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Understanding British banter

slip it in slowly you've got to drop the ball haven't you got you've got to see whether they can take it or not what is Banter it's having good chat not taking we have this conv...

Course: Life stories and relationshipsSection: Dating in EnglandSubtitles: en

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and then we'd

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slip it in slowly you've got to drop the

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ball haven't you got you've got to see

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whether they can take it or not what is

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Banter it's having good chat not taking

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we have this conversation yesterday not

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taking yourself too seriously and like

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knowing how to kind of take the piss out

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yourself and take the piss out of

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someone else but in a gentle way classic

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and banter is pretty much the same thing

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in England right I don't think flashing

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is you know as movies would put it it's

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not not as obvious yeah I'm not sure

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where that night

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but it's more like

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it's banter is flirting but flirting

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isn't banter

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