On the Continent there is one topic which should be avoided-the weather; in England, if you do not repeat the phrase "Lovely day, isn't it?" at least two hundred times a day, you are considered a bit dull.


How to be a Brit: The Classic Bestselling Guide (ed. Penguin UK, 1986) - ISBN: 9780141927015

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On the Continent there is one topic which should be avoided-the weather; in England, if you do not repeat the phrase Lovely day, isn't it? at least...

On the Continent there is one topic which should be avoided-the weather; in England, if you do not repeat the phrase Lovely day, isn't it? at least...

On the Continent there is one topic which should be avoided-the weather; in England, if you do not repeat the phrase Lovely day, isn't it? at least...

On the Continent there is one topic which should be avoided-the weather; in England, if you do not repeat the phrase Lovely day, isn't it? at least...