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Originally posted by Bugs ****ing Bunny
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Why on Earth would it matter if the rest of the British back the Scotch in this regard?I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891 -
I have yet to hear a cogent argument from you in this thread. If you want to sit at the adult table, then make a good argument.Originally posted by MikeH View PostI came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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Jon Miller: MikeH speaks the truth
Jon Miller: MikeH is a shockingly revolting dolt and a masturbatory urine-reeking sideshow freak whose word is as valuable as an aging cow paddy.
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To recap my winning argument, for many centuries, the Scotch has been called the Scotch in the English language. The United States is an English-speaking country, but Americans have long since stopped giving a **** about local modifications made to it by the English or the other British. Inasmuch as standardization of the English language goes on, we hold our own counsel. In the US, Scotch was an acceptable appellation then, and remains so today. It is not an appellation that is in the least sustained by ignorance and its use is not intended to give offense to the Scotch -- it is descriptive and communicates the concept well.I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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To recap my winning argument.
Dan? The post-Victorian era called. You're 170 years late for the party.The genesis of the "evil Finn" concept- Evil, evil FinlandComment
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In the US, the standard English language does not much reference post-Victorian Britain. For obvious reasons, I don't think Americans have to apologize for that fact.I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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Don't catch the reference.I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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And an "i'faith!". Call me "Sirrah!" too, or nobody's going to take this "I insist on talking like a Georgian throwback" seriously.The genesis of the "evil Finn" concept- Evil, evil FinlandComment
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You are not taking the argument seriously. Quite simply, the English language developed from a common origin separately in the US and Britain. There is no shame in Americans following conventions developed in the US.I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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Originally posted by DanS View Post
Egads! Thine base perjuries assail mine ears, thou colonial poltroon!
Methinks thine beaver-skin hat dost overheat thy brain and summon forth base humours! Away to the natives, jackanape!The genesis of the "evil Finn" concept- Evil, evil FinlandComment
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Speak for yourself. I've never used "Scotch" in reference to northern British types except as a child.Originally posted by DanS View PostI'm consitently stupid- Japher
I think that opinion in the United States is decidedly different from the rest of the world because we have a free press -- by free, I mean a virgorously presented right wing point of view on the air and available to all.- NedComment
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Quite interesting - a yanky trying to dictate what other people should accept as correct naming of them.With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.
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I've never used "Scotch" for Scottish people. Even as a child I knew better. I wonder if DanS uses "Chinaman" as well.Comment
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"Jackanape"
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