Perhaps this has something to do with Britons being
Encouraged to always know their Place, and Yanks always being
exhorted to Aspire, and to talk accordingly. Contrast with
Canadian, Australian, Jamaican, South African and New
Zealander hb cf could be interesting this way... TM
-----Original Message----- From: Mario Taboada [mailto:
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<<----- Original Message ----- From: "Mario Taboada"
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matrxtech@yahoo.com>
> One point is that British toughness is not expressed
at
all
> in the same way as American toughness.
This is an interesting observation. Would you care to
back
it up?>>
I wasn't teasing. The observation comes from my whole
experience reading British and American fiction. I find
British fiction, particularly English fiction, to be drier,
more subdued, more self-deprecating than its American
counterpart. Human nature being universal, the toughness is
probably the same, but the expression in language is
different.
Best,
MrT
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from old materials, but the battered tenement may, with care,
be long sustained by props" -- From Becklard's
Physiology.
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