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Essay: "Britons are poor conversationalists."

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#1 (permalink) Mon Nov 26, 2007 6:58 am Essay: "Britons are poor conversationalists."

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Could you please explain the red part to me?

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Britons are poor conversationalists. I leave out of account their performances with strangers or mere acquaintances, whether casually encountered in the street or in the drawing-room. If the rain has been raining hard all day, first Briton says, on meeting second Briton: “Very wet!” You would have thought that second Briton might have left this remark alone, to stand up by itself, for sure it is as final as a statement to the effect that two and two make four.

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#2 (permalink) Mon Nov 26, 2007 7:42 am Essay: "Britons are poor conversationalists."

Hi, Tom Leave out of account means take no account of http://www.answers.com/topic/take-into-account

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