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Ninjas make great pets

13:48 / 15.02.05

Quote of an englishman (who works as a teacher no less) "theres no such thing as an irish language". He had been in Dublin and everyone spoke english.

Now. I've gotten things wrong myself but I think I would believe a native in a fact about their own country..

Spaniel

14:09 / 15.02.05

At risk of contributing to thread that will devolve into a discussion about sheeple.

A man on radio 4 just said, "It has to be understood by mortal people".

As opposed to the immortal people, then.

Mistoffelees

14:15 / 15.02.05

mortal in that case is a fusion of the two words moron and mental.

Jub

08:31 / 18.02.05

I had an English teacher who told me the word nothingness didn't exist. I am still disappointed I had him for A-Levels.

lonely as a cloud...

08:59 / 18.02.05

A teacher I had in primary school gave me a severe telling off for spelling "colour" in the non-american way. "Do you think you're french or something?" he asked. Stupid prick.

Grey Area

09:02 / 18.02.05

No Irish language? So you mean that An Phoblacht's name is in fact the result of a printer dropping the leads and then shoving them back into the box in random order?

The perspiacity of the English never ceases to amaze me.

Sekhmet

13:40 / 18.02.05

The Irish, in ancient times, raided the Welsh and took all their vowels, leaving them with nothing but y's and w's and dd's. The plunderers' ensuing vowel surplus resulted in every word of the Irish tongue being loaded with extra syllables that aren't ever pronounced.

It's simple Northern European history, folks.

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