[Dixielandjazz] The difference between Brits and Yanks

[Bill Gunter]

Hi Pat and Listmates,

My friend, Eric Holroyd - formerly from the UK but now residing in Oz, has a 
line he uses with great comic effect in any number of ways. The line is " . 
. . and I mean that in the nicest possible way."

So after the most egregious insult or negative comment about virtually 
anything he simply smiles and says " . . . and I mean that in the nicest 
possible way."

He probably picked that phrase up from your "Kenny Everett."

Cheers,

Bill Gunter
jazzboard@hotmail.com



><< in the best possible taste. >>
>
>Oh dear,
>here we go again. That phrase which would be instantly recognisable by any
>Brit means absolutely nothing to anyone outside these islands.
>It was a catchphrase invented by Kenny Everett a comic of whom no American
>has ever heard, and has become part of the language here. No wonder that 
>you
>didn`t pick up on it.
>
>Its a complicated old world.
>
>Cheers
>
>PatL


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