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Pub-talk, the most popular activity in all pubs, is a native dialect with its own distinctive grammar. there are very few restriction on what you can talk about in pubs: pub etiquette is concerned mainly about the form of your conversation, not the content.(1)____(2)____
When a regular enters into the pub, you will often hear a chorus of friendly greetings from the other regulars, the publican and bar staff.(3)____(4)____ the regular responds to each greeting, usually addressed the greeter by name or nickname.(5)____ no one is conscious of obeying a rule or following a formula, yet you will hear the same greeting ritual in every pub in the country.
The words may not even be particular polite: a regular may be greeted with "back again, joe?-haven't you got a home to go to?" or "ah, just in time to buy your round, joel ".(6)____ when you first enter a pub, don't just drink-start by saying "good evening" and "good morning", with a friendly nod and a smile, to the bar staff and the regulars at the bar counter.(7)____ for most natives, this will trigger an automatic, reflex greeting-response, if it is only a nod.(8)____ don't worry if the initial respond is somewhat reserved. (9)____ by greeting before ordering, you have communicated friendly intentions. although this does not make you an 'instant regular', it will be noticed, your subsequent attempts to initiate contact will be received more favorably.(10)____
