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By: The Anglo Files: A Field Guide to the British — Hail Britannia

The Anglo Files: A Field Guide to the British — Hail Britannia — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:15:46 +0000

[...] There were chapters in this book that made it worth the price of admission, such as one about Brits and their attitudes toward sex, and another at the end of the book, an analysis of the British stiff upper lip and if it’s going soft (to wit: the mass outpouring of emotion after Princess Diana’s death). I also loved the chapter about the reform of the House of Lords. If you’re fascinated with the British class system and how it works, then there’s a lot in this book that’ll scratch your itch. There’s even a discussion of why Brits love to use the C word. [...]

By: Up for a curry today? — Hail Britannia

Up for a curry today? — Hail Britannia — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:40:33 +0000

[...] In the mid 1990s, I worked with a British art director who, when she found out I was an Indian food addict, would pop her head into my office a couple times a week and ask, “Up for a curry today?” After the first few times she did this, I inquired about her sentence construction; she explained to me that in England, you don’t say, “Let’s go out for Indian food.” It’s “Let’s go out for a curry.” (There’s that indefinite article again.) [...]

By: The Renegade Writer Blog » Blog Archive » Hilarious send-up of Giles Coren controversy

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 01:30:26 +0000

[...] blogged about this earlier tonight on Hail Britannia, but since it’s writing-related, I figured it belonged here, [...]