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Antony Miall,David Milsted

The Xenophobe's Guide to the English

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  • Olga Kardanovskayahas quoted4 years ago
    he attitude of the English towards other nations is not so much xenophobia (fear of foreigners) as xenopili (pity for foreigners for having the misfortune to be, well, NOT English)
  • Дмитрий Кувшиновhas quoted7 years ago
    Bracing, parky, muggy, breezy, crisp, chilly, fresh – conditions are always understated by at least 10 degrees.
  • Дмитрий Кувшиновhas quoted7 years ago
    the English do not die, they ‘pass over’, ‘pass on’, ‘pop off’, ‘kick the bucket’, ‘give up the ghost’ or ‘snuff it’. When they need to relieve themselves they ‘spend a penny’, ‘wash their hands’, ‘answer the call’, ‘make use of the facilities’ or, simply, ‘go’.
  • Дмитрий Кувшиновhas quoted7 years ago
    English people pride themselves on their ability to ‘muddle through’, that is, to act without too much worry about discipline or planning.
  • Дмитрий Кувшиновhas quoted7 years ago
    Contrary to the popular belief that supporting a monarch is a hugely expensive business, the British royal family costs each U.K. citizen the price of a KitKat each year – a bargain compared with the expense of supporting (or for that matter, impeaching) a President.
  • Дмитрий Кувшиновhas quoted7 years ago
    The Independent is read by the people who think they should run the country, The Guardian by the people who think they do run the country, and The Times by the people who actually run the country. The Financial Times is read by the people who own the country, The DailyTelegraph is read by people who ran the country 50 years ago and The Sun is read by people who don’t care who runs the country so long as the female on page 3 has great breasts.
  • Дмитрий Кувшиновhas quoted7 years ago
    While Hollywood promotes the message that everyone ought to be rich and beautiful, England has cornered the market in films which suggest that people tend to be anything but, and that life is generally a bit of a disappointment.
  • Дмитрий Кувшиновhas quoted7 years ago
    Queen Victoria’s dying words were: ‘I feel a little better…’
  • Дмитрий Кувшиновhas quoted7 years ago
    ‘If Stalin had learned to play cricket, the world might now be a better place’ claimed an English bishop in 1948.
  • Дмитрий Кувшиновhas quoted7 years ago
    Two in five marriages in England end in divorce. Two-thirds of divorced people remarry, and two-thirds of people who divorce a second time go on to marry again. Most then settle down, possibly through sheer exhaustion.
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