Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color?
On Fri, 2006-04-14 at 10:31 +0800, Katipo wrote:
> Paul Johnson wrote:
> >On Thursday 13 April 2006 13:22, Mike McCarty wrote:
> >>Gene Heskett wrote:
> >>>On Wednesday 12 April 2006 08:46, John Hasler wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>It's actually spelled "politician". "Bush" ("blair" in the UK) is
> >>>>just slang.
> >>>>
> >>>Too bad we can't make it carry the same undesirable connotations the
> >>>rest of the 4 letter words carry. Worse, they're actually proud of
> >>>being one!
> >>>
> >>Could we please take the political stuff elsewhere?
> >
> >What's the matter? Truth hurt too much?
> >
> I, for one, am sick and tired of seeing these digs at our American
> friends who are struggling, in their national adolescence, for a sense
> of identity.
>
> We need to be grown up about it, and allow them their attempts at
> self-establishment in their misspellings and other foibles, so in time
> they can find their way to their maturity.
> Regards,
Now you see, *this* is funny.
Of course, the cheese-eating surrender monkeys *conquered* you
<snicker snicker guffaw>, and you don't know the difference between
a cookie and a biscuit, but we tolerate our doddering elders,
semi-politely listening to your stories and then going off and
doing useful things.
Like convincing the world that brown sugar water is worth paying
lots of money for...
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson, LA USA
"I love the environment, but I'm cheap on the environment."
Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA)
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