05-06-2019, 03:13 PM
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Re: British Asians' Knowledge of Our "Popular Culture".
Originally Posted by d00d
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Floydy ... we've moved on from Noel bloody Edmonds to a black comedian saying: "who did you say was the Prime Minister again", not the funniest joke in the world, he was just adlibbing in the middle of something else, but Gravy is astounded by the man's ignorance. 
Amir Khan (he's a boxer) (born in Britain of Pakistani ancestry) famously asked the question " have we ever had a female Prime Minister."
NB I am NOT asking if you have ever heard of Amir Khan.
05-06-2019, 03:21 PM
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Re: British Asians' Knowledge of Our "Popular Culture".
Originally Posted by Gravitas
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He's not a comedian and it wasn't meant as a joke.Amir Khan (he's a boxer) (born in Britain of Pakistani ancestry) famously asked the question " have we ever had a female Prime Minister."
NB I am NOT asking if you have ever heard of Amir Khan.
05-06-2019, 03:35 PM
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Re: British Asians' Knowledge of Our "Popular Culture".
Originally Posted by Floydy
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Yes but Gravitas, I'm sure if you were to visit, say, Pakistan and somebody began talking about one of their most famous TV stars (or boxers), you probably wouldn't have heard of them. Not everybody has your vast knowledge of world history.
Waker, Wakey!
05-06-2019, 04:37 PM
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Re: British Asians' Knowledge of Our "Popular Culture".
Originally Posted by Gravitas
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He's not a comedian and it wasn't meant as a joke.
05-06-2019, 05:16 PM
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Re: British Asians' Knowledge of Our "Popular Culture".
Originally Posted by Gravitas
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I just told you!But it's not about knowing who they are!
It's about: he'd never heard of the saying: red sky at night sailors delight. Red sky at morning...
He also asked David Mitchel (a comedian) "who did you say was the Prime Minister again". He had to be told it was Theresa May.
Wakey Wakey!
05-06-2019, 05:18 PM
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Re: British Asians' Knowledge of Our "Popular Culture".
Originally Posted by Uncle Joe
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I've never even heard of 'big narstie' or David Mitchell - who are they ???
Don't believe I would want to know about anyone named big narstie!
05-06-2019, 05:24 PM
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Re: British Asians' Knowledge of Our "Popular Culture".
Originally Posted by Silver Tabby
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I have heard of David Mitchell but probably couldn't pick him out in crowd.Don't believe I would want to know about anyone named big narstie!
05-06-2019, 07:40 PM
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Re: British Asians' Knowledge of Our "Popular Culture".
Originally Posted by silver tabby
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i have heard of david mitchell but probably couldn't pick him out in crowd.Don't believe i would want to know about anyone named big narstie!
it is nothing to do with you knowing them!
05-06-2019, 07:42 PM
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Re: British Asians' Knowledge of Our "Popular Culture".
Originally Posted by Floydy
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I hadn't either, Tabby. I don't like rap music except the very early stuff in the late 1970's-early 80's. Failed singers aren't they really?
Come out of that coma!
05-06-2019, 07:43 PM
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Re: British Asians' Knowledge of Our "Popular Culture".
Originally Posted by swimfeeders
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HiI am getting to realise I know very little about popular British Culture.
I am quite relaxed about it, in fact I am not bothered at all.
I am not Asian, or an immigrant, just a butt ugly Northerner.
So which ones didn't you know?
How to pronounce Baddiel (as in David Baddiel) and the name Tobias Had you not heard of Danny Baker, Frank Skinner or Noel Edmonds? Did you not know Game of Thrones was a TV programme? That we have had a female Prime Minister (two of them in fact). Or the saying about red sky at night...
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