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I thought my English husband/wife must be mentally ill, but now I realise he/she is just being English!’
the English do not want to know your name, or tell you theirs, until a much greater degree of intimacy has been established – like maybe when you marry their daughter.
Formality is embarrassing. But, then, informality is embarrassing. Everything is embarrassing.
home is what the English have instead of social skills.
A vicious circle resulting in, among many other problems, misuse of alcohol and chronic overuse of the word ‘nice’.
