A guide to Brits?
Aug 20th 2003, 11:47 pm
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A guide to Brits?
Personal manners guide
Now this makes us sound like we have the personality of a dial tone.....
Now this makes us sound like we have the personality of a dial tone.....
British people don't like to be embarrassed. They fear that they may not be able to make conversation with you, or to understand what you say to them. They probably don't know much about your country (if they can guess where you are from) or culture, and fear they might say something that offends you. They think you won't understand their jokes (you won't!) The easiest way to avoid this is if they don't go up and start speaking to you.
If you are a woman, a British man may worry that you will feel threatened if he starts speaking to you.
Aug 21st 2003, 12:01 am
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Re: A guide to Brits?
Originally posted by BrigieDarling
Personal manners guide
Now this makes us sound like we have the personality of a dial tone.....
Personal manners guide
Now this makes us sound like we have the personality of a dial tone.....
Aug 21st 2003, 12:03 am
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Ha ha ha... Very good answer and sooooo true!
Aug 21st 2003, 2:53 am
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Re: A guide to Brits?
Originally posted by BrigieDarling
Personal manners guide
Now this makes us sound like we have the personality of a dial tone.....
Personal manners guide
Now this makes us sound like we have the personality of a dial tone.....
It made me laugh out loud, surely it is a piss-take?
Emm.
Aug 21st 2003, 3:46 am
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Re: A guide to Brits?
Originally posted by BrigieDarling
Personal manners guide
Now this makes us sound like we have the personality of a dial tone.....
Personal manners guide
Now this makes us sound like we have the personality of a dial tone.....
Is this "guide" intended for Americans? I will agree that British humor is incomprehensable to most Americans, myself included. I also think it's a good idea to have a guide for Americans visiting Britian. I will be visiting the UK in the future, heaven forbid I should ask a British person if they have children, only to discover that I have dealt a personal insult.
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Aug 21st 2003, 1:59 pm
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Re: A guide to Brits?
Originally posted by BrigieDarling
Personal manners guide
Now this makes us sound like we have the personality of a dial tone.....
Personal manners guide
Now this makes us sound like we have the personality of a dial tone.....
"To be very polite you should eat peas by mashing them against the reverse side of your fork"??
This probably explains why I had to leave England. Nobody ever told me. Also, it's quite hard to do.
Aug 21st 2003, 2:49 pm
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Re: A guide to Brits?
Originally posted by Lion in Winter
"To be very polite you should eat peas by mashing them against the reverse side of your fork"??
This probably explains why I had to leave England. Nobody ever told me. Also, it's quite hard to do.
"To be very polite you should eat peas by mashing them against the reverse side of your fork"??
This probably explains why I had to leave England. Nobody ever told me. Also, it's quite hard to do.
Note to self: write angry letter to The Telegraph...
Aug 21st 2003, 2:53 pm
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Re: A guide to Brits?
Originally posted by Stumpyguy
There must be a statistic somewhere to prove that the rise in crime in England is mainly due to "the pea problem". I think corporal punishment is the only answer for these damned unmashed pea-eaters. Bring back the birch I say! 'Angins too good for em!
Note to self: write angry letter to The Telegraph...
There must be a statistic somewhere to prove that the rise in crime in England is mainly due to "the pea problem". I think corporal punishment is the only answer for these damned unmashed pea-eaters. Bring back the birch I say! 'Angins too good for em!
Note to self: write angry letter to The Telegraph...
Exactly. Especially when we all know that in the best circles peas are eaten off the knife.
Aug 21st 2003, 3:08 pm
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Re: A guide to Brits?
Originally posted by ray6
For all the Americans visiting the UK this is a must:
http://www.brookview.karoo.net/BFA/
For all the Americans visiting the UK this is a must:
http://www.brookview.karoo.net/BFA/
Aug 21st 2003, 3:28 pm
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Re: A guide to Brits?
What to say to Cab drivers is my favourite....
Aug 21st 2003, 4:07 pm
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Very Funny
Who created that site? Hilarious stuff, i loved the map with the explaination that "london is a big city where most english people live", hilarious as that is the only place in britain that any yank knows!! Except sometimes, edinBERG!!
Aug 22nd 2003, 7:39 am
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Many Americans visiting Britain for the first time are amazed to see the local people travelling on the backs of these contraptions. They are provided free by the National Health Service as a means of "keeping fit", and are state-owned.
As a tourist, you have a right by law to ride any unoccupied bicycle, or even to commandeer one of the many thronging the busy streets of London town with the traditional cry of "Gerrorf", which roughly translates as "I, a citizen of the United States, claim this velocopede as decreed by the law of King Charles III Jr". Be sure to pick a good bicycle, and you will enjoy hours of pleasure and sight-seeing, helped on your way by the good people of Britain, who encourage you with hearty cries of "Stapfeefe".
Don't worry about learning to ride; lessons (and tax & insurance) are unnecessary.
LOL!!!
As a tourist, you have a right by law to ride any unoccupied bicycle, or even to commandeer one of the many thronging the busy streets of London town with the traditional cry of "Gerrorf", which roughly translates as "I, a citizen of the United States, claim this velocopede as decreed by the law of King Charles III Jr". Be sure to pick a good bicycle, and you will enjoy hours of pleasure and sight-seeing, helped on your way by the good people of Britain, who encourage you with hearty cries of "Stapfeefe".
Don't worry about learning to ride; lessons (and tax & insurance) are unnecessary.
LOL!!!
Aug 23rd 2003, 4:08 pm
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The true test of Britishness is the ability to ride a stolen bycicle around Hyde Park Corner whilst balancing peas on a knife.
I find most Americans just cannot do this!!
I find most Americans just cannot do this!!
