05-25-2004, 12:12 PM
Then my English chum you should have noticed that I was initialy refering to Britain ...not England. I also speak part emoticom but maybe not the same branch as you eh !? Is ther a tongue in cheek one ??<br>
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I did say it was daft ... but it does not do any harm to remind ourselves that British is not necessarily English ... no old scores to settle It is unfortunate that the Brits, not necessarily the English have gotten a reputation for shouting at Johhny Foreigner rather than learn a bit of the lingo ... but we have.<br>
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I once spoke to someone who was bemoaning the partition of Ireland who said he could not understand it as "it was not as though they had thier own culture or language or anything" ... it was amusing but in these days of ethnic cleansing .... the chasing out of a culture by ignoring it or denying it exists can hurt too.<br>
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I too am a fan of the migration period.<br>
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I did say it was daft ... but it does not do any harm to remind ourselves that British is not necessarily English ... no old scores to settle It is unfortunate that the Brits, not necessarily the English have gotten a reputation for shouting at Johhny Foreigner rather than learn a bit of the lingo ... but we have.<br>
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I once spoke to someone who was bemoaning the partition of Ireland who said he could not understand it as "it was not as though they had thier own culture or language or anything" ... it was amusing but in these days of ethnic cleansing .... the chasing out of a culture by ignoring it or denying it exists can hurt too.<br>
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I too am a fan of the migration period.<br>
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