I can't.. My daughter chats to a lot of Americans, (hmm so do I) and one of her American friends asked if we were proper Brits. The criteria apparently was if we could answer... moreI can't.. My daughter chats to a lot of Americans, (hmm so do I) and one of her American friends asked if we were proper Brits. The criteria apparently was if we could answer maths questions and quote Shakespeare.. I fail on both those counts because I can only quote a line or two here and there.. My older son saved the day by quoting a long speech but I think it's probably fairly unusual that anyone can quote Shakespeare?
Is sometimes the short term pain worth the long-term gain? Could you do it? Even down to that your family will have to eat less well? And every penny would count?