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Watching the English

The Hidden Rules of English Behavior Revised and Updated

by Kate Fox
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Updated, with new research and over 100 revisions
Ten years later, they're still talking about the weather! Kate Fox, the social anthropologist who put the quirks and hidden conditions of the English under a microscope, is back with more biting insights about the nature of Englishness. This updated and revised edition of Watching the English - which over the last decade has become the unofficial guidebook to the English national character - features new and fresh insights on the unwritten rules and foibles of "squaddies," bikers, horse-riders, and more.
Fox revisits a strange and fascinating culture, governed by complex sets of unspoken rules and bizarre codes of behavior. She demystifies the peculiar cultural rules that baffle us: the rules of weather-speak. The ironic-gnome rule. The reflex apology rule. The paranoid pantomime rule. Class anxiety tests. The roots of English self-mockery and many more. An international bestseller, Watching the English is a biting, affectionate, insightful and often hilarious look at the English and their society.

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  • Release date

    July 8, 2014

  • Formats

    • Kindle Book

      • ISBN: 9781473653146

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9781857889178
      • File size: 973 KB

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9781857889178
      • File size: 973 KB

  • Languages

    • English

Formats

  • Kindle Book
  • OverDrive Read
  • EPUB ebook

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  • English

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