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English are now head and shoulders above Scots
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Further proof of the superiority of the English Master Race™ over the rabble of dwarves who dwell beyond the wall.If a Scotsman moans that other people belittle him, he might well have a point.
For research has shown that the tallest Britons now live south of the border.
Scots are, by and large, the shortest people in the UK, with the typical man averaging 5ft 8in.
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Professor Bernard Harris, of Southampton University, said: ‘If you drew a map of people living in the early 19th century, then what you would find is the further north you went, the taller on average the population. Now, it would be the other way round.
‘The point is not that the Scots have shrunk, it is that living standards in the South of England have improved more dramatically over the past 200 years than those in Scotland.’
His research shows that two centuries ago the average Scot was an inch taller than those living in southern England, while Norwegians were among the shortest nationals in Europe.
Today, the Norwegians are the second tallest nation in Europe, surpassed only by the Dutch, who average around 6ft.
But nationality is not the only thing that affects height, with wealth also adding inches.
In his new book, The Changing Body, the professor revealed that there were dramatic differences between the heights of rich and poor classes in 18th and 19th century Europe.
In the 1780s, the average height of a 14-year-old working-class child was 4ft 3in, while an upper-class child was 5ft 1in.
Professor Harris said: ‘Today, however, as health services, nutrition, sanitation and education have become universal, upper-class children have continued to grow taller, but at a slower rate than working-class children.
‘The difference between the upper and working-class adults has narrowed to less than 2.5in.’
Professor Harris trawled records from prisons, schools and the military to reveal the link between height and living standards.
Documents included in his research range from the details of soldiers who fought in the American civil war, to the vital statistics of convicts transported to Australia and measurements taken in British schools.
Just imagine how much more pronounced this trend will become when England no longer subsidises the dependant celtic regions with huge govt. handouts and public sector jobs and the scots are left scrabbling for subsistance foraging for nettles, berries and buckfast!
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