace has a good one. The most famous fireworks event (probably in the world) is in Lewes, East Sussex on the 5th, which involves the whole town, several fireworks displays and parades and tens of thousands of people go to watch.

The west starts, at least around Bristol when you are asked how are you my lover or when they ask you where are you to meaning where are you, especially confusing with taxi services.

I bet you have loved the weather during February 2020 wind and rain at the weekends. 🤣😅🤣

The weather part made me laugh so much. We can get snow in April... it’s all fun and games until January the first hits and you’re done with winter already.

There are parts of the UK where it could be raining or snowing but drive to the other side of the hill and its a lovely summers day.

I am originally from the UK. Wait until December and January then you can say something about the weather. It has been a record high lately in the UK but my father moved from the UK after the plumbing inside the house froze up and he could not put his keys in the car door as it had frozen up. Those dark winters are very depressing.

Is it just me or is the whole tap thing an emotional thing, like depending on my mood I will just use one tap and either scold or freeze my hands, no big deal.

Very surprised you aren't seeing/have plenty of single mixer taps now, as most houses have been renovated and now have them or the option to, along with new builds. If you don't have an attic/loft with as water tank, you can have a mixer tap.

A part of the accent thing is from the various tribes that controlled different areas but that is only a small part. That does affect slang words a lot. Accents are slowly merging across the world with the internet and comms. Lister was from Liverpool. It was law for a few hundred years to burn an effigy of Guy Fawkes.

Re the weather - I think you inadvertently answered your own question. Britain has the most changeable weather of anywhere in the world (not the worst weather, just the most changeable). Its something to do with being the one land spot where 4 different systems converge (I got that off a documentary years ago) and the weather is largely dictated by which of those weather systems wins. What it does mean is that you can have 4 seasons in a day and you can have very unseasonable weather any time of the year. You stand a better chance of hot weather in the Summer and cold in the Winter, but it just doesnt always work out that way, which makes planning quite difficult on occasions. And I'm quite baffled as to how you have only seen 2 days of rain - I live in South West London and experienced a fairly wet summer with intermittent scorching days and a fairly rainy October. It's chucked it down most of the last week. There are places in London that legitimately have their own micro-climate, but if its not rained where you are then I want your address because I'm moving there

The weather can vary from year to year so no year can be called typical.

Most irritating thing about accents is that they are frequently used to determine your social status and perceived educational attainment. The thickest Londoner will probably think he is cleverer than a professor with a northern accent.

As a foreigner living in UK, I find the various accents intriguing and funny.Water is ' War- Ah', esp. in Manchester. Baby is ' BAy...bear'

Great video. A perfect Bommy (Bonfire) night is a sparkler or two and a good firework display in the park with a toffee apple. As for the Welsh. I live in the north west of England, close to the border of Wales, and it seems it's because they're legally part of England, and they have to fight a lot harder to have their own laws etc.

Im from Liverpool and its strange as we are classed as Merseyside and Southport is also Merseyside and only about a 30 minute drive from Liverpool City but the accent is so different as they have a Lancashire accent. Its almost like crossing a line.

Hi Yvette, you should of been here 2 winters ago when the beast from the east hit us. That was fun !

The weather is so changeable because we have 4 weather systems jostling for position over the country, the arctic, Atlantic, Mediterranean and eastern weather systems. For the most part the rest of the world has only 2 weather systems, also most of the rain we get in the UK is along the west coast in Essex they get less rain fall then Israel year on year.

We used to have cold winters wit lots of snow but not anymore

On the accents, (when I say accent i include dialect) it's usually based on the outside influences in a different region, or the original languages that the local dialect has developed from. Whether you need to make yourself understood to more people not from the local area also plays into it (if there's more interaction with people without the local accent you need to be clearer in your everyday speech). So where I'm from in the North East of England, there's a lot of viking influence, because of the invasions, but not that much since, because it's fairly remote and not that populated. Likewise in the Highlands of Scotland, but the influence is from Gaelic rather than Scandinavian. Whereas accents in places with more interaction tend to be clearer (though not always - they can be used as a way to shut people out because you don't want others to understand you - like Cockney). Accents in the country tend to be slower than city accents, probably matching the general pace of life. Australian and american accents follow the same rules, generally, but in some cases, the accents there are closer to the original settlers than modern British accents from the place the settlers came from.

Up here in the north we've had endless weekends ruined by rain this year, we've hardly had a stretch of three days without rain. Last summer was awesome though, from May through to the end of August.

You do know we do have mixture taps, and separate hot and cold taps can be changed.

This summer was one of the best summers we have had in a long time by far!

I thought this summer was pretty mixed to be honest. 2018, on the other hand, was a stellar year. The summer which kept on giving.

2019 spring, summer happened to be one of the driest in a long while, it has been known to rain almost constantly through August before now.

Re hot and cold taps. You mix the water in the basin to get the right temperature. Then you use the water in the basin.

They do fireworks in brokwell park near Brixton / Herne hill area and Crystal Palace Park. Just look for any large parks

So many foreigners bring up the separate tap thing but you make it hard when it isn’t. You just put the plug in and fill the basin to the required temperature. EASY!

If you live in the south and the east of England (London too) it’s much drier, warmer and sunnier. The further North and West you go it’s gets gloomier, stormier, darker, wetter, windier, colder. So Winters in the North are much worse and winter months in some places see rain almost everyday. I’ve lived it and it’s terrible ahah.

From my understanding of accents the difference in them are basically variations due to the isolation of villages. Its not until really the 1960s that all the country and its villages were connected to one another.

Accents and other languages. The reason why we have different accents is the bloody foreigners kept turning up. First there stone people (archaeologists recon at least 3 waves, each with different burial practices), then several Bronze age peoples. Then the Celts (possibly from the south of France) who spread all over England and Wales (the world is Old English for foreigner. See I told you they were everywhere.) North of the Border (them that is try to leave), you have the Caledonians and Picts ( Painted Ones). But that division is probably a Roman invention. Then the Romans (modern pronunciation Womans, vice Monty Python). King Arthur became the Roman-British. And here comes the fun but only in a Dark sense. You have Angles (because they angled to the North East and East Anglia (guess why that is so called), Jutes (Kent) and Saxons (named after a really nasty knife) , who settled in Sussex (South Saxons), Wessex (West Saxons), Essex (where the stupid ones were exiled) and various minor tribal people of each. Its very messy. Result of which some Romano British decided to set in Gaul (Brittany), A tradition followed on since. Hibernia (Ireland) you have the Irish raiding and settling in the North West, Sheep-shagger (Wales) country and the West Country (explains a lot of practices down there). The Scots from Ireland (its not confusing) land in Caledonia and turned them into the bloody Scots (see not confusing at all). Various Anglo (but not British) - Saxon Kings later the Scandinavians or Norse came selling Abba records, Duvets and having a really nasty attitude to ownership. The Vikings had arrived. These people raided and settled in the isles of Scotland, northern England on both sides and the Irish (in Ireland not Scotland, although see above). Founded Dublin as a bit of an afterthought. Also the Danes, who, after the Saxons had unified England, including Cornwall (more on that later) divided the country into two. The north became the Danelaw. The south became a place where kings could burn cakes so becoming Great. Anyway, vast amounts of bloodshed. But the country was united again. Huzzah! (Apart from Cornwall which we allowed to have its own language otherwise they would have cried. They also had some very Silly Isles.) Finally the Normans (Norse, who were bad spellers) arrived under William the Bastard ( Because 1. He really was and 2. He is really, really was). Took over, wrote a book called the Domesday Book (should be Doomsday. See, they cannot spell). Also invaded Ireland so they could become Pale. Look to up. That's what the internet is there for. The other Normans went off and invaded other places such as Italy, Sicily (owned at the time by Don Mafiosa), Byzantine (but gave it up because it was too complicated) and other places but all those don't concern us. So you should have read that part. I am not your teacher, there is to be no test so you can all start breathing again. So everything clear so far? Good. Because that is the end of the Invasions of Britain. During the Middle Ages (so called because everybody was a bit tired (like your middle aged parents) of all this coming over here setting up a nice little farm, getting to know the neighbours, even if they are a bit strange not from around here. On no, it was time the English, Welsh, Scots and any other foreigners who liked a bit of gardening and a nice cup of tea, showed the real foreigners (apart from those who lived in the West Country (who really did come from Mars, probably) what it really felt like to be invaded. Cue the 100 years War, 7 Years War, Napoleonic Wars, War of 1812, The British Empire (You at the back, why aren't you saluting, Yes you Australians too. If it wasn't for us you wouldn't have a country to go strewth in and call everybody Bruce and Sheila.) The Empire also gave us an excuse to steal lots of words from Johnny Foreigner. We had no jungles in Britain being civilised. Also anything else we have is for safekeeping. Got that. The French had a bit of a Religious War and so the Huguenots fled France, settled here and gave us some strange words ('we surrender', 'here's a weapon. only been dropped once' and so forth). Some Dutch came over in the 17th century to help drains parts of the Fens (because it is a marsh and the both words almost mean the same thing. (Look, English is simple, sensible and does not have any words that mean the some thing. Unlike those other languages wot I've heard about.) Anyway that gave some words as well. So the reason why we have so many accents is simply explained above. Everybody who came here had their own language but they melded into one (apart from the bloody Welsh with their Cymric and them tossers north of the Border with their Gaelic. The more complicated reason is that the bastards who lived 2 minutes down the road and refuses to give back our kettle what our aunt Edith lent them last Michealmas, could not be bothered to learn how to speech correctly. I.e. how we spoked it. Incidentally (and really) it was not up until the mass us of TV, that 'English' really became a language used throughout the British Isles. It was easier for a Yorkshireman to speak to a Frisian (a person from the island of the north coast of Holland than it was for the Yorkshireman to speak to some body in the home counties. Right, everybody is clear why there are so many accents? Good.

Separate taps are great. Just ramp the hot tap up and blast your sink of all it’s gunk without messing with temperature

Seperate Hot and Cold is because many houses have a separate cold water tank which may not be strictly hygenic . The only mains water in many houses is in the kitchen.

We have a joint tap, and the water is either freezing or scalding, sometimes I wish it was separate taps.

The thing about the weather is that when the temperature reaches 25° people start bleating about it being too hot! It's typically British to knock the weather but they forget that in 2018 the grass turned brown and we had a water shortage! Last year we saw the highest recorded temperature.

Most people upgrade the taps ( fawcet) to one mixer tap . Other than that put the plug in the sink and save water and get the correct heat .

If you see how Parliament is performing now, you'd realise why Guy Fawkes is so popular!

The relatively new thing of just one mixer tap is a ROTTEN design to me. I bend down in the morning/whenever to wash my face/(hair when I had some) and ding my head grr, also you can't really see how much hot or cold is mixing! The weather is actually much better than most of the planet but is highly unpredictable. I find after over 6 decades of experience it best to wear a North Face/Rab/Berghaus mountain climbing jacket with up to 3 layers underneath 10 months of the year unless I've escaped to Croatia, Spain, S. Italy or Canary Isles :)

Little is known about the earliest celebrations. In settlements such as Carlisle, Norwich, and Nottingham, corporations (town governments) provided music and artillery salutes. Canterbury celebrated 5 November 1607 with 106 pounds (48 kg) of gunpowder and 14 pounds (6.4 kg) of match, and three years later food and drink was provided for local dignitaries, as well as music, explosions, and a parade by the local militia. Even less is known of how the occasion was first commemorated by the general public, although records indicate that in the Protestant stronghold of Dorchester a sermon was read, the church bells rung, and bonfires and fireworks lit. I'm scouse and I say what I think! Got me in a lot of trouble over the years ha ha also I love that we have proper seasons over here 😁

Welsh hate the English cause they say they were chased into a corner of Britain! I was married to a welsh man and got his welsh history every single day and notice I said was married lol

Separate taps for hot and cold water: My guess is that in the past people heated water, poured it into a tub/basin and washed whatever was to be cleaned. Only today we are used to wash things under flowing water. So this is the old style of filling the sink which does not need the medium hot water coming out of the wall.

The weather is definitely changing with global warming. The past two summers have been very warm and dry, particularly 2018 - we had about 5 months of complete sunshine and very hot weather. But it was only a few years ago that we had a huge amount of snow at the end of March that was so deep it lasted for ages.

Last summer was VERY dry and hot so people may be comparing to that. We rarely get a few days together without rain though. Also weather and public transport are the main things people enjoy complaining about.

The seperate taps thing is a throwback to when people used to have hot water storage tanks / cisterns. These tanks could sit for a considerable length of time with warmish water in them making them a perfect breeding ground for all kinds of nasty water borne illnesses were you to drink from the hot tank. Some establishments or properties may still be using these old systems so to this day it's inadviseable to drink from the hot tap if you aren't familiar with the boiler set up. The cold is always mains drinking water unless clearly marked otherwise.

10 months of good weather?!? Where the hell are you living?!?! I want to move there.

Because of where the uk is situated ( if interested why search the uk roundabout) it varies greatly year to year. Some winters can be completely frozen for about 3 months and freezing but some years (like this one) it’s hardly cold at all. And talking about seasons in a day I’ve experienced hail, rain sunshine and wind all separately in one day 😂

5th of November, and it's to celebrate the failure of the plot, traditionally an effigy of Guy Fawkes is burnt on the bonfire. A couple of traditional treats are black treacle toffee and parkin. The two taps are because homes had a hot water tank which is considered 'static' water, if you then have mixer taps the hot water can possibly feed back into the cold water supply. This has a slight risk of contaminating the cold water supply. If you have a condensing boiler a mixer tap is possible.

October to April is usually misery/endless gloom/rain. I think you're just lucky. May to July can be pretty unpredictable and if you're lucky you might get a week of sun in August

Hot and cold taps is good in the bathroom, if your brushing your teeth and want to wash your mouth you just need cold water, you don't wanna faff about adjusting the temperature just use the cold tap. The kitchen tap is different, one tends to be better there.

"Please to remember, the 5th of November Gunpowder, treason and plot. I see no reason, why gunpowder treason Should ever be forgot." It's celebrating his failure and execution - the guy is put on the bonfire and burnt! Nothing to do with V for Vendetta that just expropriated some of the iconography.

I've only just come across your video. An observation about accents, communities were mostly "isolated" until the introduction of trains and later the motor car, followed by radio and television. That limitation gave rise to locally used words and dialects. My family moved from south Wales to Worcester, only about 70 miles, the local butcher did not understand when she asked for meat, different words were used. I am told in the Black Country area near Birmingham the accents were so pronounced you could tell which street someone lived in. The Welsh were independently minded and most spoke only Welsh about 120 years ago.

The Keep a Stiff Upper Lip saying originated in North America, it is normally associated with Davy Crockett.

The best place to get the full 5th of November experience is Lewes in East Sussex.

Dear Yvette The reason there are so many different accents in England is because of our history of invasion and settlement by people from other countries.The Angles & Saxons from Germany, Vikings from Norway and Denmark and then in 1066 the Normans who were a mix of French and Viking. Apart from The Normans( who spoke French) who spread out throughout the country in order to subdue the population the invaders tended to settle in one place and intermix with the indigenous people producing an accent specific to that region.. Until the 19th Century and the invention of the train people travelled very little and it was not unusual for the residents of a village to never travel more than ten miles from home. They were therefore unlikely to be influenced by other accents. I am not an expert on this subject but I think parts of the country like Cornwall endured very little foreign influence and so have their own dialect. Liverpool had a large number of Irish people come over in the nineteenth century, to escape the Irish Potato Famine, which corrupted their Lancashire accent. Although this is maybe not a full explanation I hope it will give you some idea as to how the situation has arisen. With regards as to why the Welsh are so proud I would suggest it is because they are a small population next door to England's much larger one. There is therefore more of a feeling of togetherness and a pride in their individual heritage and traditions. Not being Welsh this is just a guess.

The whole tap thing is the cold tap is for drinking the hot is for washing. If you struggle with it just put a plug in and fill bowl up easier.

Points 1 and 2 are connected - we talk about the weather to avoid talking about our feelings. Like “hey, how are you?” I could say “well, Yvette, my husband just ran off with the milkman, and my piles are playing up something chronic”. Or I could say “brr, it’s Baltic out there, I had to scrape an inch of ice of my windscreen this morning! You?” But, we’re British, so I’ll go for option 2 every time!

I’m in Cornwall, anything north of Exeter is NORTH to me 🤣. As for weather come to Cornwall it’s so different here. A friend of mine lives Essex way (but lived here for a while), says how warm and dry it is compared to here, yet I’ve just had three months of rain and it’s generally about 3 or 4 degrees temperature difference. I say this about Cornwall weather but Cornwall is such a great place, you really should visit, if you haven’t already! We get sunshine sometimes 🤣

If you are 'direct' to a Northerner, I guarantee that they will be 'direct' back.

Counties with drinkable water have 2 taps and countries with undrinkable cold water just have one. the 2 separate systems is so you can drink the cold water tap which in lesser countries you cannot do.

The reason we have two taps is historical plus if you had one mixer tap only you would have to have a thermostatic mixing valve under the sink this to prevent the water reaching above 38 Degrees Celsius and scalding someone when washing at the hand basin, having a shower/or a bath. As the majority of people are right handed this why the national convention (although there may be the odd (possibly older) property that has not been converted) to have the cold tap on the right and the hot tap on the left.

I know UK weather isn't the best, but at least we don't get disasters like thunderstorms, hurricanes etc. New houses have mixed taps but old ones are obviously separate unless people bother to change them. I like the variety of accents as well. I live in the north west and the accent here is so different from South and my cousins in London

Very beautiful and completely bonkers. Who takes your dog out to the loo? Whatever “ floats your boat”. Love that.

Taps.... you can choose to have one mixer tap or two separate taps... you can just fit your own to how you like it