12 Things British People Are Tired Of Hearing

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1. Good thing we Americans showed up for WW2...

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2. How did you get your accent?

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Um, the same way you did?

3. Is Kate Middleton nice in person?

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Is Barack Obama nice in person?

4. Are you here on vacation?

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5. You guys call soccer "football," right?

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Nope. We call football "football."

6. Did you go to Oxford?

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Then did you go to Cambridge?

7. Oh, I love your accent! Australia is so pretty.

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So close. I mean, literally thousands of miles away, but... close.

8. You're British! So, like, The Rolling Stones or...?

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9. You're from where? Is that, like, near London?

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It's weird, but most of England isn't London. Go figure.

10. Do you love Monty Python? Have you met him?

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If you said that in England, it could get you imprisoned.

11. Do you have dentists in England?

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12. Say something in British!

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