The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #63508   Message #1032892
Posted By: Malcolm Douglas
10-Oct-03 - 12:59 AM
Thread Name: BS: Tips On Learning (to be) English
Subject: RE: BS: Tips On Learning (to be) English
So do I; it is bitter, and hard, to be disappointed. Oxford is not typical of England, though it is perceived as such in other countries. I haven't been there for twenty years or more, but I can't say I'd recommend it to a visitor, except for its architecture. You would have had a far better experience almost anywhere else. English people are pretty much the same as any other; there are good folk and bad, and most are not quite either; but most mean well, and behave with kindness and decency; though, it is true, sometimes with a reserve that can be mistaken for coldness if it is not recognised for what it really is; shyness.