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if you're going to speak English, do it properly

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It's a commot Americanism. Get over it; "We don't do *".



Where's that pic of a bunny with a pancake on his head? That would come in handy right about now...


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Yeah! where is that fuzzy little guy?? I looked-up and... there he was!!!:D

Chuck

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An Englishman's way of speaking absolutely classifies him,
The moment he talks he makes some other Englishman despise him.
One common language I'm afraid we'll never get,
Oh, why can't the English learn to...

Set a good example to people whose English is painful to your ears?
The Scotch and the Irish leave you close to tears
There even are places where English completely disappears:
Well, in America, they haven't used it for years...



Rex Harrison in My Fair Lady, if I remember right...
Mike
I love you, Shannon and Jim.
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It may have been Rex who misused the word Scotch, but the film lyrics/script was written by a New Yorker, based on a play by an Irishman.

Based on that pedigree, I'm surprised the words were intelligible at all.;)

Ken fit ah mean, min?
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