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in England only stupid people try to show how clever they are.
Actually that is great
In England it is bad manners to be clever or proud of your intelligence. Perhaps you know that two and two make four, but you must never say that two and two make four.
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Look at the word ‘clever’ in any
English dictionary. These dictionaries say ‘clever’
means, ‘quick, intelligent’. These are nice adjectives but the dictionaries are all a little out of date. A modern Englishman uses the word ‘clever’ to mean ‘possibly a bit dishonest, un-English, un-Scottish, un-Welsh’.
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Unfortunately
When I arrived in England I thought that I knew English. After I’d been here an hour I realized I did not understand one word. In my first week I learned a little of the language, but after seven years I knew that I could never use it really well. This is sad, but nobody speaks English perfectly.
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Tea
But then the British decided to put cold milk and no sugar into it. They made it colourless and tasteless..
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Many Europeans think that life is a game;
the English think cricket is a game.
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Normal British people...
The English keep dogs and cats and they are happy to keep a few foreigners, too.
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European men and women have sex lives; English men and women have hot-water bottles.
Chapter 3 - The Weather "In England, the weather is always an interesting, exciting subject and you must be good at talking about it.