Speak English Like a Brit

Here’s a list of words you’ll hear when you travel to London:

• Tube = London Underground Network
• The Knowledge = The cumulative knowledge of London’s black cab drivers that they have to learn to be licensed. They have to learn every street in London.
• Boris Bus = Boris Johnson’s key platform of replacing the old London Routemaster bus.
• Red Ken = The name of London’s former Mayor Ken Livingston who leaned VERY far to the left.
• The Standard = What some call the Evening Standard – the evening paper dedicated to London.
• The City = The City of London – the square mile bit of central London that goes back 2 thousand years.
• Square Mile = The City of London also
• Congestion Charge = Tax on all cars entering the central London congestion charge zone.
• Silicon Roundabout = Area around Old Street that’s a hub for new media and tech companies.
• Council Estate = Public housing

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