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Who is Jessica Rose? US woman living in UK goes viral for sharing hilarious ‘weird as hell’ things about British

One tweet spoke about how the British 'call their fanciest private schools public schools which is weird and confusing, likely by design'

An American woman, who has lived in Birmingham, England, for over a decade, has caught the attention of social media users with her eccentric take on certain British traditions. Twitter user Jessica Rose, has stirred debate with her opinion about the foreign practices, which has turned many heads. Her posts mainly discuss English food and their decorums, which she describes as “weird as hell”. 

On February 4, she wrote, “I have been living in the UK for 10 years this year. Please have a short thread of things that are still weird as hell to me”. In the same Twitter thread, Rose has discussed British pronunciation, their beans, and toast breakfast, and much more, garnering over 64,000 likes and more than 9,000 retweets. 

In her first tweet in the thread, she talks about Britishers' "riding intonation" when they say goodbye. She writes, "British people have rising intonation when they say “bye” on the phone so it’s a bouncy “byYEEE” and why do you people do that?"

It isn't just their manner of greeting one another that's triggered Rose's thoughts, but also the majority of their cuisine and other foods. In the following tweet, she says, "Please why beans on toast there are so many other lazy foods that are actually good why is this a thing?" And, in another tweet, she asks, "People here put fish fingers (yes they mean fish sticks but I’m fine w the name part) in sandwiches which is just...why."

After expressing her opinion about British food, the Twitter user yet again uses the opportunity to discuss British pronunciation. She wrote, "Britishes pronounce 'patronise' pat-row-nize but pronounce 'patron' in the expected way and this divergence distresses me." which was followed by another tweet that read, "Britishes call their fanciest private schools public schools which is weird and confusing, likely by design."

It appears as if Rose is bothered by the English way of seeking recreation as she has pointed out how beaches over there are often just "banks of sharp stones" and about school proms. 

One tweet reads, "British beaches are often just banks of sharp stones by the water and people here excitedly go to them on purpose. When you get there you can buy disappointing candy sticks called rock and seagulls will fight you." And another read, "They have proms here but they mean outdoor classic music things, not a school dance. Except now sometimes they have school dances called proms. I give up."

A significant number of Twitter users seconded Rose's thoughts on bizarre British traditions as they shared examples from their own experiences on a rather funny note. One social media user opined, "Same reason they can't pronounce a T when it's in th middle of a word. Warder, rider, siddy ...  (No, I don't know what the reason _is_; they can say T when it's at the start or end of a word.)" While another added, "25+ years in the UK here. The oddest one for me is people will literally lose their if they see a nugget of dog waste & tell everyone about it, yet a horse can trot past & can deposit a pile the size of an average Labrador & no one bats an eyelid"