British Culture

British culture and traditions

How British are you?

10 Weird English customs

1. Britian is the only country which has two seperate hot and cold taps
2. Brits apologise all the time even when someone bumps into us!
3. British people love queuing. We get angry when people try to cut the line
4. In Britian tea is an art, we love drinking tea in any season and weather
5. We are the only country which drives on the left side of the road
6. There are 40 different British accents and we can tell where each other is from.
7. Brits like to be punctual and can't stand it when other people are late
8. We pride ourselves on our good manners and say sorry, please and thank you a lot
9. Brits avoid eye contact with strangers on the underground we look at feet or phone.
10. It's polite to wait for everyone to sit down before starting to eat a meal.

Polite English

DON’T SAY: You’re wrong. DON’T SAY: Can I try this on? DON’T SAY: Can I use your phone? DON’T SAY: Can you help me? DON’T SAY: Can you open/shut the door? DON’T SAY: Eat some of this food. DON’T SAY: Go away! DON’T SAY: I don’t like it. DON’T SAY: Leave me alone. DON’T SAY: No DON’T SAY: Wait! DON’T SAY: What time is it?

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