Klappentext With standardising our food, our social customs and even our language, where can the overseas visitor find a truly British experience? The answer lies in "The How To Be British Collection". Zusammenfassung With standardising our food! our social customs and even our language! where can the overseas visitor find a truly British experience? The answer lies in "The How To Be British Collection".

Autorentext

Martyn Ford, writer and illustrator, comes from Sutton Coldfield in the West Midlands. Peter Legon, writer and publisher, was brought up in Liverpool and Leeds. In the 1990s they were colleagues at the same Brighton language school, where they first got the idea for Lee Gone Publications. The "How To Be British Collection" (2003) and "How To Be British Collection" Two (2005) have together sold over 190,000 copies. In 2009 they published their fourth book, "Mrs Joyce Hoover's How Do You Do".

Inhalt
1;1 True Brit;3 2;2 Arrival;4 3;3 The Telephone Box;5 4;4 Dress Sense;6 5;5 Tea;7 6;6 Complaining;8 7;7 Politeness;9 8;8 Speak Slowly;10 9;9 Pronunciation;11 10;10 Top Tongue;12 11;11 Sense of Humour;13 12;12 Body Idioms;14 13;13 Terms of Endearment;15 14;14 Learning by Doing;16 15;15 Pubs;17 16;16 Meeting and Greeting;18 17;17 Test Your English;19 18;18 Real English;20 19;19 The Bathroom;21 20;20 Beds;22 21;21 Pets;23 22;22 Heavenly Hosts;24 23;23 Enjoy Your Meal!;25 24;24 Fish and Chips;26 25;25 The Mighty Spud;27 26;26 Asking the Way;28 27;27 Driving;29 28;28 Mind the Gap;30 29;29 Ye Olde Britain;31 30;30 Queuing;32 31;31 Shopping;33 32;32 Departure;34