Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!news.heimat.gr.jp!news.tutrp.tut.ac.jp!news.cc.tut.ac.jp!nfeed.gw.nagoya-u.ac.jp!news-sv.sinet!newsfeed.mesh.ad.jp!in.100proofnews.com!in.100proofnews.com!cycny01.gnilink.net!cyclone1.gnilink.net!peer01.cox.net!cox.net!p01!fed1read06.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Peter J Lusby <pjl@lusby.org> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 Netscape/7.1 (ax) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: soc.culture.british,soc.culture.scottish,soc.culture.welsh,soc.culture.japan,fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Why do British hate american culture? References: <X7NJb.15668$ws.1701863@news02.tsnz.net> <bt89qk$4f1ro$1@ID-207901.news.uni-berlin.de> <bt8em1$450b5$2@ID-174912.news.uni-berlin.de> <B9XckOBJjA+$EwXm@baybus.co.uk> <udmKb.284446$Ec1.9767962@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net> <btd1u0$a0t$1@news.Stanford.EDU> <vvkao8acb2nj6a@corp.supernews.com> <inbkvv0tirdksvorbtt0amc7stuip4d8p6@4ax.com> <js3mvvg1icilgtpjdmh7a0leh55e83jap0@4ax.com> <qh5mvvgupha8s9mr4uj5eeh1v8i9g85uus@4ax.com> <qsamvv8q15d8o129kaosbj4n8scsd55hps@4ax.com> <f0gmvvket2jsv55m2l27mkd1tfumfeae9r@4ax.com> In-Reply-To: <f0gmvvket2jsv55m2l27mkd1tfumfeae9r@4ax.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 46 Message-ID: <0WjLb.35423$i55.3234@fed1read06> Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2004 13:26:02 -0800 NNTP-Posting-Host: 68.7.51.84 X-Complaints-To: abuse@cox.net X-Trace: fed1read06 1073597180 68.7.51.84 (Thu, 08 Jan 2004 16:26:20 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2004 16:26:20 EST Organization: Cox Communications Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:10160 JJD wrote: > On Tue, 06 Jan 2004 22:06:27 +0000, Alan Hardie <axhardie@clara.co.uk> > wrote: > > >>>>>>>>I have seen thread digressions before but this most surely take the >>>>>> >>>>>>cake! >>>>>> >>>>>>>Someone's serving cake? >>>>>> >>>>>>We always have cake with our tea here in scb. Unless we have crumpet, of >>>>>>course. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>>And scones. Don't forget the scones. >>>> >>>>Would you provide a pronounciation guide for the foreign johnnies, >>>>Jeff? There's a good chap. >>> >>>What, and provide them with one of the ultimate clues to Britishness? >>>I should jolly well think not. Foreign johnnies must learn their >>>place. >> >>You're English, aren't you? > > > I could be. Why do you ask? > Or on the other hand, he could not be. It all depends on where one thinks the wogs begin. TTFN + -- "A dust whom England bore, shaped, made aware"- Rupert Brooke, "The Soldier" Peter J. Lusby San Diego, California, USA http://www.lusby.org