It's also a convenient way to let any ethnic minority Britons know that, no matter how long ago their great-great-grandma came over to the UK, they'll always be regarded as looking (or sounding) a little bit "foreign" – and therefore suspect in the eyes of their own government. .
Y ou visit a place, find it a challenge and a bit foreign at first, but gradually fall in love with it.
In essence they all said, with one voice, 'He's a bit foreign, he's not really one of us, and he has brought us trouble.' And I thought that was absolutely disgraceful.
Evidence from the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants shows the "Right to Rent" checks have led to housing discrimination towards British people of colour, people with accents and anyone who just appears a bit foreign.
I remember those first couple of days very distinctly as being a battering, like, 'Fuck!' Just really trying to get into the space of what that was, and it being something that was a bit foreign to me, because part of me was, 'Well, fuck it, come on, pick yourself up, go do something, you'll be fine!' Maybe that sounds really weird".
They've seen people who are male-to-female transgender people, but they'd never seen female-to-male transgender people, so it was a bit foreign to them, but they've learned to understand it and accept it later one.
"They would have seen those houses as a bit foreign, a bit alien".
"We're going to end up in a situation where if you look a bit foreign or sound a bit foreign, you'll struggle to rent a property from a reputable landlord.
Another quirk: 1,600 employees are civil service workers, making concepts like merit-based promotion a bit foreign.
He does not think along with the catcher while playing first — the position is still a bit foreign — but the position is part of his identity.
