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Talk Like a Local: Becoming British
November 12, 2009 | Talk Like a Local | Read More
It’s a well known fact that the British have special powers when it comes to slang. They can turn the dullest sentence into something at once amusing, sarcastic and adorable just by shortening a word and inserting a nickname. For example:
Regular English: I just hung that picture up completely...
Lewes, UK: How to Do Guy Fawkes Night Right
October 29, 2009 | Lewes | Read More
For the uninitiated, Guy Fawkes Night is kind of like a cross between Halloween and the Fourth of July. Originally, this guy named Fawkes developed a gunpowder plot to blow up Parliament and was unsuccessful. Guy Fawkes is the closest British people get to patriotism, other than the World Cup.
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