TheEnglishasaraceareverydifferentfromailothernationalitiesincludingtheirclosestneighborstheFrenchBelgiansandDutch.ItisclaimedthatlivingonanislandseparatedfromtherestofEuropehasmuchtodowithit.Wh
TheEnglishasaraceareverydifferentfromailothernationalitiesincludingtheirclosestneighborstheFrenchBelgiansandDutch.ItisclaimedthatlivingonanislandseparatedfromtherestofEuropehasmuchtodowithit.WhateverthereasonsitmaybefairlystatedthattheEnglishmanhasdevelopedmanyattitudesandhabitswhichdistinguishhimfromothernationalities.
BroadlyspeakingtheEnglishmanisaquietshyreservedpersonwhoisfullyrelaxedonlyamongpeopleheknowswell.Inthepresenceofstrangersorforeignersheoftenseemsinhibitedevenembarrassed.Youhaveonlytowitnessacitytrainanymorningoreveningtoseethetruthofthis.Serious-lookingbusinessmenandwomensitreadingtheirnewspapersorhavingalightsleepinacomer;noonespeaks.Infacttodosowouldseemmostunusual.AnEnglishmanpretendingtobegivingadvicetoanoverseasvisitoroncesuggested“Onenteringarailwaycarriageshakehandswithallthepassengers.”Needlesstosayhewasnotbeingserious.Thereisanunwrittenbutclearlyunderstoodcodeofbehaviorwhichifbrokenmakesthepersonimmediatelysuspect.
Inmanypartsoftheworlditisquitenormaltoshowopenlyextremesofenthusiasmemotionexcitementetcoftenaccompaniedbyappropriategestures.TheEnglishmanissomewhatdifferent.OfcourseanEnglishmanfeelsnolessdeeplythananyothernationalitybuthetendstodisplayhisfeelingsfarless.Thisisreflectedinhisuseoflanguage.Imagineamencommentingonthegreatbeautyofayounggirl.Whereasamoreemotionalmenmightdescribeheras“anexcellentjewel”“extremelybeautiful”“precious”theEnglishmanwilltaffystate“Umshe'sallright”.AnEnglishmanwhohasseenahighlysuccessfulandenjoyablefilmrecommendsittoafriendbycommenting“It'snotbadyouknow”oronseeingveryunusualsceneryhemightconveyhispleasurebysaying“Niceyesverynice.”Theoverseasvisitormustnotbedisappointed bythisapparentlackofinterestandinvolvement;hemustrealizethat“allright”“notbad”and"nice"veryoften havethesenseof“first-class”“excellent”“beautiful”.ThisspecialuseoflanguageparticularlycommoninEnglandisknownasrestrainedstatement.
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