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Dean 
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The English don't hate any of the the other three, the other three don't hate each other and their combined animosity towards the English is generally taken in a light hearted manner by said English, assuming we can be bothered to respond to such playful banter at all.
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Vompatti
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Es tut mir leid, aber ich bin der Gemüsestrudel.  |
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Posted: July 29 2009 at 18:47 |
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HEI!! Ihr habt Deutsch ohne mich gesprochen!  |
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Posted: July 29 2009 at 18:47 |
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How can the US own the world when it's still in it?
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JJLehto
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Posted: July 29 2009 at 18:44 |
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Silly Brits, it's OK...all the pride and hatred of fellow Brits is just because you dont own the world anymore.
I cant wait for the day the US no longer owns the world, (by 2050 if not sooner!?) |
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Posted: July 29 2009 at 18:39 |
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The bottles must have been really big then.
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Dean
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Posted: July 29 2009 at 18:23 |
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Vompatti
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Posted: July 29 2009 at 17:00 |
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I thought France and Germany were on different sides. |
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el dingo
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Posted: July 29 2009 at 16:59 |
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That's nothing. During WWI The Times described some of the action at Verdun in a headline thus:
FRENCH PUSH BOTTLES UP GERMAN REAR |
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It's not that I can't find worth in anything, it's just that I can't find worth in enough.
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Posted: July 29 2009 at 11:01 |
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Am I the only one who finds it silly that the English, Welsh, Scots, and Irish are all extremely proud and hate the other 3?
Also, I saw a newspaper clipping a few years that said, "Severe storm in Channel. Continent cut off from England"  |
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Posted: July 29 2009 at 07:02 |
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Mehr als ihr euch jemals vorstellen könnt. |
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Any Colour You Like
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Posted: July 29 2009 at 03:14 |
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^
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Dean
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Posted: July 29 2009 at 03:11 |
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No, it's definitely sheep...
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el dingo
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Posted: July 29 2009 at 02:58 |
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They are - big time - but we get our fair share of them too.
The ironic thing is that some City dwellers (I was actually born in London myself) like it so much here come here on holiday and never move back. So they sort of go from calling you a sheep-shagger to wanting to become one themselves, if you see what i mean.
Every major area of the UK has its own nickname:
Newcastle - Geordies
Norfolk - carrot crunchers
Scots - Jocks or Sweaties (Sweaty sock + Jock)
Irish - Paddies
Welsh - Taffs
Liverpool - Scousers
Birmingham - Brummies or Bluenoses
Sunderland - Mackems
Manchester - Mancs
London - Cockneys
There's loads more - my examples are just the polite ones
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It's not that I can't find worth in anything, it's just that I can't find worth in enough.
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Don't worry, us Kiwis are accustomed to dealing with
AustraliansI thought the Welsh were the butt of those jokes? Edited by Any Colour You Like - July 29 2009 at 02:59 |
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el dingo
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Posted: July 29 2009 at 02:44 |
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That's right chap - we even get the same unfunny sheep jokes levelled at us
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It's not that I can't find worth in anything, it's just that I can't find worth in enough.
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Hmm, sounds like the two were separated at birth, bro.
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Posted: July 29 2009 at 02:34 |
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Okay, I'll learn you Norfolk in the same crash-course terms.
1. We do diff'rent.
2. Our tribal headquarters is called NAAAAAAARIDGE.
3. We all drink bears, not beers.
Oh, and we all drive tractors all day, have a few bears, get scrappin' then go home to the mawther* for tea (or so Londoners think, anyway)
* Confusingly, that's the wife, not the mother like it sounds. Unlike Kiwi I guess, Norfolk is often meant to confuse "furreners" Edited by el dingo - July 29 2009 at 02:36 |
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It's not hard to speak kiwi, there are 3 steps.
1. Say either bro, eh, mate or chur at the end of every sentence. 2. Flatten vowels. So Fish, becomes Fush etc. 3. Everything shall be said in a Deadpan tone. Simple as bro. |
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Steady you on (as we say in Norfolk) - I can barely cope with German, let alone Kiwi
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