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What is Politeness in Britain?
• People are angry if you jump the queue. • It's polite to wait for your turn in the queue. • Queueing is as British as fish and chips.
• Polite words or phrases such as 'Please', 'Thank you' and 'Excuse me' are used very often in Britain. • Queueing is a national habit. At bus stops and cinemas, in shops, banks and post offices and in lots of other places you'll have to join the queue and wait for your turn. • People in Britain will expect you to be polite in the way that is normal to them.
What do we know about the British character? • The British are said to be a polite and well-mannered people. They tend to be rather conservative, they love familiar things. • The British people are considered to be the world's greatest tea drinkers. They drink it at meals and between meals.
• The English are practical and realistic, prudent and careful about almost everything. Everything is orderly: the lawns and the trees are neatly trimmed. • The English are reputed to have a good sense of humor. • The Scots are said to be a serious people, rather inventive and somewhat mystical. • The Irish are known for their charm as well as for the beauty of the Irish girls. • The Welsh are an emotional people but sometimes reticent.
There is a good proverb: “If you are in Rome do as Romans do”
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