Present Perfect

a very helpful lesson thanks

it’s  useful

I just had a great time in London this summer vacation.London is a great city with marked characteristic,for which once you are here,wherever you go,you are clear that”wow,I’m in London!”.

PS:I miss my host family in London:)

Buttafly – never trust a guide to London language written by an American, ha! British people do not say ‘horny’, only Austin Powers does…

Only posh people say ‘quite’...normal people would probably say it’s pretty good, or it’s alright.

Toilets is okay.

Let’s have an Indian – yes, but a strange phrase to include. It’s not really that confusing if someone says, ‘let’s go for an Indian.’ You would think they’re talking about food, not eating an Indian person, surely.

tonyzhou00 – most capital cities have people who are arrogant and rude, ha. They believe they live in the greatest place in the world and everyone else lives in a slum. Most other cities in the UK dislike London people, you are not alone.

Do people in Beijing look down on people from the middle of China?

i do not like there. some people is so errogant and rule

one of my favorite city

Why England dishes are not delicious?

It is my bold question after reading…. When somewhere has a rich history, It is possible to have may geusts ! If somewhere has had geustes why foods does not promoted ?!

I have been in London last year. It was the best experience that I ever had. People are cold but at the same time they are friendly and polite. Their food is horrible but after all you will love it. The best know thing is the traditional fish and chips, but to be honest I prefer their sunday roast with chicken yummi :). The Big Ben is awesome. You should visit london, you will learn a lot of culture and you will learn english at the same time. Without words the best part in all my life. I just love it 

I have never visited England, but I would like to see London someday. There are many attractions, some of them to be mentioned are Big Ben, London Eye, Picadilly Circus and The waxmuseum of Madame Tussauds. The opening of the Olympic games was great, but I found China’s opening a little bit more impressive. So right now, I’m busy watching the games. Especially if there are gymnastics, tennis, handball and weightlifting, it’s hard to pull away from the TV screen.

I think England is best known for J.K. Rowling, the great author of the Harry Potter- books. 

I’ve never visited London before, but I wish to :)... 

I agree with Amy that England is best known for its great history in addition to the amazing literature… 

I like England and english people. They have a lot of great traditions, for example, singing songs on football games And their football championship is the best in the world. They have a lot of good rock bands. I think I’m going to visit this country sooner or later.

this year olympic games are hold in london.london is a nice city which is modern and it also has a long history.and the nature of london is also very nice for games.

The Queen Elisabeth! Prince Charles, Prince william and his wife Chaterine Middeleton,  Beautiful, sophisticated and fashionable princess. and The Unforgetable one is Princess Diana! 

Foot ball !!

I never visited London, The Shopwindow of England. I wish I would do it someday

This is what I received in the mail this morning. What a coincidence!! But it might be helpful if you intend to go to London anytime soon ..if not..just know your way around those classic British expressions ;)

London 2012: breaking the language barrier

A quick guide to London English (by an American)

‘All right?’

A salutation posing as a rhetorical question. Do not answer: “I’m fine, thanks. How are you?”, because your only response will be a mystified cock of the head, in the manner of a confused dog. You are not being asked to detail your present frame of mind and body. “All right?” is the British version of “Ça va?”, and the acceptable answer is: “All right.”

‘Ta’

An informal and somewhat affectionate way to say “thank you”. It is often confused by foreigners with “ta rah” and “ta ta”, both of which mean “goodbye”. The confusion is heightened by the fact that “ta tas” are to Americans what “Bristols” are to cockneys.

‘Quite’

An adverbial modifier that shades the meaning of a statement. Americans use “quite” to amplify their enthusiasm for the adjective, in the way they would use “really”, “very” or “totally”. By contrast, if a Brit volunteers that a visitor is “quite attractive”, they’re only saying “fairly” or “sort of attractive”. This ambiguous intensifier bestows a ”damning with faint praise” effect on any word with which it is teamed.

‘Horny’

In North America, “horny” describes the state of being in the grip of one’s own sexual desire. In the UK, “horny” is used to describe someone else as sexually attractive. However odd it may feel for foreigners to hear themselves described as “horny” when they are not in the full throes of loin-fuelled yearnings, it is “quite” a compliment.

‘Let’s have an Indian!’

When meal time rolls around, a foreigner may have occasion to hear a Brit announce heartily, “I’m in the mood for an Indian!” or “Let’s have an Indian!” Allow me to assure the visitor that, by and large, British people are not cannibals, seeking to feast on an actual person of Indian descent. Rather, they are merely indicating the cuisine of an exotic land in the form of a native of said exotic land.

See also: “I could go for a Chinese/Italian/Mexican!”

Toilet

No single word generates more anxiety for the unseasoned traveller than “toilet”, since the correct terminology for lavatory/WC/powder room differs from country to country. And especially since the word is usually employed in the form of an urgent query. In times of gastrointestinal desperation, Americans will get nowhere with their primly euphemistic “restroom” or “bathroom”. To the Brits, “restroom” sums up a quiet chamber complete with fainting couch and smelling salts, and “bathroom” conjures a room with a bath, sensibly enough. Americans shy away from the plainspoken “toilet”, because it evokes not only the porcelain repository for human waste, but also the very act of excreting the waste. Fortunately, a compromise for having to utter the graphic “toilet” has been struck in the form of “loo”, which enables visitors to sound slangy and in-the-know, and forces Brits to wipe that look of pained fake incomprehension off their faces.

“Enjoy the subtle differences in the language! Be funky”  ;)

I’ve never been to London, but I would love to visit there someday OMG, it

would be awesome and exciting for sure…. I want to spend my whole vacation there. :)

England is best known for the Stonehenge and Palace of Westminster,  Wastwater in the Lake District.  and many more…

Olya, to tell the truth, I don’t like Benny Hill, but I adore Mr. Bean played by Rowan Atkinson. :) His playing is a perfect stupidity based by funniest behavior .:) Why not  be relaxed for awhile? :)))

i  eager to visit this country coz to my knowladge that it is the origin of english language as well i desire to recognize everything there

I’d love to visit this city! i’m going to next year

of course,ı would want to be in this old,famous and important city…

to visit very beautiful places,ancient,buildings,museums,parks,palaces,towers,castles…

to walk in its streets,squares,along river Thames..

to sit in its cafees,pubs,bars…to drink ale or other drinks …

London is one of the dream cities for me…:)