Just read a discussion about email etiquette. Lots of people saying it is the height of rudeness to start an email just with the person’s name. That one should alwsys start with Hi/Hello/Dear ... Is this a thing? Have I been unintentionally rude for years?
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Yeah, I've more rules than I've put there, that's just the most relevant. I'm sorry you feel you're given less leeway than Brits are, I can totally imagine that & it's very unfair. There's so many unspoken cultural rules and people not a part of that are at a disadvantage.
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Legally, I am British — so can't imagine how much harder it is for non-UKers.
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Oh, true, sorry! I was searching for "non-native speakers" but for culture, and went for this short-hand but it was a bit lazy. Definitely didn't want to exclude you.
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Yeah, don't worry nationality, ethnicity and all these things become a soup of meaningless words when you emigrate.

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Definitely. I have realised you can lose these native cultural things, as well. Friends ask me etiquette questions about the UK and I just don't know anymore after US and Netherlands interference.
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In all honesty, I don't know what I am (possibly never have). Am I British Cypriot (what we call a "charlie" in Cyprus)? Am a Cypriot Brit (what UKers call an "expat")? So a repatriated ex-pat or a Cypriot immigrant? Both? Is both even possible?
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All I know is I am a Middle Easterner who passes as white up until people who vote UKIP (I guess now Brexit Party) talk to me a little and then spit in my face. And every friend I have from back home who lives/lived in London also has been spat at.
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I'm so so sorry that's happened to you

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