Archive for: April 2008

April 28, 2008

Want and wish English

Filed under: british life - 28 Apr 2008

British people sometimes say `you don’t want to do that’, but this isn’t good English and it can be confusing. It probably seems to mean that you don’t wish to do that, that you have no wish to do something. …

April 24, 2008

British rock band in America

Filed under: british life - 24 Apr 2008


When British rock bands have their music played on American radio it’s usually seen as a sign of success in the UK. At least, this was apparently the view of the newspaper journalist  who asked …

April 23, 2008

British French hippy party

Filed under: british life - 23 Apr 2008

British and French citizens celebrating friendship between Britain and France in hippy outfits

British and French people celebrated the friendship or maybe the nouveau entente cordiale between Britain and France …