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English 'fat, sex-obsessed' nation



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A NEW travel guide to England has described the country as a place where "overweight, alcopop-swilling, sex and celebrity-obsessed TV addicts" live alongside "animal-loving, tea-drinking, charity donors thriving on irony and Radio 4".
The Rough Guide to England says this variety makes the country fascinating.


The full article contains 54 words and appears in Edinburgh Evening News newspaper.
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  • Last Updated: 09 May 2008 11:14 AM
  • Source: Edinburgh Evening News
  • Location: Edinburgh
 
1

I love to eat Sellotape,

09/05/2008 12:34:26
Yes, any country with overweight, alcopop-swilling, sex and celebrity-obsessed TV addicts sounds fascinating enough to me.
2

Sister H,

09/05/2008 13:12:50
Could refer to any country in the UK.
3

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09/05/2008 13:30:22
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TimW1234,

Ottawa, Canada 09/05/2008 13:54:01
I am not fascinated by this glib generalisation and whomever coined it must think themselves a proper little wordsmith or wordsmithesse (?).

NOT!!!!!
5

A Friend of Fernando Poo,

Newington 09/05/2008 16:38:25
Well, just so long as they're not French eh?
6

John Blackley,

Florida 09/05/2008 18:08:39
Sounds close enough for me.

Very good insight, really.

 

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