"JJD" <jefdrab@newsguy.com> wrote in message
news:litu009js8jouh924o47d2erfl4k413s7f@4ax.com...
> On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 00:52:18 -0500, Rick <notgilrick@alltel.net>
> wrote:
>
> >> >>>> WOCAB
> >> >>>
> >> >>> ???
> >> >>>
> >> >> You'll find the answer on soc.culture.english.
> >> >
> >> >Did your governess ever tell you that you were likely to grow up a
> >> >smartass?
> >> >
> >> She would never say such things to her betters.  She knew her place.
> >>
> > Mine was wiser. She taught me my place.
> > And that it wasn't any better than hers...
> >
> Oh dear me, that's just not British, is it?  It simply wouldn't do.

A pretentious lot, you *nglish.
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.
(Like that "at" out there at the end of the sentence?)