. Banana Attack Theory

The difference between Americans and the British is that Americans love to pronounce the R's in words, and the British really can't be bothered. Try it with me now. Say the word "Doctor ". Did you make a nice "R" sound at the end of the word with big fat pursed lips? Like "Doctrrrrr" Then you're probably American. Did you say "Doctuh"? Then you're British.

The exception to this rule is known as Banana Attack theory.

Banana Attack theory (also known as Vodka and Tonic theory) suggests that if one word in a phrase or sentence ends with a vowel, and the following word begins with a vowel, then the British will stick an R sound between the two words, just for the hell of it.

Try it with me now. Say the phrase "Banana attack". Did you actually say something like "Bananarattack?" Then you will probably find that you are English. Possibly Welsh. Maybe drunk. If however you said "banana attack" with nothing but a small and uncomfortable silence between the two words, then you will probably find that you are American.

If you find that you are Spanish, you probably say everything with a lisp, because King Pedro of Castile did in the 14th century and you want to be just like him. Shame on you.