I Think The Europeans Are Hostile Toward The English Because The English Have Some Irritating Habits--the Habit, For Instance, Of Ending Sentences With Questions That Sound Like Reprimand

I Think The Europeans Are Hostile Toward The English Because The English Have Some Irritating Habits--the Habit, For Instance, Of Ending Sentences With Questions That Sound Like Reprimand

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I think the Europeans are hostile toward the English because the English
have some irritating habits--the habit, for instance, of ending sentences
with questions that sound like reprimands: "You say it's difficult for you
to tell because you haven't read the survey? Well, you'll have to read it,
then, won't you?" See how snotty that sounds?

Why do the English talk so funny? For one thing, they're all hard of
hearing. All Englishmen are hard of hearing. That's why they end a lot of
sentences with questions--just to check and make sure the other fellow
heard what they were saying ... That's why they're always saying, "I say!"
-- Calvin Trillin

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