And who should know better than the British about their own
people -- er, legends? Well, apparently not they, themselves.
Here are a few of the results from a UKTV poll.
What percent of the British public think that these made-up characters are real?
- 65% King Arthur
- 58% Sherlock Holmes
- 51% Robin Hood
- 47% Eleanor Rigby
What percent of the British public think that these real people are fictional?
- 47% Richard the Lionheart
- 23% Winston Churchill
- 23% Florence Nightingale
You beat me to it.
ReplyDeleteThis dovetails nicely with "no teaching patriotism" post from the other day.
Thought you'd like it, D4.
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