The British, England and the English.....
Just 59% of 1,010 Britons surveyed knew As You Like it was by Shakespeare and a third that Brunel created the Clifton Suspension Bridge... (this may sound like a terrible thing to say but....that's a higher percentage than I expected!)
Anyway, regardless of my thoughts..."A map of English 'genius' is being made available to combat perceived ignorance about creative and scientific pioneers" (from the BBC).
The map is actually very interesting and full of useful snippets of trivia...looking at a map such as this one makes me think two things...firstly....for such a small country England has managed to produce a good number of incredibly resourceful, clever and inventive visionaries.....the second thing...what about Scotland...., they too have their fair share of genius...Fleming, Bell, Baird, Doyle, Stevenson, Dunlop....and that's just off the top of my head....
After a survey was held last year in Milan, Mumbai, Chicago and Norfolk (interesting cross-section), Britons were found to be individual, tolerant, reserved and mulitcultural with a sense of history. They were also prone to 'hooliganism and drunkenness' where alcohol or sport were present. And the best part....
"...in the style stakes, Italians scoffed at claims of British panache but the Americans admitted Britons were at least better dressed than them."
Well that's a relief then.....
And also last year...another survey found that 6% of the Brits surveyed thought that the Spanish Armada was defeated by Tolkien's wizard Gandalf...Sir Francis Drake no doubt turned rather violently in his watery grave at hearing that...
and if you want to test yourself...a little quiz on British Battles....
Anyway, regardless of my thoughts..."A map of English 'genius' is being made available to combat perceived ignorance about creative and scientific pioneers" (from the BBC).
The map is actually very interesting and full of useful snippets of trivia...looking at a map such as this one makes me think two things...firstly....for such a small country England has managed to produce a good number of incredibly resourceful, clever and inventive visionaries.....the second thing...what about Scotland...., they too have their fair share of genius...Fleming, Bell, Baird, Doyle, Stevenson, Dunlop....and that's just off the top of my head....
After a survey was held last year in Milan, Mumbai, Chicago and Norfolk (interesting cross-section), Britons were found to be individual, tolerant, reserved and mulitcultural with a sense of history. They were also prone to 'hooliganism and drunkenness' where alcohol or sport were present. And the best part....
"...in the style stakes, Italians scoffed at claims of British panache but the Americans admitted Britons were at least better dressed than them."
Well that's a relief then.....
And also last year...another survey found that 6% of the Brits surveyed thought that the Spanish Armada was defeated by Tolkien's wizard Gandalf...Sir Francis Drake no doubt turned rather violently in his watery grave at hearing that...
and if you want to test yourself...a little quiz on British Battles....
posted by Madame Chiang at 4:18 pm
1 Comments:
Interesting and right survey. I've always seen that Britons are tolerant and reserved people.
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