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The Brits Before I came to England for studying, the British people left me with an impression of polite, urbane, yet a bit of hypocritical people. Now I've been studying here for two years, and with my daily observations and the media content I consumed, I found some intriguing differences. The Brits are, at least in where I live, generally very polite. Unlike Hong Kong, where people would never thank bus drivers for their service, saying 'cheers' before you get off seems to be a basic courtesy, or a sort of ritual. When someone bumps into them, the Brits' knee-jerk reaction is to say sorry, even obviously you have nothing to be sorry for. This might sound surreal, but what is even more so is that this is contagious. If you spend two weeks here, the magic word pops out of your mouth before you know it. They might be civilised when they are sober, but not too polite after a couple pints of lager and bitter, or when you are not supporting their favourite football team. People having no interest in football or clubbing like me could have a big trouble building up a strong bond with the British men. I quite like the Brits because they always express their opinion in a subtle way (or perhaps it's just how they speak when you're not their acquaintances). This is my hope that I'll one day be able to translate everything in my mind to English smoothly, and will be able to discuss issues with them in depth. (It'd be great if you can let me know when the sentences don't look natural/native enough, even if it might be grammatically correct. Thank you!)

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The Brits

Before I came to England to study, I had the impression that  British people* left me with an  were  polite, urbane, although a bit of hypocritical people. Now I've been studying here (in Britain) for two years, and I have found some intriguing differences between my initial impression and my daily observations, along with the media content that I have consumed.

The Brits are, at least in where I live, generally very polite. Unlike in Hong Kong, where people would never thank bus drivers for their service, saying 'cheers' before you get off seems to be a basic courtesy, or a sort of ritual. When someone bumps into them, the Brits' knee-jerk reaction is to say sorry, even when they obviously you have nothing to be sorry for. This might sound surreal, but what's more, it is even  contagious! If you spend two weeks here, the magic word will start popping out of your mouth before you know it.

They might be civilised when they are sober, but they are not too polite after a couple pints of lager and a bitter, or when you do not are not supporting their favourite football team. People who have having no interest in football or in clubbing like me might find it quite difficult to could have a big trouble building up a strong bond with the British men. I quite like the Brits because they always express their opinion in a subtle way (or perhaps it's just how they speak when you're not yet acquainted with them  their acquaintances). It is my hope that I'll one day be able to translate everything in my mind into English smoothly, and that I will be able to discuss issues with them in-depth.

(It'd be great if you can let me know when the sentences don't look natural/native enough, even if it might be grammatically correct.

Thank you!)


*Either 'British people' or 'the British', no variation. 

Your English is very good, extremely idiomatic and clear. 

I would suggest that you pay attention to the differences between spoken English and (formal) written English. For example in writing we tend to repeat the subject, we do not omit 'that', we try not to use contractions etc. 

Well done. 

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