What does the average British person look like?

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said the average man in England was 5ft 9in (175.3cm) tall and weighed 13.16 stone (83.6kg). The average woman in England weighed 11 stone (70.2kg) and was 5ft 3in tall (161.6cm). Women living in England or Wales will have an average of 1.96 children during their lifetime, said the ONS.
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What does the average UK person look like?

The average British man is 5ft 9in tall and weighs 13stone 2lbs. The average woman is 5ft 3in tall and weighs 11stone. British women live 82.7 years while men live 78.9 years. The average British woman has a bra cup size of 36C.
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What are typical English facial features?

The facial features are chiseled with thick eyebrows. Not terribly common in England, but quite noticeable in Wales and Cornwall. Then there is the Anglo-Saxon, Viking and Norman look. Tall, big-boned but usually lean, blonde to medium brown hair, with ginger blonde being the most common.
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Is British attractive?

The attraction is not universal. A 2014 YouGov poll found that 35 percent of American respondents find the British accent to be attractive — with more women than men saying they're smitten — but 49 percent found it “neither attractive nor obnoxious.” And not all accents are treated equally.
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How tall is the average man in the UK?

In the United Kingdom and Australia, the average male is around 70 inches tall (5′ 10″). In France, the average male measures 69.5 inches (5′ 9″). In most cases, female height tracks male height, such that nations with taller males also have taller females.
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Average American vs Average British Person - How Do They Compare? - People Comparison



Which race is the tallest?

When it comes to height, Dutch men and Latvian women tower over all other nationalities, a study reveals. The average Dutchman is now 183cm (6ft) tall, while the average Latvian woman reaches 170cm (5ft 7in).
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What race is the shortest?

At the other end of the spectrum are the top ten countries with the shortest average height, which currently include:
  • Indonesia 62.2 inches.
  • Bolivia 62.9 inches.
  • The Philippines 63.7 inches.
  • Vietnam 63.82 inches.
  • Cambodia 63.98 inches.
  • Nepal 64.17 inches.
  • Ecuador 64.37 inches.
  • Sri Lanka 64.41 inches.
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Which accent is most attractive British or American?

1. British. More than half of respondents (52%) said they like the British accent, a greater percentage than for any other dialect. The British accent in general was the favorite across those who identified as men and women, and was also ranked among the sexiest and most trustworthy.
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Which English accent is attractive?

British accent has been rated as the most attractive English accent in the world, according to a new survey by the CEOWORLD magazine. The results were revealed in a global study, which questioned 96,398 people across 32 countries worldwide to list “most attractive English accents” other than their own.
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Is British accent most attractive?

According to a recent poll in the Independent, the British accent has been chosen as being the most attractive accent in the world, beating the French accent which was once know as the loveliest accent.
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How can I look more British?

"If you want to dress British your look should be smart and include some classic pieces," says Little. The obvious thing to invest in is a tailored suit, but he also recommends pairing a trim blazer (in classic fabrics or prints such as tweed, houndstooth, and pinstripe) with a pair of slim-fitting jeans or trousers.
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What are British traits?

Top 40 signs of being British
  • Talking about the weather.
  • Queuing.
  • Having a roast dinner on Sundays.
  • Putting the kettle on in a crisis.
  • Liking fish and chips.
  • Using tea as a cure/fix for everything.
  • Saying 'sorry' too frequently.
  • Saying please and thank you.
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Can you tell ethnicity by facial features?

Ancestry and Genetic Admixture

Ancestry and physical appearance are highly related; it is often possible to infer an individual's recent ancestry based on physically observable features such as facial structure and skin color.
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What does the average UK woman look like?

Today's British women are 5ft 5ins tall on average, weigh 11st, have size six feet and dress size 16. Most noticeable, however, is just how much bra sizes has increased - 60 years ago, women were wearing 34B bras on average, whereas today it's 36DD.
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What is tall for a woman UK?

In the UK, the average height of a man – according to the Office of National Statistics – is 5ft 9in (175.3cm) and a woman is 5ft 3in (161.6cm).
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What is the average size of a woman UK?

The average woman is now 11st, a weight that is considered 'healthy' for women 5ft 6 or above by the NHS but 11st does move into the NHS's 'overweight' bracket for women 5ft 5 or under. It has been proven we're eating more calories too so could our new sizes potentially reflect a less healthy lifestyle?
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What is the least attractive accent?

According to a Big 7 Travel survey, the accent found among New Jerseyans has the least sex appeal compared to the state accents. "Poor New Jersey dropped down one place from 2019 to end up in the last spot this year, making it the least sexy accent in America.
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Which English accent is easiest?

Option 1: the American accent

The most popular English accent of them all. Spread around the world by American cinema, music, television and more than 350 million North Americans (including Canadians, eh), this is the easiest accent for most people to understand, whether native speakers or non-native speakers.
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What is the Queen's accent?

Variously referred to as the 'Queen's English', 'BBC English' or 'Oxford English', Received Pronunciation, or RP for short, is the accent usually described as typically British.
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What is the nicest accent in the world?

The top ten world's sexiest accents for 2021, 2020 and 2019 read as follows:
  • Irish.
  • Italian.
  • Scottish.
  • French.
  • Australian.
  • English.
  • Swedish.
  • Spanish.
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Does English sound nice to foreigners?

'Americans speak slower,' the 21-year-old said. 'British English is a lot quicker and much more aggressive. ' However, both agree English does not sound similar to any other language – despite it belonging to the same family as German, Dutch and Afrikaans.
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What is the true English accent?

The “how” – British accent vs American accent

In all reality, the standard British accent was the one that changed significantly in the last two centuries while the American accent stayed more or less the same. During the American Revolution, the English language started to change in Britain.
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Why are Europeans so tall?

In a paper published in Nature, the researchers show that northern Europeans seem to have a stronger genetic link to a particularly tall nomadic population from the Eurasian steppe who came to Europe around 4,500 years ago. Because of these genes, northern Europeans are still tall compared to others on the continent.
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Where do the tallest humans come from?

The Netherlands is renowned for its tall population and unsurprisingly the nation has the tallest average height on Earth. The average 19-year-old man stands at 183 cm, while women of the same age are typically 172 cm.
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What country has the shortest boys?

That's nine inches taller than the average male height in East Timor, the Southeast Asian nation that borders Indonesia. At just shy of the five foot three mark, East Timorese men are the shortest in the world. And while they've grown from being just five feet tall in 1896, this progress has not been uniform.
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