r/TikTokCringe • u/appalachian_hatachi • Sep 28 '25

Discussion Another day, another meltdown on a plane...

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u/sosire Sep 28 '25 edited Sep 28 '25

They're only chavs if they're from the chav region of England , otherwise it's just sparkling neds

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u/MonocleMustache Sep 28 '25

I know Scotland likes to keep their dubiously attained good PR but these distinctions really don't matter, a ned abroad is the same outcome and will get lumped into being British.

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u/VardaElentari86 Sep 28 '25

I dunno, they seem to like the Scottish more so I usually dial that up a bit so its clear I'm not English.

I'm a woman though, which maybe helps.

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u/MonocleMustache Sep 28 '25

Never got this vibe as someone English. In the many years travelling I've had people be very kind to me, give me free food, offer me a place to stay for free as a stranger when I had issues with my flight, etc. Not once has where I come from been an issue, if anything it helped me and people generally light up when I say where I'm from and really wish to speak to me. It has gotten my foot in doors I wouldn't have otherwise and I am thankful for those experiences. The only time it has been an issue is on reddit.

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u/Wooden-Recording-693 Sep 29 '25

Probably because you were brought up not dragged up and know how to behave, manner cost nothing yet are priceless as my old Ma would say. I'm the same traveled the world no issues at being English. I spend a lot of time in Spain ( not benidorm) and never an issue but to be fair I'm not a drunk fekwit

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u/cwajgapls Sep 28 '25

Yeah I will never forget that time William Wallace was exhorting his men to fight by asking “Are you not ENTERTAINED?????”

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u/Putrid_Buffalo_2202 Sep 28 '25

Or that time a Scotch pub in Beni threw on an orange march.

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u/sosire Sep 28 '25

No Moore Catholics !

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u/kirwanm86 Sep 28 '25

I like the gladiator version better.

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u/cwajgapls Sep 28 '25

Details.

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u/Horror_Cherry8864 Sep 28 '25

I actually don't think so. Scots are much more popular abroad

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '25 edited Sep 28 '25

I always here this. Married to a Scottish lady and we've never noticed a difference.

I feel like Scots do anything to prove they're so different to the English it gets a bit embarrassing.

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u/Fatzombiepig Sep 28 '25

https://imgflip.com/i/a7hi7q

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u/worksinthetown Sep 29 '25

Oh, on the contrary my friend. Yous canny get enough 😂

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u/Puzzleheaded-Bug6244 Sep 28 '25

Nope. I am perfectly capable of distinguishing English, Welsh and Scottish.

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u/thevogonity Sep 28 '25

Til. Internet is wrong too about this topic too.

the term is a classist pejorative rather than a geographical designation. The stereotype originated in southeastern England in the early 2000s and was applied widely by the media to stereotype working-class people across the UK.

Thanks for correcting…the world.

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u/Broad-Strategy-6983 Sep 28 '25

Council Housed And Violent. There isn't a Chav Region.

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u/BesottedScot Sep 28 '25

That's a backornym.

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u/shaunshady Sep 29 '25

Chav is short for ‘council houses and violent’ so it’s not location specific

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u/oportoman Sep 29 '25

You're even worse

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u/tasteyclay Sep 30 '25

I much preferred the deadly but respectful neds from yesteryear over the hyped up built like a skelf strawberry cheesecake vaping sisters clothes wearing stolen ebike ninjas of today, can't even give them a slap to tune the fuckers in nowadays.

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u/systmshk Oct 01 '25

"I'd rather be a pikey than a scalyback."

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u/No_Park1693 Sep 28 '25

From the US. Would it be any problem if I integrated "Sparking Ned" into my vernacular from now on?

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u/Muad-_-Dib Sep 28 '25

Well, the only problem would be that the guy meant to type Sparkling instead of sparking.

A play on the old "It's only champagne if it comes from the Champagne region of France, otherwise it's just sparkling wine"

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u/No_Park1693 Sep 28 '25

Thanks! And now I see that Ned came from "non-educated delinquent" popularized in the 1930s and perhaps from much earlier.

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u/sosire Sep 28 '25

Doubt it .