Re: FWD [OT but interesting] Arctic people seek common alphabet

Clint Jackson Baker:

>> The common factor here is not race but language.
>> The most common ethinc heritage in the United States is
>> German, but we speak English.  Therefore, we more
>> closely identify with the English than with the
>> Germans.
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> aha. i'd always wondered why americans looked so
> unlike english people : relatively shallow set eyes,
> wide mouths and often quite sharply angled noses,
> against the english who often have deep set eyes,
> small mouths and either shallow angled noses or snubs
> or ski slopes ( of course i'm conflating celtic and
> anglo features here ). ( and freckles seem to be quite
> rare in the states, tho it may just be that freckled
> people don't make it onto tv or films that often )
It can be difficult to generalize an American phenotype --
we're a nation of immigrants, after all.  Other Eastern
European peoples (Czechs, Poles) have also made large
gene contributions, as well as our sizable _mestizo_
population.

People on TV and in films tend to be fitter, have clearer
skin, etc., than the general populace.

-MuttTone