She nudges him, but it still takes her saying it before he realises what she's on about. It's not so hard. People in England, in his time, do much the same thing, at least if you're in the residential bits as opposed to the centre.

So. He passes a bloke, who nods; he nods back.

'Alrigh'?'

And recieves a strange look in return.

'Twat,' he mutters, under his breath, and then glances at Kate.

'Everyone's a bastard in France. Dunno why you bothered goin' there.'