The English abroad:How the English find ways to adapt to foreign customs and cultures.
The English abroad:
How the English find ways to adapt to foreign customs and cultures:
Over the years the British and most especially the English, have found many different ways to fit into different cultures. In France us English have realised that if you shout loud enough at any person serving alcoholic drinks, or food, they will understand you and comply with your wishes.
To blend in with people of different nationalities, we have found devious and effective ways to combat our pale skins in such warm climes as Greece and Spain. The method is as follows- on the first day of any holiday anywhere, one must decline to use suntan cream and one must also sleep in the sun for at least four hours. While doing so, though you must also put a knotted handkerchief on your head to stop burning and possible dizziness which could make yourself too ill for the drinking in the evening. Of course, bald people seem to be immune to any of these effects - perhaps because of their tattoos?
How the English find ways to adapt to foreign customs and cultures:
Over the years the British and most especially the English, have found many different ways to fit into different cultures. In France us English have realised that if you shout loud enough at any person serving alcoholic drinks, or food, they will understand you and comply with your wishes.
To blend in with people of different nationalities, we have found devious and effective ways to combat our pale skins in such warm climes as Greece and Spain. The method is as follows- on the first day of any holiday anywhere, one must decline to use suntan cream and one must also sleep in the sun for at least four hours. While doing so, though you must also put a knotted handkerchief on your head to stop burning and possible dizziness which could make yourself too ill for the drinking in the evening. Of course, bald people seem to be immune to any of these effects - perhaps because of their tattoos?
