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Over-apologizing to Brits

not like a non-native Brit are you telling me don't be afraid if I apologize to you or don't be afraid to over apologize to us Brett oh yeah you kind of over apologize all you w...

Course: Inside British cultureSection: British social rulesSubtitles: en

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speaking to me and I'm

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not like a non-native Brit are you

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telling me

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don't be afraid if I apologize to you or

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don't be afraid to over apologize to us

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Brett oh yeah you kind of over apologize

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all you want towards Brits because I

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think we probably love it so if you're

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if you're standing you have to stand on

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the right and if you're walking you walk

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on the left obviously it's very busy in

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London I don't know how many people live

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there but there's a lot of people and

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there's a lot of people you don't want

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to annoying there okay so what would

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happen let's say I get up on the left

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and I just stand there what happens uh

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you're probably getting into an argument

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um

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haven't we often yeah I love having a

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lot of uh move out the way bulging this

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on the other bit of analogy biology okay

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yeah that type of stuff do you know what

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this person meant when they said the

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