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Why I Love the UK...Part II
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05 Feb 2008 Tue 05:42 pm |
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LONDON (AFP) - Britons are losing their grip on reality, according to a poll out Monday which showed that nearly a quarter think Winston Churchill was a myth while the majority reckon Sherlock Holmes was real.
The survey found that 47 percent thought the 12th century English king Richard the Lionheart was a myth.
And 23 percent thought World War II prime minister Churchill was made up. The same percentage thought Crimean War nurse Florence Nightingale did not actually exist.
Three percent thought Charles Dickens, one of Britain's most famous writers, is a work of fiction himself.
Indian political leader Mahatma Gandhi and Battle of Waterloo victor the Duke of Wellington also appeared in the top 10 of people thought to be myths.
Meanwhile, 58 percent thought Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional detective Holmes actually existed; 33 percent thought the same of W. E. Johns' fictional pilot and adventurer Biggles.
UKTV Gold television surveyed 3,000 people.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/britainpeoplehistoryoffbeat;_ylt=AqMsZorJZiyb3Ity.D0vlwvtiBIF
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05 Feb 2008 Tue 07:08 pm |
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Quoting AEnigma III:
They probably had peace train as their teacher too  |
What a horrifying thought that a person like this is charged with teaching children! Can you imagine how she must talk to those poor kids?? Yikes!
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05 Feb 2008 Tue 07:19 pm |
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so one person is responsible for the entire UK?  
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05 Feb 2008 Tue 07:53 pm |
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Quoting catwoman: so one person is responsible for the entire UK? |
AEnigma was supposed to be watching the UK, Catwoman. Turn your back on her for 5 minutes and she is off telling people that Winston Churchill was just a figment of peoples imagination!!!
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05 Feb 2008 Tue 07:55 pm |
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Quoting Elisabeth: AEnigma was supposed to be watching the UK, Catwoman. Turn your back on her for 5 minutes and she is off telling people that Winston Churchill was just a figment of peoples imagination!!! |
She better focuses on her teaching responsibilities!
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06 Feb 2008 Wed 09:01 pm |
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Quoting AEnigma III: Sorry but, if they surveyed 3,000 of UK Gold viewers then I am not surprised
They probably had peace train as their teacher too |
it was confirmed today 
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06 Feb 2008 Wed 09:02 pm |
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wheres
why i love uk part I ????
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