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The "teeth" thing, I believe, originated from WW2, when US soldiers brought back tales of poor English dental care, though I don't imagine that teeth were exactly the highest priority at that point. I think it is true that British society is less anal about teeth than American, but only in cosmetic terms; dentists seem to have a big racket going on here that has convinced people that their teeth must be straight, regular, and scarily white, and their children must have braces at a cost of thousands of dollars otherwise they will suffer social death.
Anyway, do note that these responses weren't written by people who received the letters. In fact there have been campaigns to respond to the Guardian in kind on right-wing blogs (e.g. here, here, oh you follow the links, it's not too hard). One mocked up a typical letter from the "Adopt an Ohioan" campaign:
It'll be interesting to see how the recipients themselves respond. I have a feeling it won't go terribly well, though, and I really hope they didn't send any of those "celeb" letters. |
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