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we often see other nationalities as having a set of characteristics which set them apart from others, particularly ourselves: the italians are excitable and love children, the finns are reserved people who say very little, and so on. but, if you look more closely, the situation appears more complicated. you become aware that the italians, for example, have the fewest children per family in europe, and the finns love to talk on their mobile phones the british are famous for their tolerance and sense of humour, yet they don't always say what they think and can be intentionally rude. this amazes americans, who do not understand such behaviour. britain's nearest neighbours can be just as surprised as the americans. french writer andré maurois wrote: 'in france, it is rude not to have a conversation with someone: in england, it is unwise to have one. no one there blames you for silence. when you have not opened your mouth for three years, they will think, "this frenchman's quite a nice fellow. as with the italians and the finns, the truth about the british is, of course, much more complicated. however, perhaps certain generalisations can be made. britain is an island a fact not changed by the construction of the channel tunnel and it has not been successfully conquered since 1066. for this reason, britaln and the british remain deeply individualistic however, the british are not one nationality but four who all see each other differently. to the english, the welsh are a much more talkative group than themselves, and indeed wales has produced many, preachers and trade unlon leaders, particularly in the 19th century. in contrast the scots are seen as serious and sometimes mean in the 1950s, many commonwealth citizens, mostly from the west indies, emlgrated to britain. others came too: asians came from the indian subcontinent and africa, and chinese people came from hong kong. many of these newcomers have put in a lot of effort to build up successful businesses. together with arabs and africans, they make up 6.4 % of the population and help to form what is now a multi-racial society. even though the people in britain all have different accents,different cultural backgrounds and different views and even different languages, they are still all part of an island race, whose culture and customs are mixed so well together that they produce a british identity. to understand britain, however, its people tell you, takes many visits. bearing in mind their inability to say what they mean, this probably translates as: 'although we regard tourism as rather undesirable, we put up with it because we need the business the visitors are bringing in. 6 based on brian bell, insight guldes-great britain​