{"product_id":"watching-the-english","title":"Watching the English","description":"\u003cb\u003eUpdated, with new research and over 100 revisions\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Ten years later, they're still talking about the weather! Kate Fox, the social anthropologist who put the quirks and hidden conditions of the English under a microscope, is back with more biting insights about the nature of Englishness. This updated and revised edition of \u003ci\u003eWatching the English \u003c\/i\u003e- which over the last decade has become the unofficial guidebook to the English national character - features new and fresh insights on the unwritten rules and foibles of \"squaddies,\" bikers, horse-riders, and more. \u003cbr\u003eFox revisits a strange and fascinating culture, governed by complex sets of unspoken rules and bizarre codes of behavior. She demystifies the peculiar cultural rules that baffle us: the rules of weather-speak. The ironic-gnome rule. The reflex apology rule. The paranoid pantomime rule. Class anxiety tests. The roots of English self-mockery and many more. An international bestseller, \u003ci\u003eWatching the English\u003c\/i\u003e is a biting, affectionate, insightful and often hilarious look at the English and their society.","brand":"John Murray Business","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51538956452009,"sku":"9781857886160","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/8022\/6891\/files\/imageloader_7fed8820-8bf4-4b8d-9de7-2b2d5acf7804.jpg?v=1794488222","url":"https:\/\/tricia-goyer.myshopify.com\/products\/watching-the-english","provider":"Tricia Goyer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}