Re: Re: This is getting boring
Uhh...not had many dealings with the U.K. Immigration Service, I take it? I'd have British self-deprecation over vainglorious trumpeting of non-existent feats any day. Modesty is more becoming than standing on a dunghill and crowing about how wonderful you are. ..IMHO
Now as for British and English...the British Isles and Great Britain (Grande Bretagne), distinguishing them from...Bretagne.
It was a linguistic signpost for Francis I and Louis XIV and Napoleon, so that they wouldn't besiege Noirmoutier and Quimper, in the mistaken belief that they were Rye and Winchelsea...
Originally posted by Big Crunch
It more about political correctness I think. The idea that everyone is equal, therefore the influence on history has to be equal for all peoples.
The English have something in their psyche which worries me. In the US it is expected of Green Card applicants to know about the US, have a reason to take up residency etc etc.. In England if someone suggested that an immigrant should not be given state benefits they are called racist. This is part of a wider English belief that we are not that great and that we should not acknowledge our greater accomplishments.
Its a mixed up world with liberals at times.
It more about political correctness I think. The idea that everyone is equal, therefore the influence on history has to be equal for all peoples.
The English have something in their psyche which worries me. In the US it is expected of Green Card applicants to know about the US, have a reason to take up residency etc etc.. In England if someone suggested that an immigrant should not be given state benefits they are called racist. This is part of a wider English belief that we are not that great and that we should not acknowledge our greater accomplishments.
Its a mixed up world with liberals at times.
Uhh...not had many dealings with the U.K. Immigration Service, I take it? I'd have British self-deprecation over vainglorious trumpeting of non-existent feats any day. Modesty is more becoming than standing on a dunghill and crowing about how wonderful you are. ..IMHO
Now as for British and English...the British Isles and Great Britain (Grande Bretagne), distinguishing them from...Bretagne.
It was a linguistic signpost for Francis I and Louis XIV and Napoleon, so that they wouldn't besiege Noirmoutier and Quimper, in the mistaken belief that they were Rye and Winchelsea...
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