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The Xenophobe's® guide to The English - Softcover

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Miall, Antony; Milsted, David

 
9781906042295: The Xenophobe's® guide to The English
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1906042292 ISBN 13: 9781906042295
Verlag: Globe Pequot Press, 2008

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Never overstep the markModeration—a treasured ideal—means a lot to the English. Their respect for it is reflected in their shared dislike of any person who “goes too far.” Irrational rationalityThe English can admire something without enjoying it, or enjoy something they suspect is fundamentally reprehensible. You can never be sure which stance they are going to take—the reassuringly reasonable, or the wildly irrational. I'm fine, reallyStoicism, the capacity to greet life's vicissitudes with cheerful calm, is an essential ingredient of Englishness. Push-me, pull-youTwo equally fundamental but contradictory English characteristics are a love of continuity and a yearning for change. In the English character these two opposite desires vie with each other constantly, which produces some curious behavior patterns and several characteristics most usually observed in the classic split personality.

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What makes the English ENGLISH: A guide to understanding the English that gets beyond the stiff upper lip and reveals their true spirit and character.

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Verlag
Globe Pequot Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2008
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1906042292
ISBN 13 
9781906042295
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Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
85
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