"Madra Dubh" <ccaine@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
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> "JJD" <jefdrab@newsguy.com> wrote in message

> > Oh dear me, that's just not British, is it?  It simply wouldn't do.
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> A pretentious lot, you *nglish.

I'm afraid JJD is not English, and never will be, no matter how hard he
tries.

> And so little these days to be pretentious about, considering the collapse
> of your empire.
> Even the homeland disintegrates what with Wales, Scotland, and soon,
> Northern Ireland, all in the process of breaking away.
> It looks as though you soon will only have the Cornish to look down your
> noses at.

What makes you think that a minor event such as Scottish Independence would
make a difference at whom we look at down our noses at.

> (Like that "at" out there at the end of the sentence?)
>
It's OK, but you could have done better.

Harry C.