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The Seven Sins of England

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Rudeness

Along with countless foreigners over the centuries, the Scot James Boswell was gobsmacked by the relentless rudeness of the English:

The rudeness of the English vulgar is terrible. This indeed is the liberty they have. The liberty of bullying, and being abusive with their blackguard tongues.
(James Boswell, London Journal, 1762.)


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