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Part of it is that Britain is a caste-based society. The world you see as a foreigner or someone who interacts with highly educated, largely private-schooled middle class (US: UMC) and above people in the professional world is essentially all drawn from the top 10% of the country. This is true even for many comedians, especially those known for quick wit (like Stephen Fry). They have a largely different culture from the working class, it’s like two different nations, there is very little shared identity at all.
The other part is that the thesis is actually also possible. For example, the English may have higher verbal but lower spatial intelligence than, say, Swedes or Germans or Dutch, who feature widely in many white American ancestries. On the other hand there are also plenty more Irish, Italians and Jews, who stereotypically are more verbally capable/funny/etc.
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