My favorite after a Limey has made some sort of colonial remark: “Do you speak German?” “Why, no.” “You’re welcome.”

I feel like Diogenes, looking for that one Korean who’s not a flaming hypocrite.

As difficult as it is for you to control yourself, try to remember - this is not the place for it.

Don’t talk rubbish by trying to speak for every Australian, Kiwi, US and Canadian. I’ve personally witnessed examples from each of those countries doing exactly that. “oh, a bloody limey…eh.”, or perhaps an immediate insistance on talking like Dick van Dyke in Mary Poppins or perhaps…oh forget it, there’s arseholes all over the world and undeniably some of them are Brits, whats the point…

I’ve got nothing against people of any nationality wanting to celebrate their cultural days (inc. sporting events) passionately. And generally speaking, I’ve found Brits to be warm-hearted people.

However, I’ve never understood the tendency among many of them to want to “take the piss” out of people, (denegrating, embarassing, bringing people down), around them. Even people they hardly know.

Whilst this is usually done in, at least intended, good humor, Australians, Kiwis, US and Canadians would not think of trying this with people we’ve just met. Australians, at least, find that rude.

I believe I witnessed said event from a nearby table, and as a brit I would definitely say it was intended as banter, in my experience Canucks, Kiwi, and & Matilda’s normally understand it as such given common heritage and thee extensive sharing of TV & Radio shows and comedians. We do however recrecognise that American’s, who haven’t spent time iin the UK, frequently don’t get it.

I actually thought at the time that Johnson’s response was banter too, not a sense of humour bypass….

Oh my, the subtleties of the Internet.
I dont want to derail the thread, but
Ill post this here because i dont know where else to post it. International NGOs are mobilizing to save the Yellow-cheeked Gayde Swamp Frog in South Cheolla Province.

sw, are you suggesting that stabbing a broken beer bottle at a strangers chest is akin to a cultural misunderstanding?