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Topic: Do UKians still say "please" all the time?

Anonymous 023ee7d1d2773a9ee96c042354ae26e3 started this discussion 3 months (2008-07-03 22:25:01 UTC) ago:

I was always told this in school in English class: "In England, everyone is very friendly and they find it rude if you don't include 'please' in nearly every sentence." (Or something along those lines.)

USA: "One beer."
UK: "One beer, please."

True?

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Anonymous b3fa824a002564c175a2aba83b70b38a replied with this 3 months (2008-07-03 22:36:24 UTC) ago, 11 minutes later (#30,309):

false.

my beer patter is as follows:

pint of stella

cheers mate

job done

Anonymous f81427713f80b82dd3fd3d3c5c84a78b replied with this 3 months (2008-07-03 23:07:45 UTC) ago, 31 minutes later (#30,312):

This used to be true, but recent generations have become just as rude as Americans.

Anonymous 3fa1193ef560ec7d017641ed359f0c05 replied with this 3 months (2008-07-03 23:09:39 UTC) ago, 2 minutes later (#30,313):

Well I do when I'm asking for something.

Anonymous 3e3d8b2b563d023b5e795fb5c64c683d replied with this 3 months (2008-07-03 23:16:46 UTC) ago, 7 minutes later (#30,314):

@30,312

But it's OKAY FOR YOU to be a rude little piss lips and not say PLEASE at least *ONCE* in your reply when you're insulting others? Please refrain from the bullshit you hypocrite. Please stop acting like a Boston steamer. Thanks.

Anonymous fdf27e85b0b759d85f37399e09768fd7 replied with this 3 months (2008-07-04 10:09:26 UTC) ago, 11 hours later (#30,396):

A couple weeks ago, I was waiting in a queue next to some brits, and one of them managed to get the word "summat" into each fucking sentence.
Still don't really understand what it actually means though - some bastardization of "something"?

Anonymous f51f7e521886918bf553a395de78def4 replied with this 3 months (2008-07-06 12:37:47 UTC) ago, 2 days later (#30,664):

It depends on the person. A lot of people are very polite, though.

Anonymous e05d2e177e3f4b68396dfd74a4b0454b replied with this 3 months (2008-07-20 04:54:41 UTC) ago, 2 weeks later (#34,792):

Yes most people say please here. I notice when people don't so it is probably uncommon. But it's ok to substitute other words instead. "2 stellas cheers" for example.

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