Cask ales should be served at "cellar temperature" not "room temperature", therefore around 54 Fahrenheit so you can taste it. You wouldn't want your house temperature set at 54 F. Most American beers are ice cold so you can't taste how bad they are!
The main thing to remember is that the weather changes very quickly without much warning and can be very different only a few miles away. I laughed when he said about "a light constant drizzle"- I'm in England today and it's poured down heavily for most of the day and came down in torrents yesterday, I don't call that kind of rain "a light drizzle"!
People think we like queuing, actually we don't, but we hate bad manners more 😊 Regarding beer and ale, they are the same thing. For the cold stuff, like Budweisser, it is called lager or lager beer. So if you ask for a beer you will get hand pulled or bottled ale offered, and they shouldn't be served at room temperature, it should be cooler, at cellar temperature, not icy cold but definitely not warm. That is a mocking term used by people who are used to 'frozen' beer. You can usually have a sample of a pulled drink before you buy, so no risk involved The old country lanes/carriage tracks, that have tarmacadam on them, (blacktop I think you call it), are narrower, but the motorways are wider. Undertaking is illegal, so you don't have to be looking all ways for passing traffic. Should you prefer not to drive, trains/National Express coaches & local buses will get you to most places. If you want to go to say Bath, you can get there in a couple of hours from London, no hassle about where to park, and you will be in the city centre. Also, you can enjoy the scenery en route by public transport, so think carefully about whether hiring a car is actually advantageous for your trips. The railcard, as suggested is almost certainly the best option for most journeys. It rains a lot more in the north of England, it is lovely up there, great people, but be warned it is more of a risk. The museums in London, and most other places, are free. Pret a Manger, (a UK cafe/take out chain, despite the French name), is a good option when sightseeing. They are literally everywhere in London, and many places around the country. They have organic food made fresh everyday, nothing is put out next day. Anything fresh not sold is given to worthy causes each evening. Apart from the usual coffee shop offerings, they have soups & salads, etc., and the prices are reasonable for the quality. I definitely recommend 👍 Remember this too, the police are friendly and helpful 😃 Now you are fit to book your ticket to the UK, we look forward to seeing you soon 🙋♀️🇬🇧🤗
I live in the UK (born & bred) and visited London around 1972 (once was enough) there's a lot more to the UK (not to be confused with England) than just the capital.
Lucky you... My daughter and I need to visit London several times each month as I am under the medical care of three London hospitals (diabetic eye care... Warfarin levels... kidney care!!) Not that I get to see much of London itself...but my daughter could steer you to the HMS Belfast as she pushes me I my fixed axle wheelchair to visit places in between appointments!! Lol... living the high life? Not exactly but, it's interesting!!😅
Welcome anytime fella. Transatlantic flights are at their cheapest this time of year. And you don’t have to have London as your destination airport either,land anywhere and you’ll be close to connecting domestic public transport. Why not DM Walter? He’s such a regular UK visitor,he’ll know pretty much everything. Research and planning is everything. Been to the US and loved it,once to NY and once to Memphis (that was a musical ambition) and the people “down south” were lovely and made me very welcome. Not so much NY but that’s your equivalent of London,everyone rushing at such a speed,they even talk fast. Make plans to put a bit away each month for at least a 3 week trip but plan your itinerary,and talk to us as well!
the best thing to do before travelling to any country, is to look online at what is free. most tourist who come to London will fall into going to tourist attractions that cost a fair amount to enter. when they could go to the Imperial War Museum, Natural History Museum or the Victoria and Albert Museum for free. then you have things like Hyde Park and memorials and statues that you can go see. a day wandering around the shops, Harrods and Hamley's (the worlds best toy shop). so you can spend a week visiting London and only pay for food and accommodation and maybe bus fares.
As someone who has lived in London in the past, there is more than one London, there are places geared for tourists and are very expensive, but even in tourist areas if you're a local you know where to go, we used to go for meals in the West End which is generally very expensive, however we went through a nondescript door in Soho upstairs to one of the best Chinese restaurants in the whole city, extremely great value for money and fantastic food
We also have ice cold beers such as Stella, bud, carling, fosters and many others.. I'm a cider girl myself, we have some fantastic ciders.. Don't worry when you visit the UK you'll be spoilt for choice 🍺🍻🥂🤔😘🇬🇧
Ale: Firstly it is NOT sold at room temperature it is sold at CELLAR temperature and tastes fantastic, much better than lager beers especially American lager beers which are disgusting.
Hey Neal, you are in my home city today! Chester is where I live, beautiful City, It was a Roman Fortress called Diva Vitrix! Definitely worth a visit. You will be very welcome 😊👍
the north east of England (especially Northumberland where i live) is absolutely terrible for tourists. the 50 miles of golden beaches, fantastic countryside, amazing history, friendly people etc, ... is definitely not what id recommend for tourists! (chuckle)
Born and bred Londoner ,but please remember there is so much more to see . I've travelled a lot of the country now live in Scotland. 79 now and still haven't seen everything
I’m 70 and lived and worked all over Europe including Russia but only been to a few places in my home country. That’s now been rectified because of living in Cornwall now and becoming a National Trust member. My jaw regularly hits the floor when I see some of our stunning beauty,natural AND man made.
@@user-lo7es6gw1x Yes, Yanks don't usually drink as much as Brits anyway, but then, they also don't realise our pints are larger than a US pint... They often struggle to keep up... 🤣🤣🤣
Neal... One of the first mistakes people make is calling the presenter 'Walter' - HIS name is MARK and his SURNAME is 'Wolter' (as in 'Wolters World')... Just saying!
Shops outside of London (Birmingham and further north) are much more cheaper. Train journeys off peak hours are cheaper. You can find cheap train journeys online, book ahead. Our museums and most galleries are free. Many Cathedrals are free, York Minster charges. Liverpool is a great place to stay, we are in close range of many places, like the Peak District and the Lake District, we have a great train service to many places. I have done many day trips all over from Liverpool, London only cost me about £35 - £45. I have been all over North Wales and Chester is our other city. Manchester is too close. I have been to York and Whitby (love it) plus Scarborough and Bridlington. All day trips by either coach or, train. The North is very friendly, we get some bad press from the south, take no notice. In a pub go to the bar and wait for your order before finding a table, it is faster. You get more of the flavour of the ale when it is room temperature.
@@weirdscix I know, I work with Zulu time at work. If Americans used the 24hr clock it would be to EST time. The US military use Zulu as well, as do major airlines.
I don''t drink myself but if you do you might like to try pubs which say they sell "Real Ale"CAMRA, or craft beer where you will have a choice and may be able to buy one which is made in the area or even on the premises in a micro brewery. If hiring a car I would advise you to spend a day or two just walking around before you hire one, this way you will get used to the traffic direction. Hire one from a small town or the edge of a city where you won't suddenly be driving in busy traffic. Trains are very expensive, coaches, (buses) are much cheaper and you will see more of the towns and cities they pass through than on a train. The bus will be slower than the train but far better value for money. Saying trains are "a little pricey" is a polite understatement, some are extremely expensive and not always reliable. We used to have British Rail which ran all the railways, but Thatcher wrecked that and sold it off to different companies. Since then it has been a nightmare. The current Government says it aims to re-nationalise the railways, let's hope they do it.
There is lots of old buildings everywhere, we are an old country Neal. My doctors office is in a 15th century building. Stay local when you come over and enjoy the culture that we have.
Ale such a Bitter and Mild are served slightly chilled whilst Larger such as Stella, Carlsberg are served ice cold. Plus you can getting bottles of Larger from Pubs/Bars, such as Budweiser witch is kept in an ice cold fridge behind the bar.
If you think about time. Everything past the hour is "past" the hour, 7:10 is 10 past 7, everything past the half hour is "to" the next hour, 7:40 is 20 to 8. So on the half hour you are either half past the current hour or half to the next hour, in the UK it's considered past the current hour, 7:30 is half past 7, or half seven. Often in response you'll get 20 past as the answer, or 10 to as another, because it's assumed you know the hour.
Just to give you an idea of English weather, today in London, it was really cold this morning, but brightened up as the day went on and got tolerably warm by 2pm. At 4pm, there was very heavy rain for an hour and a half, after which the sun came out again. That's what it's like here. Changeable. Very rarely can you rely on it staying dry and sunny all day.
Regarding the football thing - the love/hate thing isn't exclusive to England. It's like that in almost every country where football is the national sport and there are high expectations for the team. You go to Italy, it's the same. You go to France, it's the same. Go to Spain, same. (Almost) Everybody who loves football calls out their team or players when things are not going well.
Why would anyone think that "seven thirty" meant "half past six" or " eight thirty" !!?? 9.28. We don't have 50 cent pieces in the UK. We have 50 PENCE pieces. Don't forget our Sunday trading laws. Shops are open from 10am to 4pm only.
Shops open longer than that on Sundays. It is about the size of the building which is why Tesco etc opened their small shops so they can trade longer on a Sunday.
Neal the ales vs your normal cold beers, ales are pulled from barrels, they are de gassed, then then pulled up, hand granked to your glass, the reason it warmer than the cold beers, it not room temperature, but kept in the cellar, like all the beers, but its not refrigerated, the reason is, once the barrel is open, its at its best, over a few week period its taste gets less, also, if the ale temp drops to low, you loose the flavour through refrigeration, there are hundreds to try, but dont worry, they will give you a small taste of them to see if you like them or which one you think is best, you wont buy blind
I remember staying in a place called "The White House" (yea it's a common name) and it was so old the floors weren't even level and under the doors you could stick you're fingers through. The walls weren't square and I doubt there was a straight line in the place. But it had stood for centuries, solid as a rock with walks so thick you could sit next to windows in a hole.
@@cazziefores2183 I like the warmer, drier weather, the lower cost of houses, at least where I live, the lower cost of living and the lower price of wine when compared with England! I am a countryman, aged 76, so the quiet rural life suits me. It would not suit everyone. I got talking to two English brothers in a bar once, one lived here, the other lived in Surrey just to the south-east of London. He would have moved here in a heartbeat but his wife thinks it's "dead" here! I also had the advantage of being able to speak French before I moved here; grammar school boy! If you can't speak the language you may feel very isolated? Yes there are classes which you can attend but I've never known a retired person learn to speak the language if they had never studied it at school. Finally, my part of France is losing population rapidly, which means that businesses and services are diminishing. E.g, in the nine years I have lived here the local towns and villages have lost at least four bars/cafés, as well as a garage, a jewellers, a convenience store, a computer shop, and a bakery.
What the hell was that word salad all about half seven (7.30). Half 8 = 8 30, and half 9 is 9.30, and so on. How simple do Americans need it to be. If you say quarter past that is 7.15 or 8.15 etc. If you say quarter to 8 that = 7.45 etc. ot quarter to 9 = 8.45. It is not hard ffs.
Another Londoner here, been around the southern states in America & I can say, hand on heart, your beer is 💩, why would you drink that stuff, you have some amazing scenery too but it’s a shame no one but the owner is allowed to enjoy most of it, I saw a beautiful waterfall in North Carolina & was seen off really aggressively when I went to get closer, I’d never heard of anyone being like that, what did the owner think I was going to do, steal it? Maybe the local beer was affecting his brain, I love going to America but it’s just a shame that so many people have the “it’s mine so don’t go near it” mentality
I was imaginging what I'd say if someone pushed into a queue and I think it might shock some of our American cousins. Naturally I would go and apologise afterwards, losing my own place in the queue.
Ale (the original beer!) is NOT room temperature! It is cellar temperature which should be considerably cooler than 'room' temp. Ales are darker, heavier and tastier than lagers usually, there is no hard and fast rule and some are better than others. Try several different kinds as you travel around the UK, there are usually some that are local to where you are or others that a very specific to a region but are distributed more widely. Either the barman or the locals will be happy to voice their opinions on these matters usually.
The rail passses can be good value but do your homework. The main pass you can get is a 7 day pass with in 1 month. So that any 7 non consecutive days within a 1 month period. So if only going to 3-4 places it wouldnt be worth it butif here for a couple of weeks it may be. They are good value if you are not doing return trips from one central point and back again each time as one way joursneys can be expensive by comparison
Tourists can buy Britpass rail card online before they arrive in the UK - they give unlimited rail travel throughout the UK - a 2 day pass costs around £100, and they go up in length of time up to around £500 for a month. Britpass holders can also get discounts on entry to attractions and even accommodation .
we dont always say half seven. that comes from 'half past seven' which was how we say it more often - or used to say before life speeded up for many people and even speech got shortened.
An aphthong _(or plural aphthongs)_ is the word for a 'silent' letter OR letters in a word... I.e. in the word KNIGHT - the K is an aphthong, as are the letters GH - because all three are 'silent'.
It does not rain all the time. We actually have more dry day's than wet. However usually somewhere in the UK it may rain but that rain will be mostly isolated.
neal, the Que, yeah its a culture, but they gone down fast, because as a brit, you just want to be served and go, we dont have all that chit chat, like americans, the over talking sales person, for the tip and all that
Cask ales should be served at "cellar temperature" not "room temperature", therefore around 54 Fahrenheit so you can taste it. You wouldn't want your house temperature set at 54 F. Most American beers are ice cold so you can't taste how bad they are!
The main thing to remember is that the weather changes very quickly without much warning and can be very different only a few miles away. I laughed when he said about "a light constant drizzle"- I'm in England today and it's poured down heavily for most of the day and came down in torrents yesterday, I don't call that kind of rain "a light drizzle"!
Queuing……… it’s orderly and reflects our sense of fairness.
Push into the queue and I’m piping up!
People think we like queuing, actually we don't, but we hate bad manners more 😊
Regarding beer and ale, they are the same thing. For the cold stuff, like Budweisser, it is called lager or lager beer. So if you ask for a beer you will get hand pulled or bottled ale offered, and they shouldn't be served at room temperature, it should be cooler, at cellar temperature, not icy cold but definitely not warm. That is a mocking term used by people who are used to 'frozen' beer. You can usually have a sample of a pulled drink before you buy, so no risk involved
The old country lanes/carriage tracks, that have tarmacadam on them, (blacktop I think you call it), are narrower, but the motorways are wider. Undertaking is illegal, so you don't have to be looking all ways for passing traffic. Should you prefer not to drive, trains/National Express coaches & local buses will get you to most places. If you want to go to say Bath, you can get there in a couple of hours from London, no hassle about where to park, and you will be in the city centre.
Also, you can enjoy the scenery en route by public transport, so think carefully about whether hiring a car is actually advantageous for your trips. The railcard, as suggested is almost certainly the best option for most journeys.
It rains a lot more in the north of England, it is lovely up there, great people, but be warned it is more of a risk.
The museums in London, and most other places, are free.
Pret a Manger, (a UK cafe/take out chain, despite the French name), is a good option when sightseeing. They are literally everywhere in London, and many places around the country. They have organic food made fresh everyday, nothing is put out next day. Anything fresh not sold is given to worthy causes each evening. Apart from the usual coffee shop offerings, they have soups & salads, etc., and the prices are reasonable for the quality. I definitely recommend 👍
Remember this too, the police are friendly and helpful 😃
Now you are fit to book your ticket to the UK, we look forward to seeing you soon 🙋♀️🇬🇧🤗
I live in the UK (born & bred) and visited London around 1972 (once was enough) there's a lot more to the UK (not to be confused with England) than just the capital.
Lucky you...
My daughter and I need to visit London several times each month as I am under the medical care of three London hospitals (diabetic eye care... Warfarin levels... kidney care!!)
Not that I get to see much of London itself...but my daughter could steer you to the HMS Belfast as she pushes me I my fixed axle wheelchair to visit places in between appointments!! Lol... living the high life? Not exactly but, it's interesting!!😅
The mistake americans make is they mostly stay in central london, and eat out in the central london at some expensive restaurants
No tipping here either. It's your choice to tip not a requirement.
A pint of Bitter is heaven, only equald by a pint of draught Guinness
Kiddies' drinks. You should try Mild, Ale, and Braggot.
Welcome anytime fella.
Transatlantic flights are at their cheapest this time of year.
And you don’t have to have London as your destination airport either,land anywhere and you’ll be close to connecting domestic public transport.
Why not DM Walter?
He’s such a regular UK visitor,he’ll know pretty much everything.
Research and planning is everything.
Been to the US and loved it,once to NY and once to Memphis (that was a musical ambition) and the people “down south” were lovely and made me very welcome.
Not so much NY but that’s your equivalent of London,everyone rushing at such a speed,they even talk fast.
Make plans to put a bit away each month for at least a 3 week trip but plan your itinerary,and talk to us as well!
the best thing to do before travelling to any country, is to look online at what is free. most tourist who come to London will fall into going to tourist attractions that cost a fair amount to enter. when they could go to the Imperial War Museum, Natural History Museum or the Victoria and Albert Museum for free. then you have things like Hyde Park and memorials and statues that you can go see. a day wandering around the shops, Harrods and Hamley's (the worlds best toy shop). so you can spend a week visiting London and only pay for food and accommodation and maybe bus fares.
As someone who has lived in London in the past, there is more than one London, there are places geared for tourists and are very expensive, but even in tourist areas if you're a local you know where to go, we used to go for meals in the West End which is generally very expensive, however we went through a nondescript door in Soho upstairs to one of the best Chinese restaurants in the whole city, extremely great value for money and fantastic food
We also have ice cold beers such as Stella, bud, carling, fosters and many others.. I'm a cider girl myself, we have some fantastic ciders.. Don't worry when you visit the UK you'll be spoilt for choice 🍺🍻🥂🤔😘🇬🇧
Ale: Firstly it is NOT sold at room temperature it is sold at CELLAR temperature and tastes fantastic, much better than lager beers especially American lager beers which are disgusting.
Hey Neal, you are in my home city today! Chester is where I live, beautiful City, It was a Roman Fortress called Diva Vitrix! Definitely worth a visit. You will be very welcome 😊👍
the north east of England (especially Northumberland where i live) is absolutely terrible for tourists. the 50 miles of golden beaches, fantastic countryside, amazing history, friendly people etc, ... is definitely not what id recommend for tourists! (chuckle)
I have lots of fond memories of visiting Druridge Bay as a kid :)
Note the humour here, this is northern humour at its best!
Born and bred Londoner ,but please remember there is so much more to see . I've travelled a lot of the country now live in Scotland. 79 now and still haven't seen everything
I’m 70 and lived and worked all over Europe including Russia but only been to a few places in my home country.
That’s now been rectified because of living in Cornwall now and becoming a National Trust member.
My jaw regularly hits the floor when I see some of our stunning beauty,natural AND man made.
UK Beers tend to be stronger than US Beers like Budwiser
And bigger.
@@user-lo7es6gw1x
Yes, Yanks don't usually drink as much as Brits anyway, but then, they also don't realise our pints are larger than a US pint... They often struggle to keep up... 🤣🤣🤣
Neal... One of the first mistakes people make is calling the presenter 'Walter' - HIS name is MARK and his SURNAME is 'Wolter' (as in 'Wolters World')... Just saying!
And the second mistake is not realising that he gets so much wrong. Try Rick Steves, very professional.
Shops outside of London (Birmingham and further north) are much more cheaper. Train journeys off peak hours are cheaper. You can find cheap train journeys online, book ahead. Our museums and most galleries are free. Many Cathedrals are free, York Minster charges. Liverpool is a great place to stay, we are in close range of many places, like the Peak District and the Lake District, we have a great train service to many places. I have done many day trips all over from Liverpool, London only cost me about £35 - £45. I have been all over North Wales and Chester is our other city. Manchester is too close. I have been to York and Whitby (love it) plus Scarborough and Bridlington. All day trips by either coach or, train. The North is very friendly, we get some bad press from the south, take no notice. In a pub go to the bar and wait for your order before finding a table, it is faster. You get more of the flavour of the ale when it is room temperature.
Please remember also in uk we use 24 hr clock / military time , on our clock
It isn't military time. If it was, I should still be working as military time doesn't do daylight saving, and it is currently 16:49 😁
@@debbee0867 if they are American then military time is pretty accurate, although not here in the UK, as we use Zulu time in the military.
@@weirdscix I know, I work with Zulu time at work. If Americans used the 24hr clock it would be to EST time. The US military use Zulu as well, as do major airlines.
You will need a britcard from network rail
Make sure you know the difference between Stratford upon Avon and Stratford upon Thames.
I don''t drink myself but if you do you might like to try pubs which say they sell "Real Ale"CAMRA, or craft beer where you will have a choice and may be able to buy one which is made in the area or even on the premises in a micro brewery.
If hiring a car I would advise you to spend a day or two just walking around before you hire one, this way you will get used to the traffic direction. Hire one from a small town or the edge of a city where you won't suddenly be driving in busy traffic. Trains are very expensive, coaches, (buses) are much cheaper and you will see more of the towns and cities they pass through than on a train. The bus will be slower than the train but far better value for money. Saying trains are "a little pricey" is a polite understatement, some are extremely expensive and not always reliable. We used to have British Rail which ran all the railways, but Thatcher wrecked that and sold it off to different companies. Since then it has been a nightmare. The current Government says it aims to re-nationalise the railways, let's hope they do it.
If you say seven it means seven. time is something Americans seem to struggle with. Analog clock, no chance.
There is lots of old buildings everywhere, we are an old country Neal. My doctors office is in a 15th century building. Stay local when you come over and enjoy the culture that we have.
its not room temperature ale. its cellar temperature! (so almost cold)
It's cool ;)
Real ale is great at room temp.
Ale such a Bitter and Mild are served slightly chilled whilst Larger such as Stella, Carlsberg are served ice cold. Plus you can getting bottles of Larger from Pubs/Bars, such as Budweiser witch is kept in an ice cold fridge behind the bar.
If you think about time. Everything past the hour is "past" the hour, 7:10 is 10 past 7, everything past the half hour is "to" the next hour, 7:40 is 20 to 8.
So on the half hour you are either half past the current hour or half to the next hour, in the UK it's considered past the current hour, 7:30 is half past 7, or half seven.
Often in response you'll get 20 past as the answer, or 10 to as another, because it's assumed you know the hour.
Sour wine is called Vinegar.
Sour beer is called Alegar.
True.
One thing that will REALLY annoy people is if you keep adding "England" after the name of every town.
Makes you sound like someone from New York, New York, America.
Just to give you an idea of English weather, today in London, it was really cold this morning, but brightened up as the day went on and got tolerably warm by 2pm. At 4pm, there was very heavy rain for an hour and a half, after which the sun came out again. That's what it's like here. Changeable. Very rarely can you rely on it staying dry and sunny all day.
Regarding the football thing - the love/hate thing isn't exclusive to England. It's like that in almost every country where football is the national sport and there are high expectations for the team. You go to Italy, it's the same. You go to France, it's the same. Go to Spain, same. (Almost) Everybody who loves football calls out their team or players when things are not going well.
Why would anyone think that "seven thirty" meant "half past six" or " eight thirty" !!??
9.28. We don't have 50 cent pieces in the UK. We have 50 PENCE pieces.
Don't forget our Sunday trading laws. Shops are open from 10am to 4pm only.
I'm confused too. How anybody could get 8:30 out of half 7 baffled me. Do wish the penny could drop. Half 7 for drinks is 19:30
In some languages it does - in German “half seven” - “halb sieben” - means half an hour _before_ seven. I think it’s the same in Dutch.
Shops open longer than that on Sundays. It is about the size of the building which is why Tesco etc opened their small shops so they can trade longer on a Sunday.
Neal the ales vs your normal cold beers, ales are pulled from barrels, they are de gassed, then then pulled up, hand granked to your glass, the reason it warmer than the cold beers, it not room temperature, but kept in the cellar, like all the beers, but its not refrigerated, the reason is, once the barrel is open, its at its best, over a few week period its taste gets less, also, if the ale temp drops to low, you loose the flavour through refrigeration, there are hundreds to try, but dont worry, they will give you a small taste of them to see if you like them or which one you think is best, you wont buy blind
I remember staying in a place called "The White House" (yea it's a common name) and it was so old the floors weren't even level and under the doors you could stick you're fingers through. The walls weren't square and I doubt there was a straight line in the place. But it had stood for centuries, solid as a rock with walks so thick you could sit next to windows in a hole.
Be aware of where you are. Best advice ever. 😅
Ales are not room temperature they are cellar temperature
In 2015 I retired to the moddle of France. There are only two things I miss about England: the Indian restaurants and the real ale pubs!
How do you find France 🤔🇫🇷??? 😘🇬🇧
@@cazziefores2183 I like the warmer, drier weather, the lower cost of houses, at least where I live, the lower cost of living and the lower price of wine when compared with England! I am a countryman, aged 76, so the quiet rural life suits me. It would not suit everyone. I got talking to two English brothers in a bar once, one lived here, the other lived in Surrey just to the south-east of London. He would have moved here in a heartbeat but his wife thinks it's "dead" here! I also had the advantage of being able to speak French before I moved here; grammar school boy! If you can't speak the language you may feel very isolated? Yes there are classes which you can attend but I've never known a retired person learn to speak the language if they had never studied it at school. Finally, my part of France is losing population rapidly, which means that businesses and services are diminishing. E.g, in the nine years I have lived here the local towns and villages have lost at least four bars/cafés, as well as a garage, a jewellers, a convenience store, a computer shop, and a bakery.
What the hell was that word salad all about half seven (7.30). Half 8 = 8 30, and half 9 is 9.30, and so on. How simple do Americans need it to be. If you say quarter past that is 7.15 or 8.15 etc. If you say quarter to 8 that = 7.45 etc. ot quarter to 9 = 8.45. It is not hard ffs.
Hey now be careful your gonna confuse their poor minds :)
Another Londoner here, been around the southern states in America & I can say, hand on heart, your beer is 💩, why would you drink that stuff, you have some amazing scenery too but it’s a shame no one but the owner is allowed to enjoy most of it, I saw a beautiful waterfall in North Carolina & was seen off really aggressively when I went to get closer, I’d never heard of anyone being like that, what did the owner think I was going to do, steal it? Maybe the local beer was affecting his brain, I love going to America but it’s just a shame that so many people have the “it’s mine so don’t go near it” mentality
When i say beer, I don't mean larger, i mean ale. Larger is cold, ale is usually cask and cellar temperature 😊
You've had too much "larger", perhaps "lager" migh be better...
I was imaginging what I'd say if someone pushed into a queue and I think it might shock some of our American cousins. Naturally I would go and apologise afterwards, losing my own place in the queue.
Drink an ale or stout and you'll not go back to beer...
If you live in a hot country, you drink cold beer. We live in a cold country, so we drink warm beer.
Ale (the original beer!) is NOT room temperature! It is cellar temperature which should be considerably cooler than 'room' temp. Ales are darker, heavier and tastier than lagers usually, there is no hard and fast rule and some are better than others. Try several different kinds as you travel around the UK, there are usually some that are local to where you are or others that a very specific to a region but are distributed more widely. Either the barman or the locals will be happy to voice their opinions on these matters usually.
How do you get 6:30 from "half seven"?
How long did it take you to write your post.. I applaud you. 👏👏👏👏Great information 😘🇬🇧
I once arranged to meet a German girl on a date we missed each other by one hour due to time confusion.
The rail passses can be good value but do your homework. The main pass you can get is a 7 day pass with in 1 month. So that any 7 non consecutive days within a 1 month period. So if only going to 3-4 places it wouldnt be worth it butif here for a couple of weeks it may be. They are good value if you are not doing return trips from one central point and back again each time as one way joursneys can be expensive by comparison
Buy rail ticket through an app not at station or from the train company. you could save a fortune.
Tourists can buy Britpass rail card online before they arrive in the UK - they give unlimited rail travel throughout the UK - a 2 day pass costs around £100, and they go up in length of time up to around £500 for a month. Britpass holders can also get discounts on entry to attractions and even accommodation .
we dont always say half seven. that comes from 'half past seven' which was how we say it more often - or used to say before life speeded up for many people and even speech got shortened.
In many Germanic languages, Half Seven means Half an hour before Seven. In English it means half past.
The word queue is ironic. It's just a 'q' with a load of silent letters waiting in a line.
Because spelling uses the name of the letters? M glad I had N Ntelligent guy like U 2 Mphasise that 4 me.
An aphthong _(or plural aphthongs)_ is the word for a 'silent' letter OR letters in a word...
I.e. in the word KNIGHT - the K is an aphthong, as are the letters GH - because all three are 'silent'.
Funny how British people don't have a problem going to countries that drive on the right and drive there its not a big deal.
And Europeans don't seem to have a problem driving on the left in the UK. Americans make such a fuss about it.
Learnt to Q in the war 😊 and riles handed down 😊
The different train companies will not have their operating licences renewed so by the end of next year, all of them will be state run.
They're already state run. The states of Holland, Italy, Germany, and France.
In the city the public transport is good . Not so good I the country 🙁
Neil take a look at JPS reacts because he has stayed in uk.
It does not rain all the time. We actually have more dry day's than wet. However usually somewhere in the UK it may rain but that rain will be mostly isolated.
The time thing really confused me. How is 7.30 6.30???
neal, the Que, yeah its a culture, but they gone down fast, because as a brit, you just want to be served and go, we dont have all that chit chat, like americans, the over talking sales person, for the tip and all that
Its spelt queue... Just saying!
Saying half 7 and thinking it means 6.30 makes no sense whatsoever.
That is literally the norm in Germanic languages, and the PAST in "half past" is there for a reason.
@@nobbynobbynoob well it's not the norm in the UK is you say half past its always forwards not backwards to 1.30 is half past 1.