to inNJRe: on second thoughts - to Claire

[Guest guest]

Hi :

How unaffected and spontaneous you are! I hadn't noticed that before.

I like it.

José

> Hi :

> >

> > I have known many British people in all my life. I started to

learn

> > English with them at the age of 7 or 8, and since then I have

never

> > lost contact with them for long periods. Do I believe in

> stereotypes?

> > Yes, partly they seem to be true, partly not.

> >

> > I think I know what you are talking about here: it is the famous

> > English (or should I say British?) way of understatement. They

are

> > never very emphatic. Actually, you may never know what they think

> > about you or anything else for that matter.

>

> , you hit the nail on the head with that one!! although

i

> do hate to generalize. but they seem to have a gift of being

> diplomatic, and always saying the right thing. which, in my

> understanding, is manners. something i think we sadly lack here!

>

> Maybe that is politeness,

> > but it doesn't mean that they are less judgemental than the rest

of

> > the world.

>

> that's right, !!

> >

> laura in nj