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(, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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So not actually forrin,
just a denizen of the lower orders of this Sceptred Isle? Boy, stoke my pipe and have it ready for me on the verandah in five minutes.

Abe, as a foreign dignitary, just do everything I do and you'll fit in just fine. If you can practice responding to everything I say with "Well, quite," and "Oh, absolutely," in an accent worthy of Rex Harrison then nobody will notice the difference.
(, Mon 19 Jul 2010, 12:55, 3 replies, latest was 16 years ago)
I've got very good at saying
"Well, well, well" and "Oh, I see" Will that suffice?
(, Mon 19 Jul 2010, 12:58, Reply)
Useful point of etiquette
The correct response to "how do you do" is "how do you do". Nothing else is acceptable in polite circles.

Yet another way we sneaky Brits aim to out forrins.

/debretts
(, Mon 19 Jul 2010, 12:59, Reply)
Or, if you're being flirtatious:
"How do you do?"
(, Mon 19 Jul 2010, 12:59, Reply)
Followed by a salacious twirl of the handlebar, of course ...

(, Mon 19 Jul 2010, 13:07, Reply)
Yes,
And the only right answer to "Thank you" is "No, thank you"
(, Mon 19 Jul 2010, 13:03, Reply)
get it right up ye
ya soft peace ;) o' southern shite
(, Mon 19 Jul 2010, 13:01, Reply)
Yes, but is my pipe ready?
I shall have the quartermaster flog you if you continue to bandy about derogatory remarks in that native dialect of yours!
(, Mon 19 Jul 2010, 13:05, Reply)
Nah
But ma boabie is ya bent shot
(, Mon 19 Jul 2010, 13:10, Reply)

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