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The Queen was British-French production for which Helen Mirren won Best Actress, while the UK Film Council funded The King's Speech, which won Best Picture in 2011. Asian British cinema has risen in prominence since 1999, when East is East was a mainstream success on a low budget.
Recent decades have seen English replicas of French cheeses, such as Brie, [232] Camembert [233] and chèvre. [234] A number of British cheeses were accepted as having EU protected geographical status. Homegrown artisanal cheeses are made by both long-established and new producers.
A British Crown dependency off the coast of France. Also, a kind of buttonless, pullover shirt. An athlete's uniform shirt, also called a kit in British English. A colloquial term for the state of New Jersey Jesse (often as Big Jesse, derogatory insult for a man) Non-macho, effeminate, sometimes gay. A male name (uncommon in the UK).
A poll by Sky Arts has revealed the top 40 traits and activities that make people feel British - including dunking a biscuit in tea and roast dinners. Britishness traits according to survey Skip ...
French was the prestige language during the Norman occupation of the British Isles, causing many French words to enter English vocabulary. [11] Their language also contributed common words, such as how food was prepared: boil , broil , fry , roast , and stew , as well as words related to the nobility: prince , duke , marquess , viscount , baron ...
Boxing Day is typically called British Black Friday, but there are some differences between the holidays. Boxing Day, which is a public holiday in the UK, falls the day after Christmas and has a ...
Also, en masse refers to numerous people or objects (a crowd or a mountain of things). In colloquial Québécois French, it means "a bunch" (as in il y avait du monde en masse, "there was a bunch of people"). en suite as a set (not to be confused with ensuite, meaning "then"). Can refer, in particular, to hotel rooms with attached private ...
Words with specific British English meanings that have different meanings in American and/or additional meanings common to both languages (e.g. pants, cot) are to be found at List of words having different meanings in American and British English. When such words are herein used or referenced, they are marked with the flag [DM] (different meaning).