English Personality Traits

The English: Personality Traits. 

by The Englishmen. 

The English character is dualistic: one aspect is conservative, the other extroverted.

We find nothing funny in English comedy shows, since English humor is word oriented while our humor is more action oriented.

Tea drinking is another expression of the English spirit of control and patience.

There is a whole ritual to tea drinking in England.

However, conservative England is the one that produced the Beatles with their long hair and sounds that have influenced a decade of rock musicians and adolescents. Out of a very straight middle-class family comes the androgynous Mick Jagger of the rolling stone whose very existence violates the rigid sexual stereotypes of Western culture.

The English are innovators and experimenters in many areas.

In England you should not talk too loud (very Spanish custom) at someone, ask a woman’s age, talk with your mouth full, or make personal or intimate questions such as referring to weight or to marital status.

The English have the habit of speaking very low, unlike other countries like Spain.

The Englishmen try to behave according to a series of educational standards, establish formality and elegance, disappear when his workday ends. Concluded this day, their nature undergoes a complete transformation: the pubs become uninhibited spaces where tensions are discharged sometimes relying too heavily on alcohol.

When you meet an English person, you can have a slight impression of coldness on his part. However this does not imply that it is a distant person, by contrast, it is a sign of respect. We are opposite since we usually have physical contact with our partners (we hug or give a pat on the back).

Nevertheless, these gestures do not determine the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

The English as a whole are very fair-skinned; many have lighter skin than many northern Europeans. The eyes color is clear and the ‘average’ person is rather tall.

An English is an attentive friendly person with a broad social vision, always ready to advise and help you if you speak to him with respect and courtesy.