England is not having much luck on the world stage at the moment – despite their extreme optimism with just about every sporting endeavour.
The World Cup loss against Germany was close to catastrophic. Each and every paper and TV show had a montage of desperate pictures of English fans and the crumpled English team.
Then poor Andy Murray – who I know is technically Scottish when it suits people but since he hit slightly better form he is being embraced by the English. Anyway, out in the Wimbledon semi-finals. Poor chap.
It is interesting to think about how different nations react to wins and loses. It seems that England always loses – implying no matter how improbably they were in with a chance. I do think though that more likely is that they are beaten by a better side or opponent.
Language is certainly an insight into a countries psyche!
