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In your opinion is this 'Travel Guide' presenting an accurate portrayal of our society and culture?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4933278.stm
i.e. "overweight, alcopop-swilling, sex-and-celebrity obsessed television addicts"
Is it true, and should we be embarrassed or proud?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.When my dad came to Britain his first impression was that all the men were gay alcoholics! His couldn't understand why everyone drunk so much; where he comes from alcohol is a part of a night out not the focus of it. Neither could he understand why all the men he met seemed to prefer spending their spare time with other men rather than ladies! He just couldn't understand why his workmates spent Friday night with the lads when they could be taking a lady out to dinner.
I thought what the guide said seemed okay. It all really depends on what part of the country you are in. noxlumos is right about other countries having a weird opinion of the British. No one thought I was English when I was in America because my accent doesn't comform to what they expected the English to sound like. One guy I met was amazed to hear that we have nightclubs in Britain. He presumably thought we all sit around eating cucumber sandwiches and discussing the Queen's new hat.
if you can see this
http://www.ias.org.uk/factsheets/harm-ukeu.pdf
you'll see the UK seventh in the European drinking league (a couple of years ago) but rising. But who'd have thought the Luxembourgeois were the worst?
Good link Jno, many thanks.
One word of warning though, it's 1.72mbs in case anyone is on dial up.
Interesting to see that, out of the top ten alcohol consuming countries over the last 10 years, the UK is the only one showing a (fairly sharp) increase, while the others are either pretty much static or in decline.
Do you think this type of unhealthy social behaviour will, at some point be frowned upon in the same way smoking is, or is it too ingrained in our culture?
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