Re: Dee Mills, of Surrey, United Kingdom - Follow Up

On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 11:59:00 -0500, tony cooper
<tony_cooper213@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 10:17:34 -0600, "Django Cat" <> wrote:

Well, BMS on the comments page at

http://www.topix.net/forum/source/orlando-sentinel/T20715B0INB7N7AUU
http://tinyurl.com/2d6fp8

describes Ms Mills as "someone whose country has No [sic] oral hygiene" so I suppose this is a
popular belief amongst Floridians, or maybe just readers of the Orlando Sentinel, or maybe just
readers of Mike Thomas' column. Weird. I mean there is an element of truth in the gibe that lots
of Americans are a tad... big-boned{1}. But all Brits have bad teeth? What's that based on?

The belief is not at all linked to Floridians or readers of the
_Orlando Sentinel_. It's rather universal in the US.

I suspect it's based on movies and television. The first thing
budding American actors do when they go to Hollywood is have a full
set of caps or whatever it is that is done to make teeth look perfect.
British actors don't seem to feel that a brilliant, perfect smile is
necessary.

I doubt if many of the Americans who joke about British bad teeth are
basing their belief on personal observation of Brits other than the
Brits they see on a movie or television screen.

It's a rather similar misconception to the Brits who believe that all
Americans either live in mansions or hovels based on what they see in
movies and television.

It seems to me that a far greater percentage of American parents
have their children's teeth fitted with braces as a matter of
course than is the case here. I know that neither in England nor
in France did any dentist suggest that my children have braces,
and it's not because their teeth are perfect. In fact,
ruminating about it, I'm not sure I've ever seen a non-American
with braces, except as a medical necessity.
--
Robin
Herts, England
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