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Sunday, 4 July 2010
American Independence - a Good Thing?
 Too early to say. Posted on 07/04/2010 2:08 PM by Mary Jackson
Comments
4 Jul 2010
George McCallum I don't know, Mary. When I lived in the UK, I ran into several people who celebrated the 4th of July with as much gusto as Americans. They said we were a troublesome lot and they were glad to be rid of us. We then lifted a glass together! 4 Jul 2010
reactionry [another Reader's post is pending at this time] Another French Letter From The Male
Harrumph...No word of a Zhou Enlai - spoken like a Maoist regarding "French civilization." Go stick a feather in* your caput anglais.
- Yankee Randy Diddle Dandy
* or better yet, onnit; no Jackson diss intended; just an explanation for those few who read Mary's post and didn't geddit. 4 Jul 2010
reactionry -Went to town with "See 'cap Angli' and call it macaronic." 4 Jul 2010
reactionry Dear George (not, one presumes, the Third),
That was a wonderful story. I'm also glad that the staff of NER does not make mock o' British and American uniforms that guard us while we sleep. While for some it's Tommy this an' Dandy that, an' "Chuck him out, the brute!" it's "Savior of 'is country" when the guns begin to shoot.
While the American branch has in some respects outgrown the British tree, some of us still celebrate our roots. (sorry - that was a tad sappy, or as they said during the First Great War, "over the top")
Mohammed Can Kiss My Atkins,
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