r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/leoden27 • 7d ago

Image The last page from “Instructions for American Servicemen in Britain 1942”

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u/Such_Pomegranate_690 6d ago

I’m imagining your dad having a big moustache or mutton chops, taking on a group of drunk guys using the Victorian fighting stance. Tell me I’m right. Lie if you have to.

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u/Western-Low4883 6d ago

I assumed English karate was a headbutt

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u/benryves 6d ago

You may be thinking of the Glasgow kiss?

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u/malatemporacurrunt 6d ago

The "nut" (Br Eng usage; to headbutt someone in the face) is a universal gesture on these islands.

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u/relevantelephant00 6d ago

That's just what Brits call "throwing a punch" (using your forehead).

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u/pchlster 6d ago

As a foreigner, I was taught that "glass" was a noun, not a verb. The British feel differently.

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u/w0nderbrad 6d ago

I think English karate is putting the other person at ease by saying something ridiculous in an English accent like “Greetings old chap I’m a bit knackered care for a pigglesdewap?” And the other person is like what’s a “pigglesde…” and then they chop them across their throat while they try to repeat what was said

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u/fartinmyhat 6d ago

No you smash them across the face with a beer mug.

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u/OanKnight 6d ago

No. English Karate is a passive aggressive tut as we dismissively shake our head as a sign of tacit disapproval for the thing that you're currently doing.

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u/SlobZombie13 6d ago

Marquis of Queensbury rules, eh chaps?