1. Anti-intellectual attitudes can be found in all four nations of the Isles, but they're probably seen as a specifically English characteristic
2. CONSERVATISM
2.1. British don't like change
2.1.1. They like symbols of tradition although there are very untraditional attitudes and habits
2.1.2. Politicians often cite their enthusiasm for 'traditional family values' as a way of getting support
2.1.3. They don't consider especially smart to live in a new hoyse. Living in an old one is prestigious
2.1.3.1. There's a sentirmental attachment to older, supposedly safer times
2.1.4. British like their Christmas cards to depict scenes from past centuries
2.1.5. They like their pubs to look old
2.1.6. They complained bitterly when their system of currency was changed
3. It's possible than in the USA people live their whole live in such communities without ever learning English.
3.1. This hardly happens in Britain
4. STEREOTYPES AND CHANGE
4.1. 'Land of Tradition'
4.1.1. Only in public life
4.2. 'City Gent'
4.2.1. The wearing of a bowler hat
4.2.1.1. It has not been commonly worn for a long time
4.3. 'British/English Breakfast'
4.3.1. Very few people actually have this sort of breakfast
4.3.1.1. It's actually much closer to a 'continental' breakfast
4.4. 'Tea-Drinkers'
4.4.1. It's outdated
4.4.1.1. Most usually among retired people and the leisured upper-middle class
4.5. 'The British love for queueing'
4.5.1. No less than 65% of shoppers had witnessed or been victims of 'queue rage'
4.5.1.1. It's wrong to conclude that British are patient peoeple
5. A MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY
5.1. Britain is a multicultural society
5.1.1. There was a largest scale imigration to Britain from places beyond the four nations since WW2
5.1.1.1. "New British" people have brought widely differing sets of attitudes
5.1.1.1.1. This probably helped to make people more informal in their behaviour and changed the nature of the 'corner shop'
5.1.1.2. The numbers in ethnic communities are lower and the physicial spaces between communities are smaller than in the USA
6. FORMALITY
6.1. British are thought to be really formal
6.1.1. It depends if they are working or with friends
7. BEING DIFFERENT
7.1. They can be stubbornly conservative.
7.1.1. Individualism
7.2. British manufacturers are obliged to give the weight of their packaged goods in kilos, grams, pounds and onces
7.3. British drive on the left-hand side.
7.4. British people continue to measure distances using scales of measurement that are not used anywhere else in Europe.
8. PRIVACY AND SEX
8.1. They do not talk about their "private life" with others but close friends
9. ENGLISH VERSUS BRITISH
9.1. Teachers and academic staff do not have a high status in society as in other countries
9.2. Large sections of upper and working class in Britain were not interested in university
9.2.1. It's still unusual for parents to arrange extra private tuition for their children
9.2.2. School life can still tough for a pupil in England
9.2.2.1. If a student shows a desire to learns, they mat be reviled as a 'teacher's pet'
9.2.2.2. Words as 'clever' and 'intelectual' have negative connotations
10. LOVE OF NATURE
10.1. the Nature Conservancy
10.1.1. 1949
10.2. the World Wildlife
10.2.1. 1961