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This is obvious to me when I look at French or Italian too, but most of the basic words are still Germanic. I once set myself the task of seeing if I could write a paragraph using only the Romance (French, Latin, etc..) words in English. It failed because basic vocabulary such as "and" and "the"...

They share these traits with the English too. The English distrust politicians whilst having given my countries their system of government. Also most of the businesses are small here, England's economy is not in the City of London or at the large factories but in the small businesses of the...

Hahaha. Don't mind going with out too much... "like", well I wouldn't go that far. :laughing: Yeah, this is mainly true if exaggerated, but we just don't think about it - it's normal to us. Gateau and cakes like that I tend to avoid, they're far too rich to consume in any meaningful amounts...

Culturally European since the Russians settled much of it. Geographically it is distinct from the rest of Asia and Europe.

Agreed. Oh god how I hate hobnobs. :rolleyes2: Um, I presumed people were talking about modern "British" peoples here, not the extinct ethnicity. :useless: It's flexible. It's obvious you're subtly advocating Welsh here by the way. Rovers were awful, I didn't mourn their death. MGs were...

Do we? Some maps I found suggest otherwise. It appears to be quite the opposite. I think I did read somewhere that Europeans have a "genetic sweet tooth" due to consuming a lot of berries and fruits as hunter-gatherers for the energy I suppose. This makes a lot of sense, it mirrors the...