I've met the British seem to be a bit "shy". They shy, actually speak because these people do things always seem ambiguous, sometimes even too cautious, giving the illusion of a very introverted, poor communication. I slowly understood, the original English nature within, or bad words, just their words and deeds without a failure to comply with the United Kingdom society for thousands of years to form a unique and complex set of social rules, and in the US, the "alien", which is difficult to understand. In other words, to in-depth contact and the British, first of all, will have to adapt them to a strange set of talking and behavior, and also in accordance with this set of unwritten "hidden rules" to talk and think.
As read "people taught version" English textbooks grew up of generation, we from small on was teacher inform, dang you listen to does not understand from foreigners mouth in out to of series English word of when, should on each other said "Pardon?", this in we seems is most simple however of English common sense, however, in reality in the, dang I find it difficult to cope with chat in the that series fudge of English, and, it's very small say "fear," Shi, blonde green eye of United Kingdom small gang Ben immediately sarcasm I talk "is be affectionately unconventional". I consciously wrong: even the English have failed to understand, which also have time be affectionately unconventional?
Under ask, know nothing more. "Pardon" this word, although in accordance with the literal explained has "I no listen to Qing, please you say a again" of meaning, but "Pardon" of intent is is means ancient monarch, and Bishop, upper class on prisoners of "forgiveness" and "forgive", therefore, dang a people said "Pardon" of when, he on seems in scholarship to said: "Please will forgive me, in Xia has not listen to Qing. "It seems that this argument does have" be affectionately unconventional "smacks of, but more important is that this expression to reflect the social status of the speaker. "Pardon" such English, usually occurs in the United Kingdom the lower class in conversation. United Kingdom of the middle class and upper class tend to be more straightforward to use "Sorry" and "What" to express the same meaning.
This is a very interesting phenomenon, if you look carefully, you will find not only that the British "Pardon" the word was inappropriate, and as such, when you want to pipe the restaurant waiter "napkin", it can only be used "napkin" rather than "serviette" the posturing of the French word, otherwise will be treated as lower class. Extension, this truth also appears in other aspects of British life, for example middle class, the room was clean and tidy, but never make the House jewels, they think it is a matter of the underlying class; upper deck of the affluent middle class, never taboo explicit talk of money, only those lower labour of low birth, before the money will haggle sth All of these strange British "hidden rules" were summed up by Kate Fox, a sociologist at the University of Oxford: a British "hypocrisy". However, this "hypocrisy" behind, was implicated with unique patterns of thinking, the British national idea and behavior of a "grammar".
In the book of the hidden rules of English words and actions, lots of social investigation by Kate Fox, all difficult to be understood in the English summary of social rules of the collation and, in her view, the so-called "United Kingdom" is mainly reflected in the British "social stick syndrome." For example, when people speak with words is always so moderation, always to laugh at yourself for humor, and that with the hypocritical nature of polite and so on. The seemingly "stick", is reflected on the face of the British pursuit of the golden mean and humble, care of national character in all things, yet the national character, always focus on the evolution of a subject for thousands of years, that is the British, especially United Kingdom middle class how to understand the class of properties.
Strange to say, the British understanding of class and people often use "broken down by income" are not the same. United States scholar Mills published in 1951 book the white collar-United States of the middle class had proposed, due to mechanization and improvement of agricultural productivity in modern society, small producers in cities and towns gradually give way to large industrial companies, making "old middle class" is replaced by a new middle class. Mills said the middle class, more like describing the life stress, income money white elite. However, the British did not think so, what they're asking themselves as belonging to class when the problem, it is not "materialism", but completely "idealism". In short, that is, as long as a person maintain a middle class lifestyle, whether high or low amount of his income, status, can be counted as "middle" of the column. "My middle, middle-to", I think, hole Saint born in Britain in the event, will be able to say these words to.
This kind of "everyone can be produced in" viewpoint of class, then an Englishman would not have to care about his income and work, on the contrary, maintained an upper-middle-class social etiquette, has become a display of his identity "window dressing". But the English also believes that this pile of "window dressing" cannot operate too calculated, that makes people feel this is the lower class of the underlying class in Aping a Beauty, putting on. If one of the accounts as such, that for one authentic United Kingdom guy is larger than the tuoguang parade or shame. Therefore, people in daily life, is this a cumbersome set of "hidden rules" respect will be to, at a time when practicing, dare, the pool of Thunder and a half step, lest others seize the handle, streams to gossip to talk about. Ridiculed the year it is no wonder that George Bernard Shaw said, you do not find a British did something wrong, because "he no matter what we do is based on the principle of".
Now I finally understand their United Kingdom guys eyes are what a no taste at all of "puluolietaliya". I usually always to own of room Pack was clean, quilt also stack was being, but United Kingdom of roommate see has, is think this was is underlying people deliberately wanted to proved own belonging to middle class of results; Dang I wearing sportswear slow run of when, chest Qian that striking of "Nike" flag also will was middle class depending on for large bogey, correct of wear clothing method is does not wear has obvious trademark of clothes; and Dang I tried to help friends cleanup car messy of seat Shi, was has a rejected, causes is middle class of car within need a "deliberately" of messy; last, I was this a abominable of rules engaged was patience, said has sound I to home (home), desires left, but nightmare immediately appeared has, because was told I, has grade of middle class only will to "House" or "property" to means said "home", and "home" clearly is lower class of a vocabulary sth sth
But sometimes I doubt that such a strong to almost "Metamorphosis" concept of class society, what exactly is the value of. Kate Fox in the book to defend the British concept of class: "United Kingdom social system based on class or origin, and the United States ' elite rule ' main difference of sth Under the former system, the rich and has the right to one will have a greater sense of social responsibility. "This set of" United Kingdom characteristics "middle-class community of potential rules will inevitably produce United Kingdom elite sense of social responsibility, keep but do not discuss it in this article, but at least, so scrupulously and respectfully upon the rules of society can make people no doubt have a deep-rooted concept, that is, a person's social class position does not depend on his income, but by his speech, manners, behavior decisions.
Just as Kate Fox said: in one language, with the behavior of the middle class working people, even if down, facing unemployment, but he is a middle class of the letter, on the contrary, one spoke vulgar, without tasting, a bull in a China shop, even if he's rolling in, he was a lower class. Now back to the country I witnessed all around, go back to read her words, not only didn't think British hypocrisy, but felt their sincerity.
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