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 ::I hope you don't mind if I make a suggestion. Instead of the longer ""Internationaly the British are famed for their manners and are regarded as a reserved, unemotional people that face misfortune with resolution"" you could rephrase it as ""Internationaly the British are famed for their manners and stiff upper lip"" perhaps going on to say that this perception is slowly changing if there are sources to back up the changing perception.   "