Are the British the politest people on the planet? This week, Intermediate English investigates this question, and discovers that politeness has deep roots in language and culture.

Watch the full film of As Others See Us (1953):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0jM0qhXzWg

The ECSTRA project:

https://web.archive.org/web/20070715230333/http://www1.ku-eichstaett.de/SLF/EngluVglSW/mediawiki/index.php/Category:ECSTRA

Cover artwork by MILY Web Design

Music:

The Source
Adama
For the People
Dragon Rider
Seyewailo
Love is Like the Sun

by Dogon Lights

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Other Side Blues by Brandon Ross

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