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About the Author FOREWORD INTRODUCTION: ANTHROPOLOGY AT HOME

THE ‘GRAMMAR’ OF ENGLISHNESS PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION AND ITS DISCONTENTS TRUST ME, I’M AN ANTHROPOLOGIST BORING BUT IMPORTANT THE NATURE OF CULTURE RULE-MAKING CLASS AND RACE BRITISHNESS AND ENGLISHNESS STEREOTYPES AND CULTURAL GENOMICS

PART ONE: CONVERSATION CODES

THE WEATHER

THE RULES OF ENGLISH WEATHER-SPEAK WEATHER-SPEAK RULES AND ENGLISHNESS

GROOMING-TALK

THE RULES OF INTRODUCTION THE RULES OF ENGLISH GOSSIP BONDING-TALK AND FINALLY … THE LONG GOODBYE RULE GROOMING-TALK RULES AND ENGLISHNESS

HUMOUR RULES

THE IMPORTANCE OF NOT BEING EARNEST RULE IRONY RULES HUMOUR AND COMEDY HUMOUR AND CLASS HUMOUR RULES AND ENGLISHNESS

LINGUISTIC CLASS CODES

THE VOWELS VS CONSONANTS RULE TERMINOLOGY RULES – U AND NON-U REVISITED LINGUISTIC CLASS CODES AND ENGLISHNESS

EMERGING TALK-RULES: THE MOBILE PHONE PUB-TALK

THE RULES OF ENGLISH PUB-TALK PUB-TALK RULES AND ENGLISHNESS

RACING-TALK

THE RULES OF ENGLISH RACING-TALK RACING-TALK RULES AND ENGLISHNESS

SQUADDIE-TALK AND TWO TYPES OF RIDER-TALK

THE RULES OF SQUADDIE[54]-TALK[55] THE RULES OF RIDER-TALK SQUADDIE-TALK, RIDER-TALK AND ENGLISHNESS

PART TWO: BEHAVIOUR CODES

HOME RULES

THE MOAT-AND-DRAWBRIDGE RULE NEST-BUILDING RULES CLASS RULES HOUSE-TALK RULES GARDEN RULES HOME RULES AND ENGLISHNESS

RULES OF THE ROAD

PUBLIC TRANSPORT RULES COURTESY RULES QUEUING RULES CAR RULES ROAD RULES AND ENGLISHNESS

WORK TO RULE

THE MUDDLE RULES HUMOUR RULES THE MODESTY RULE – AND THE ‘BUMPEX’ SCHOOL OF ADVERTISING THE POLITE PROCRASTINATION RULE THE MONEY-TALK TABOO THE MODERATION RULE THE FAIR-PLAY RULE MOANING RULES THE AFTER-WORK DRINKS RULES OFFICE-PARTY RULES WORK RULES AND ENGLISHNESS

RULES OF PLAY

PRIVACY RULES – PRIVATE AND DOMESTIC PURSUITS PROPS AND FACILITATORS – PUBLIC/SOCIAL ACTIVITIES RULES OF DRUNKENNESS – ANTI-SOCIAL PASTIMES PLAY RULES AND ENGLISHNESS

DRESS CODES

THE RULES RULE THE ECCENTRIC-SHEEP RULE THE AFFECTED-INDIFFERENCE RULE EMBARRASSMENT RULES MAINSTREAM RULES AND TRIBAL UNIFORMS HUMOUR RULES CLASS RULES DRESS CODES AND ENGLISHNESS

FOOD RULES

THE AMBIVALENCE RULE ANTI-EARNESTNESS AND OBSCENITY RULES TV-DINNER RULES THE NOVELTY RULE MOANING AND COMPLAINING RULES CULINARY CLASS CODES THE MEANING OF CHIPS FOOD RULES AND ENGLISHNESS

RULES OF SEX

THE KNEE-JERK HUMOUR RULE FLIRTING RULES THE COURTESY-FLIRTING RULE THE UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE THE RULES OF BANTER MALE-BONDING RULES – AND THE GIRL-WATCHING RITUAL CLASS RULES AND SO TO BED … SEX RULES AND ENGLISHNESS

RITES OF PASSAGE

THE DEFAULT-RELIGION RULE THE BENIGN-INDIFFERENCE RULE HATCHINGS, MATCHINGS AND DISPATCHINGS CALENDRICAL RITES AND OTHER TRANSITIONS CLASS RULES RITES OF PASSAGE AND ENGLISHNESS

CONCLUSION: DEFINING ENGLISHNESS

THE LIST THE DIAGRAM CAUSES

EPILOGUE

AFTERWORD TO THE REVISED EDITION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS REFERENCES