Totem wrote:
Ok, I'll bite. Ugh. Why is it dentistry is a lost cause among the Brits?
Joking aside, it is mostly a dumb stereotype, and most Brits have decent teeth, but there is
some basis. .
In USA, most people outside of hog-pens in Tennessee who have really goofy or gappy teef get 'em sorted out, but here, quite a few of those with gravestone gobs seem happy with their curly tusks.
A notable difference is that many yanks seem happy with artificially perfect teeth (unnaturally white and alarmingly symmetrical). Obviously cosmetically enhanced teeth are viewed here similarly to those orange fake tans that are de-rigeur among 17 year old NJ sk8er-bois.
But we do all wear Bowler Hats, and say "Whoops-a-daisy"