ToeJam
October 31, 2009, 4:31am
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Have you read the Harry Potter series? Just don’t act like a Muggle and you’ll fit in just fine.
Study Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Mary Poppins. Classic…
Don’t forget to throw in a casual mention of your butler using the wrong tonic water with your Bombay Sapphire, too.
Oh, and feel free to start threads like “From whence can I obtain a supplementary bowler hat?” and “Knotted hankerchiefs: Which is this season’s pattern/colour?”
DMark
October 31, 2009, 7:51am
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Pip, pip - tally ho!
Excuse me, I have to go spend a penny.
Alessan
October 31, 2009, 7:56am
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Use the word “brilliant” a lot.
Jragon
October 31, 2009, 8:01am
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How to be British
Of particular application is this section:
Step 2. Mastering the language
As you should know from the depiction of British people in American films and television, all British people speak Cockney rhyming slang at all times. This has gradually developed from idle inanity to full-blown language, and may seem slightly intimidating to the newly-arrived traveller. To help you get by, here are some all-purpose phrases:
“Please direct me to the station”
“I would like to order the chicken chausseur”
“Good evening, officer, do you have the time?”
“The government is doing a fine job.”
chowder
October 31, 2009, 8:07am
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‘ere, watch it cock or I’ll fetch you a bunch o’ fives across yer napper.
Innit?
I’m trying to impersonate (as a joke not serious Identity theft or anything) as a British person on an another internet forum. I’m pretending to be English, a Conservative, a middle-aged barrister from Bath, England. So what should I do to make it convincing?
So basically, you would like us to help you lie about your background on another message board, right?
