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What British English people like to revel in is a 'sense of britishness' , as if it's so complex and elusive.

Most other nationalities phrase any pride in their nationality in terms of real things, like food, sport or whatever. If you ask an English person what they've got going for them they'll initially feign any interest, then if you probe a little they'll develop a fond nostalgic look on their face and explain what it means to drink tea, and use words like quitisentially. Then if you dismiss that and probe a little further they will all eventually start singing two world wars and one world cup and talking about the sun never setting on the empire as dozens of royal wedding spoons start cascading out the inside pockets of their anorak.

What a fountain of disingenuous cat vomit!