What do you think is the meaning of Premila's mother's statement, "You can bury a dog's tail for seven years and it still comes out curly, and you can take a Britisher away from his home for a lifetime and he still remains insular?" (If you don't understand a word, look it up.)

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Emmalee Aguirre

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4 June, 23:01

What do you think is the meaning of Premila's mother's statement, "You can bury a dog's tail for seven years and it still comes out curly, and you can take a Britisher away from his home for a lifetime and he still remains insular?" (If you don't understand a word, look it up.)

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Carina Turner · Answer 1

I think what Premila's mother is saying that, no matter how many times you try to change or fix at a object, it's still going to stay the same. No matter what you do and the damage you inflict on the object, it'll stay itself.