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No need to ask... he's a smoooooooth...[bassybill content]

You shouldn't be allowed back out of England without having fish and chips at least once, along with a pint of ale and a wee hours of the morning kebab.

I always have to have a mash pie at the football game too, but that's arguable.
 
I've met Bill twice--he rocks. Fact!

London isn't traditionally a "fish and chips" location, although it's definitely possible to get some good versions of this in the city. But places like Blackpool, Grimsby and other seaside towns are considered to be THE places to enjoy this delicacy. Many's the times I've stood around in Grimsby warming myself through by eating red hot fish and chips on a freezing cold day after travelling up there to see my local football team play away from home. That east wind off the North Sea bites straight through you, and the football ground is right next to the coast and bears the full brunt of it. Brrrrrr.

The equivalent traditional fayre in London would be pie and mash (eel pie and mashed potatoes, served with a pale green sauce known as "liquor" - the green colour comes from the fresh parsley used in it).

Sorry, we seem to have drifted away from the discusssion of Duke's speaker drivers. I'll shift this to OT.
Oh sure, now you tell me! (Granted, my one visit to London was before I knew ye.:D) Yeah, I ended up having fish & chips at a greasy place with yellow formica tables not far from the British Museum, reading a copy of the Sun. Not bad, mind you, but I was hoping for better. Next time I'll know.
 
"Are" is the plural present tense of "to be", which in English is the copula, or linking verb.
Please don't end sentences with plural present copula.

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"Are" is the plural present tense of "to be", which in English is the copula, or linking verb.
Please don't end sentences with plural present copula.

:>}
American tourist in London: Excuse me, can you tell me where Big Ben is at?

English gent: I have to point out that in English, it's incorrect to end with a preposition.

Tourist: I'm so sorry. Can you please tell me where Big Ben is at, ***hole?

:D