Nona The Brit wrote: slum prudery? Interesting turn of phrase. It's from "My Fair Lady". Nona The Brit wrote: I think it is pretty true that a lot of British people don't consider us as part of Europe in quite the same way as other Europeans.

slum prudery? Interesting turn of phrase. I think it is pretty true that a lot of British people don't consider us as part of Europe in quite the same way as other Europeans. Politically, yes. But geographically, no. We are happy to talk about

Clive wrote: many British people don't even think of themselves as part of Europe That's just slum prudery. The fact is they are part of Europe geographically and after several referenda, all with positive outcomes, the UK is a key player in

Hi, I guess I must live a sheltered life, because I've never heard the expression European English before. In my experience, many British people don't even think of themselves as part of Europe (ie the British Isles are just 'near Europe'. )

In British English, ill means unwell. Ill is most common in predicative position. She couldn’t come because she was ill. Before a noun, many British people prefer to use sick. She spent years looking after her sick husband. Be sick can

British people could feel a bit of ambiguity here, and clear it up by a further question like 'Huh?'. Wow -- the British are almost as elegant as the Canadians!

Hi Khoff, Johhny takes 30 marbles to the park. When he goes home, he leaves one third of them for his friends to keep playing with. How many has he left? British answer: 20 American answer: 10 British people could feel a bit of

I found this on the Internet and the explanation is similar to what Calif has explained. http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jlawler/aue/gotten.html Here's what David Crystal says about The gotten/got distinction in The Cambridge Encyclopedia of

Hi Effex, good question, I'm curious... I know that "Speaking" is ok and common in the US, if I'm not mistaken, but what's common as well? That's me, That's him, This is him...? It would be interesting to hear from British people too, so to have a

>for example Irish people, who are counted as a minority in the UK but look just like British people. Yep! We Irish are generally an audible minority - we distinguish ourselves by our accents. Yes, invisible minorities tend to be