The book "Watching the English: The Hidden Rules of English
Behaviour" is written by social anthropologist Kate Fox. Being
an insightful English the author reveals all the peculiarities
of daily life in U.K. The entertaining book provides with plenty
of detailed examples of situations where the real Englishness
reveals. For the sake of the reader''s convenience the book is
devided in two major parts: Part one: Conversation CodesPart
two: Behaviour CodesThis system gives a unique opportunity to
explore most common situations where foreigners may face some
misunderstandings while communicating with locals. The book
encompasses all typical-for-English issues such as talking about
the weather, Engilsh humour, linguistic peculiarities
(pronouncation and certain words that may reveal belonging to
certain social class). The observations are amusing, intriguing
and written in eloquent way. The author uses the way of gentle
humour to reveal the English oddities, their attitudes toward
themselves and others. For those