{"id":650,"date":"2014-11-05T18:37:20","date_gmt":"2014-11-05T13:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abhinav.spsdarj.org\/?p=650"},"modified":"2015-03-29T01:00:24","modified_gmt":"2015-03-28T19:30:24","slug":"why-are-british-people-so-polite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abhinavkr.com\/musings\/2014\/11\/why-are-british-people-so-polite\/","title":{"rendered":"Why are British people so polite?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Answer by Anonymous:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I have been in the UK for the past 4 years and I can say that they are always polite&#8230;.<b>in informing you that you are wrong!<\/b><br \/>\nHere is a translation table that is available on-line and I can swear that it is true in most occasions. The Brits have the knack of putting things in such a way that the listener thinks everything is good but the reality is otherwise!<\/p>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"portrait qtext_image zoomable_in_feed\" src=\"http:\/\/qph.is.quoracdn.net\/main-qimg-e80b1cab3483241fc733eb8e46c8ab17?convert_to_webp=true\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Source: <span class=\"qlink_container\"><a class=\"external_link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/newstopics\/howaboutthat\/10280244\/Translation-table-explaining-the-truth-behind-British-politeness-becomes-internet-hit.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Translation table explaining the truth behind British politeness becomes internet hit &#8211; Telegraph<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"qlink_container\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.quora.com\/Why-are-British-people-so-polite\/answers\/5044376\">Why are British people so polite?<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Answer by Anonymous: I have been in the UK for the past 4 years and I can say that they are always polite&#8230;.in informing you that you are wrong! Here is a translation table that is available on-line and I can swear that it is true in most occasions. The Brits have the knack of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-knowledge","category-quora-post"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4KGvB-au","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":683,"url":"https:\/\/abhinavkr.com\/musings\/2015\/02\/which-credit-cards-do-millionaires-possess\/","url_meta":{"origin":650,"position":0},"title":"Which credit cards do millionaires possess?","author":"Abhinav","date":"February 8, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Answer by Kyle Murao: I'm not sure if this one-ups David's answer, but I can say that it is certifiably available only to millionaires. 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