Un British

Unlike UnAmerican, UnBritish is often used to describe someone or something who departs from the rather stiff, wooden British stereotype. For example a restaurant supplying good spicy food could be described as "delightfully un British", though as Indian food is now the most popular food eaten outside the home in Britain it is actually inaccurate.

Un British can be used in a negative way, for example black youths complaining about being treated as Un British by the police.

A random sample of the usage in web sites returned from a google search follows.

1 Travel site

Unbritish refers to London being cosmopolitan and all sorts of foods available.

2 Guardian – on london mayor

Traditionally, Americans have always run for office, while British politicians have stood . This was, I like to think, a sign of our seemliness and reticence; it is unBritish to rush after power too energetically.

3 Guardian

John Peel, one of the most powerful Gatekeepers in the British music industry, has a job for life. You could say that one of its functions is weeding people like Momus, the unBritish British, out of the topsoil of national pop, forcing us to take our talent abroad.

Except that this doesn't seem to be from the Guardian at all, but from a column/rant by Momus himself. See here http://www.imomus.com/ongatekeepers.html. An interesting attempt at ProofByAuthority??.

4 OnSafari.com

But his voice carried a decidedly unBritish edge of enthusiasm that drew me out of this moment -- relaxed and contemplative in a green canoe on a blue river in the heart of Africa --

5 On British Short-haired cats

Charlie is very "unbritish" in his character (due to his oriental ancestors). He loves climbing curtains and playing football with his food! He has a lovely short British coat,

As a Brit, if you were to ask me what I'd call the British version of "UnAmerican", I'd have to answer "That which is JustNotCricket?". -- AnonymousDonor