Name: Subjects to avoid in British small talk: Politics
Uploaded: 2017-12-05T02:14:26.000Z
Duration: 2 min 20 s
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Neil voiceover: I've been working at the BBC

for a long time now. I've met lots of people.

Adverbs of frequency

And I sometimes bump into them… and make

small talk. They call it small talk, but that

Neil: I didn't think you were here today.

Debbie: Yep. Just the trains… loads of delays.

Neil: Terrible, aren't they? Really awful.

Next election, I tell you, I'm going to vote

Debbie: Yeah, yeah things could be better.

Are you political? Are you a member of a party?

Debbie: Um… Um… I'm sorry, I'm sorry…

I just… I've just… I've just got to speak

Neil voiceover: Let's see what our experts

Sam: I thought he made a really strong start

with the transport and the delays. And she

was willing to answer those questions and

talk about it. And we love talking about delayed

Kee: But instead he went for something else.

Sam : And yeah… you can… even talking

about politics, the fact that there's a general

'Oh yeah, things are interesting at the moment

with the general election', but you could

Kee/Sam: 'What have you got for breakfast?'

A lot of clues in there – things that you

Sam: She was clearly on her way to get something.

Kee: Sure, yeah. And I think as soon as he

asked that question, she was looking for an

Neil voiceover: Thanks for the tips, guys.

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Subjects to avoid in British small talk: Politics

absolutely

journey

general

awful