Sunday, July 4, 2010

English Compliment

An English friend just emailed to ask me what I meant in my previous post by, "It is very English and I mean that as a compliment under these circumstances". He wanted to know when being very English wasn't a compliment. Good question and here is my reply.

How's the food?

Very English.

3 comments:

  1. "Your teeth are very English."

    "You have the passion of an Englishman."

    "That's quite an English tan you have there, and I don't mean like in the Beatles song."

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  2. Put some English on it.

    p.s.
    There's a Beatles song that mentions an English tan...?

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  3. I am the Walrus talks about getting a tan from standing in the English rain - unless my hearing's gone bad.

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