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If # you'll # you go to Britain, don't think that you'll # understand # understood the price, the weight or the size of # anything. # nothing.
The British like to be different # as #from everyone else.
If #you # you'll want to know how far # is London, # London is, someone will #tell #say you it's ten or fifteen or thirty-five miles.
"Miles? " you'll say. # "What's # "Which is a mile? " "A mile's # one # a thousand, seven hundred and sixty yards," the Englishman will say.
"And
# which is # what's a yard? " you'll ask.
"A yard's three feet." "And what's a # foot? " # feet? " (You'll be rather tired now).
The Englishman will # tell # say you that a foot is the length of his
# foot. # foot's.
"But," you'll say, "some people # have got #got bigger feet than
# another." # others."
The Englishman won't answer this: he'll tell #you # to you that there are twelve inches in a foot.
"And what's an inch? " He'll tell you #whax # that an inch is the length of the top of his thumb.
You'll feel #as # so ill now # that # than you probably won't go to London.
You'll probably go to the nearest pub and # ask# ask for a strong whisky! "
A #single #first whisky or a
# second # double whisky? " the barman will ask. He'll tell you that, with a single whisky, you #get #got a sixth of a gill # whisky # of whisky in your glass.
"A beer! ", you'll say,
# weak; # weakly; and the barman will ask you # if #do you want a pint # beer # of beer or half a pint.
The thing that makes most tourists # unhappily # unhappy is the temperature.
# "What's #"How's the temperature today? "
The tourist asks, and the Englishman says that # they're # it's forty degrees.
"Forty degrees? " says the tourist, # looking # looking at the snow. It's worse for people who go to a
# doctor's. # doctors.
The doctor # looks # looks at the thermometer # carefully. # careful.
"What's # the #my temperature?" says the foreigner.
"Ninety-eight," says the doctor... and the foreigner asks himself why # he isn't # isn't he dead!
The sizes of English clothes are also different # as # from the sizes in other countries — and men have different sizes # as #from women.
Always ask the shop assistant # measure #to measure you.. or you'll # find # found that the expensive jersey that you bought in London reaches to your feet!
When you're buying things in the shops, you must also # to remember # remember that there are two pounds in Britain.
One of them (?) tells you how much # costs something, # something costs, and # the other #another (Ib.) tells you how much # something weighs #weighs something.
If #you#you'll ask for a # pound of # pound potatoes, you'll get them in a small bag.
But if you ask for a # pound # pound's worthof potatoes, you'll need a lorry to take them away!
# Britain'll # Britain's going to have the same weights and measures as other countries; but the British # aren't going to # won't forget pounds, pints and feet # until # for a long time.
Until 1971, British money # has been # was very difficult.
There were twelve pence in a shilling and twenty shillings in a pound.
In 1971, new money was #starting,# started, with a hundred pence in a pound.
But, in the # North # North of England, some people still write prices and bills in the old money!
The British people don't want #change #to change their weights and measures.
They'll tell
# you #to you there are sixty minutes in an hour; why shouldn't there #to be # be eight pints in a gallon?
And why is it better # to drive # drive on the right of the road # than #as to drive on the left?