DEBORAH:Well, here we are, in Brighton, and this is our hotel. What do you think of the hotel, dear?
ALAN: Oh, it’s fine. Kind of old-fashioned, but fine. Anyway, I’m real hungry now. Let’s go get some lunch.
DEBORAH:Lunch? Not now, dear. First we’re going to take a look around Brighton.
ALAN: Oh come on honey, I’m hungry!
DEBORAH:So what’s new? No dear, first we take a walk, then we have lunch. That’s the rule! I’ll tell you what: we’ll go to the pier first.
ALAN: The pier? What’s that?
DEBORAH:Don’t you know what a pier is? We have them in the States too, you know. Anyway, come and see it - it’s great!
DEBORAH:So this is Brighton pier.
ALAN: Uh-huh. It’s like an amusement park back home - only kind of small.
DEBORAH:It’s nothing like an amusement park, Alan - it’s typically British.
ALAN: Like those video games over there: are they typically British?
DEBORAH:Come on Alan, you know what I mean. Like some things here are typically British, and some things are, well, like, not so typically British.
ALAN: Hey, look at that - cotton candy! Do you want some, honey?
DEBORAH:Cotton candy? No way! And don’t you have any either, Alan. What about your teeth?
ALAN: Listen honey, I’m not having lunch, OK? But I’ll have some cotton candy if I want some. I’m on vacation, right?
DEBORAH:Well, all right - just this one time. Oh, and don’t call it ‘cotton candy’, will you? The British call it ‘candyfloss’.
ALAN: What? Can you say that again?
DEBORAH:Candyfloss.
ALAN: Candyfloss. Here I go!
ALAN: You know what, honey? I’m still hungry. How about a typically British burger and fries?
DEBORAH:No way, honey! No way! Just think of all that fat! We’ll go get some lunch later. You can have something that’s good for you, like a salad.
ALAN: Gee, thanks! A salad. I can’t wait.
ALAN: Anyway, so what’s so great about this ‘pier’ thing, Deborah? Like, show me something here that’s typically British.
DEBORAH:Now what about that? That is just so British! You see - that pub down there? Hey, do you know that word, honey - ‘pub’? ‘Pub’ is what the British call a bar.
ALAN: Yeah, I know what a pub is. So let’s go get a drink.
DEBORAH:Here we are. Do you want to sit outside?
ALAN: No, it’s cold. Let’s go inside.
DEBORAH:Isn’t this so British? I’ll have a diet Coke.
ALAN: I’ll have a beer. I’ll go and get the drinks. Hey, what do you know? They have Budweiser here!
ALAN: Here you are: two typically British drinks: a diet Coke for you and a Budweiser for me. To our vacation! Cheers!
DEBORAH:Cheers! To our honeymoon!
ALAN: So what now? I’m still hungry, you know. What about a snack? A typically British snack, of course.
DEBORAH:No honey, no snacks. We’ll have lunch later.
ALAN: Fish and chips.
DEBORAH:No honey, not now.
ALAN: No, I mean, like, what does that mean? Is that a kind of food? What are ‘chips’, anyway?
DEBORAH:Chips are french fries, and you’re not having any, OK? No, I want to you show you this.
DEBORAH:Now this is so British! The ghost train! Are you afraid?
ALAN: Afraid of that? No way!
DEBORAH:Come on then, honey. Let’s go!
DEBORAH:Isn’t that amazing?
ALAN: Yeah, it’s really … uh … great. Really British. So can we go and have lunch now?
DEBORAH:In a minute! First we’re going on this.
ALAN: No way, Deborah. No way am I going on that thing! Not in a million years!
DEBORAH:Oh come on, honey! Don’t be afraid!
ALAN: I’m not afraid, I’m just… Oh, alright. But we’re having lunch next, OK?
ALAN: Oh! Geez!
DEBORAH:How are you, honey? Are you OK?
ALAN: I’ll be alright. Geez!
DEBORAH:Do you want to have lunch now, honey?
ALAN: No, er… not right now. Maybe later.
DEBORAH:I know what we’ll do, then. We’ll go to Lewes3
now.
ALAN: What’s that?
DEBORAH:Oh, it’s this really cute little town, it’s about 8 miles from here. There’s a castle, there are all these old houses. You’ll see. Come on - we can go by train.
ALAN: By train? Oh, alright. But you know, I really …
