Sorry!
One word British people use a lot is "sorry." We are constantly saying sorry to each other. You get so used to saying "sorry" it becomes part of your DNA. At the museum I was working at today, I found myself saying sorry it was so hot in the museum as if it was my fault we're having this prolonged heatwave and the lack of airconditioning. On the bus home, this man and woman got on. Just as they were about to sit down, the bus lurched forward, and he fell back crushing my knee with his huge rucksack. I pushed him forward and told him to mind his rucksack. Immediately, the woman he was with said, "sorry" and they continued chatting as if nothing had happened. Although I was still feeling resentful about my knee, I could feel the pain in my knee and my grievance melting away. By the time I got off the bus, 15 minutes later, my knee was perfectly fine and I was back to my joyful self. When I got home, my flatmate's cat, Zeus, was in a bad mood. His ...