Professional Skills

Birmingham and the Midlands In this video, I look at Birmingham and the Midlands. It looks at various things, such as: the geographical boundaries a few well-known people from the region the origins of heavy metal Einstein’s relativity Video Transcript UK Accents, Dialects and Mentalities – Birmingham and the Midlands – YouTube Transcript: According to […]

The West Country In this video, I look at the West Country, or South West England. It looks at various diverse things, such as: the geographical boundaries west country way of life a few well-known people from the region local words and phrases pirates Star Wars food and drink (I did say it was diverse!)

This post will take a short look at one aspect of how to be polite in English. How to be polite in English – introduction The English are a strange group of people (I’m a Brit, so I’m allowed to say that). There are numerous ‘society rules‘ that most Brits instinctively understand, that can be