I ended up explaining, as kindly as I could, that the English do not want to know your name, or tell you theirs, until a much greater degree of intimacy has been established - like maybe when you marry their daughter.
Explaining why you do not introduce yourself to strangers
Sports commentators here do it all the time - Edit 1
Before modification by damookster at 09/04/2017 08:08:27 PM
"He can literally carry a team on his back for a month," "he's literally a man among boys," "this team is literally hanging on by their fingernails," etc.
