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On 07/02/2025 15:31, Zaghadka wrote:
>I do understand it as a British selling point. People there live their>
lives *in fear* of crippling, constant embarassment. Sorry, mate. Nothing
helps with that. Stiff upper lip and all... ;^)
Like most national stereotypes there is an element of truth in it but
it's also exaggerated*. So the fear of making a social faux par is only
really prevalent in the aspiring middle classes who want to emulate the
upper class. The one I do like is spotting a person who uses their knife
like a pen as they think it's posh, nope it just marks you out as
someone who thinks that's what posh people do.
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Personally I'm really rubbish and remembering names and now I even
explain that upfront!
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*The whole this is what the British, really English, are like isn't
really helped when people get their information from watching Richard
Curtis films.
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