Writing British Characters

People always assume that playing someone British is just learning the slang and how to speak correctly with the accent. Well, that isn’t entirely true.

Tip No. 1: How to sound British.

Of course you have to perfect how to sound British. Use these links to use the slang all the time.

Tip No. 2: Location, location, location.

They’re going to ask where you are from and you just can’t say Britain, shit face. What if they are from Britain itself? You need to have a “home location”.  What city/town? What district did you live in? Where is it located? What is it near? What are the customs there? It may also be important to know important counties and cities. If you can’t locate London on a map, it will be fairly obvious that you are not British.

  • How to live in Britain: Topics of The Basics, Law, Geography, Culture, Problems, Being Successful, Making a Difference, and Personal Life.

Tip No. 3: Wording and spelling is a very important factor.

The British change their wording and spelling a lot. Here is a British to American translator.

Tip No. 4: Know their hobbies: such as their television shows and what they do in their free time.

Not all the shows we have here in America are watched in Britain. Here is a list of the most popular televison series in Britian. (It stays updated, because what’s the point of posting one that isn’t?)

Tip No. 5: Myths about the British

We Americans don’t go around eating burgers and holding shot guns, do we?  There are always myths about races and countries.
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