TheParser
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1. Advanced learners and all Americans might be interested in what I have just read.
2. According to Ms. Holly Hudson, an American comedienne long resident in the United Kingdom, sometimes British people say things that non-British people misunderstand.
3. Here are a few examples from the article posted this morning on the Daily Mail website.
a. "You must come for dinner sometime" actually means "Please don't come to dinner."
b. "It's probably all my fault" actually means "It's entirely your fault."
c. "With the greatest respect, I hear what you're saying" actually means "You really are an idiot."
d. "Honestly, it doesn't matter" actually means the opposite.
Of course, I do not know whether Ms. Hudson's comments are accurate, for in my 84 years, I have never left California, let alone visited the United Kingdom.
1. Advanced learners and all Americans might be interested in what I have just read.
2. According to Ms. Holly Hudson, an American comedienne long resident in the United Kingdom, sometimes British people say things that non-British people misunderstand.
3. Here are a few examples from the article posted this morning on the Daily Mail website.
a. "You must come for dinner sometime" actually means "Please don't come to dinner."
b. "It's probably all my fault" actually means "It's entirely your fault."
c. "With the greatest respect, I hear what you're saying" actually means "You really are an idiot."
d. "Honestly, it doesn't matter" actually means the opposite.
Of course, I do not know whether Ms. Hudson's comments are accurate, for in my 84 years, I have never left California, let alone visited the United Kingdom.