Flying the Vickers FunBus into the colonies, it was quite common for someone to ask "Say, what kindda airplane is that?"
Having once said "You know what a VC-25 is?, Well we're a VC10 from the UK which should be accorded similar courtesies" only to find half the USAF plus a red carpet waiting for us on arrival, I decided that a different response would be more appropriate in future. So I copied down the introduction to the aircrew manual and, when asked, was happy to read out "The VC10 is an all-metal, low wing cantilever monoplane.....etc etc".
Bless them, our colonial cousins merely said "Gee, thanks" upon the conclusion of such a monologue!