I was being served by a barista at a Caffè Nero and when I told the bloke my surname was Cornwall and that I was from Kent, he informed me that his surname was Kent, and he was from Cornwall.
I pretended not to care. Total "psych!!"
I still think about it to this day; I wonder if he does.
All it took for me not to be mad at Cornwall from Kent
Similar but not the same - I live with my partner, just the two of us. We had next door neighbours (we share a wall) move in with the same first names and same initial (not same last names).
They didn't even blink, I thought we should be on some kind of documentary.
As in, the both of you had the same first name as them? That's pretty interesting on its own!
I had two neighbours across the street of which one was named Tom and the other Jerry, so obviously I called them Tom & Jerry. Sadly they've both moved out again already...
How about the Jim Twins?
The Four Christs does sound interesting.
Went on vacation in England last February. It was insane culture shock. Like, nobody smiles there. No one was friendly unless they had to be. I tried to strike up a conversation with a waiter after paying one night and by the time i looked up from the machine they had walked away and i was talking to myself...
You must have gone to London. We smiley up in Manchester.
Just be careful it could be a friendly smile or I’m smiling cause I’m about to stab you.
"In England" is a bit vague if you want to describe that cultural phenomenon.
It does vary wildly across the country. I'm going to guess you were mainly in the South.
Anyone remember that 'tier' chapter during covid when suddenly everyone in Cornwall temporarily became massively rude and bigoted? Really brought out the worst in them.
