Very British Problems: Making Life Awkward for Ourselves, One Rainy Day at a Time (Very British Problems, #1)

by Rob Temple

Switching from ‘kind regards’ to ‘regards’ as a warning that you’re dangerously close to losing your temper.

Shakespeare’s sonnets are published. Brits struggle to deal with proclamations as saucy and forthright as suggesting the person they fancy is more lovely and temperate than a summer’s day, regardless of the fact that the best summer’s day in 1609 is a slightly cloudy 14°C, turning a bit chillier in the evening.

Failing to understand someone, begging their pardon three times and then just nodding and smiling.

Becoming so furious that you beg someone for their pardon.

Bugger Expression of dismay after experiencing anything from a minor upset (slicing your foot off with the lawnmower) to unthinkable tragedy (missing your tea’s optimum drinking temperature).