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reply to post by sandman441
This is somewhere I always meant to go but never got round to. Looks like a good place for traditional British food and it's pretty historic
davethebear
The best thing I can tell you to do is to either get yourself an Oyster Card, or a daily travel card during your stay in London...
Don't get ripped off like all the other tourists who pay £4.00, plus, just to go one stop on the tube...
Don't bother trying to make conversation with anybody on the tube, because nobody talks to anybody else on the underground. You could have a thousand people on the tube train, but the only noise you'll hear is the actual noise of the train going through the tunnels, people with schizophrenia talking to themselves, or young people throwing up after a long session in the pub...
And for goodness sake don't try and match drinking with an Englishman, pint for pint, because you are onto a loser straight away. The English do not have blood in their veins, they only have alcohol....
One other thing, if you are in central London, then don't sound like a dumb ass American by pronouncing Leicester Square, as Lye-sester. The real pronunciation for Leicester, is Les-ta....
And don't presume that because we are quite a small country that everybody knows everybody else who lives in the country....
And one other tip to take on-board so that people don't tell you to f**K off, is this: When talking to the English natives, do not talk/shout at them as if they were 200 meters away, if they are only standing 2 ft in front of you. This is a big mistake that a great deal of Americans make and then they tend to get ignored and told to f**k off...
And if you happen to be in a bar where the game we call football is being shown on a TV, then don't talk about it unless you actually know what you are talking about, otherwise things could get a bit hairy. And don't use the word soccer in conversation, pleeeeeeeeeeze....
I hope you enjoy yourself, have a great time, don't be loud and brash and think that you know it all, like most Americans do, and you'll be fine....
I am sure that by the time you return home your plates of meat will be giving you gip (Translation....Plates of meat=feet, gip=pain or discomfort)
Enjoy yourself.........edit on 6-11-2013 by davethebear because: additional infoedit on 6-11-2013 by davethebear because: (no reason given)