Anne: <<<...Jeez. She sounds vaguely familiar.>>> Lenny: <<<. .......the teacher who came in here a while ago (I forget her name)... >>> Was she the one who...
... Unfortunately, what the Daily Mail represents is a portion of the UK population who are fundamentally racist. It's a problem which exists in virtually...
Much as I love the Czechs, this is a little odd: http://www.czech.cz/en/news/economy/czechs-fight-the-netherlands-over- edam/ Edam can be easily located at ...
I notice Manchester United are playing with a large "AIG" logo on their chests. Boy, am I ever glad I am a Liverpool fan :-) ____________________________ Rudy...
Roger: You're right about the "childhood" part, I think. I'm not so sure about the "innocence". I mean, the Daily Mail sounds like it's appealing to those...
Roger: William the Offspring Of An Informal Relationship certainly turned up where he wasn't wanted --- or needed. And caused lots of trouble doing so. And...
Brian: What was he doing with a samurai sword? And why did he kill his classmate with it? And anyway, how did a samurai sword end up in South Africa???? Anne...
Brian: I kind of remember reading in various places, that at the time, most Germans weren't antisemites. They thought Hitler was cool because, like you said,...
Torfinn: Hengist and Horsa were Germanic(as in "Germanic" languages). In this sense, since German, English, and the various Scandinavian languages all belong...
Roger: A lot of racism(and sexism and other such "isms") today is of the "institutional" variety, that is, it's stereotyped habits of thinking which a lot of...
Rudy: Gee. I didn't know the Czechs were famous for their cheese! I thought they were famous for their beer! Anne G Much as I love the Czechs, this is a...
The Czech could strike back and demand monopoly of the word "pilsner". If edamer cheese goes the way of champagne, armagnac and cognac, why not pilsner beer? ...
Preview books you are writing....or titles you have written... TED ... review books I've read, books that she and I are writing, or what? ... books ... ...
... in ... believe ... indeed ... If indeed, you are right, Mikey, it is very sad. The only thing I can comment is that nowadays I very rarely ever hear racist...
... about the "innocence". I mean, the Daily Mail sounds like it's appealing to those people who never got past the playground thinking of "the superior boys...
... sense, since German, English, and the various Scandinavian languages all belong to the same language family, I guess you could say that Hengist and Horsa...
Anne, If you haven't seen it yet (you are pretty close to the research area), this may interest you: http://tinyurl.com/5uhsc2 ____________________________ ...
... They are far from famous for their cheese! I have been visiting the Czech part of what used to be Czechoslovakia since 1970 (I have been in Moravia once, I...
Scandinavians are by definition from Scandinavia, i.e. the Scandinavian peninsula (Norway and Sweden) and originally only this peninsula. The present...
... I agree with you. Spanish brandies stopped using "Cognac" a long time ago for such legal reasons (although when ordering one, people still say "coñac"),...
... I sincerely hope not, but somebody (happily forgotten who) on this list did so before. I guess I am as sensitive as the next man when my little deme is the...
... a ... We are always going to have some idiots who are racist, Mikey but 40 years ago in the UK it was almost certainly the norm. Moreover it was of a much...
<<<Jutes and (other) Danes are and were not Scandinavians, by the original definition. By the new and incorrect tourist board definition, however, they are.>>>...
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