Language Peculiarities
Everybody knows
that it's really hard to understand foreign language, especially if it
concerns British people. We know that the British trait is politeness, but
sometimes it is not good, and we don't know how to understand some phrases,
moreover we cannot actually know that Britons really mean.
The Daily
Mail published an article about peculiarities of British English. The author of
the article said that a lot of British phrases are becoming an internet hit. It
began, when unknown person published a table on the Internet. This table was
posted on a lot of blogs; it was commented and confirmed by a lot of people.
The table includes three columns: "What British say", "What
British mean" and "What foreigners understand" and it really
helps different people to understand British.
For example, if
Britons invite you to come, it doesn't mean that they really want you to come.
And there are a lot of such examples in the table, which is situated below the
post.
In my opinion,
British politeness is just a myth, because the politeness includes not only
that you say but also that you think, and as for me it is really rude behavior.
For example if somebody will say you: "with the greatest respect
...", you should actually understand it like 'I think you are an
idiot'." it sounds rude, isn't it? Of course, this table will help a lot
of people to understand such people as Britons, but as for me I am disappointed
with them, because I really thought that their politeness is sincere.
Lena Kuznetsova