11-21-2008, 01:12 AM
The question was not whether the Venerable Bede was British, but English. I suspect he thought he was. 8)
I, on the other hand, have no claim to being English or British, being an American of native and Germanic heritage, but--you know--melting pot though it is, or was, America is still culturally English. (That ought to start a fight.) :roll:
So, I guess I'm about as English (on the going away side) as Bede was (on the coming in side). :wink:
I, on the other hand, have no claim to being English or British, being an American of native and Germanic heritage, but--you know--melting pot though it is, or was, America is still culturally English. (That ought to start a fight.) :roll:
So, I guess I'm about as English (on the going away side) as Bede was (on the coming in side). :wink:
"Fugit irreparabile tempus" (Irrecoverable time glides away) Virgil
Ron Andrea
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