On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 00:57:54 GMT, "Madra Dubh"
<ccaine@worldnet.att.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.
>>
>> It most certainly is not pretentiousness, it is the real thing.
>
>Actually, upon reflection, I feel badly about that comment.
>It was uncalled for and I do apologize to all and sundry.
>
Tsk, tsk, Mr Duhb.  One is free to apologise on other ngs, but to let
it leak into scb is not really the done thing.  Stiff upper lips are
de rigueur in this NOTW.

And,of course, one is certainly not sundry.

JJD