Ah, an interloper, eh? And you of all people should know that no one is a
Viking. One goes a'viking, one isn't one. <wink>
My actual heritage is Saxon and Celt, a gruesome combination if ever there was
one.
As for owning the language? Nah, we don't do petulance. People who don't like
us do petulance. We do arrogance. And sanctimony. We're pretty good at that.
Might not be if you folks hadn't sent all those damned Puritans over.
You chaps had English a long time. Good job developing it, too, especially with
all that help from the Danes and Normans. But it's getting a little stale now,
I'd say. Needs a good dose of hip-hop, y'know, bro?
--Bob, not your uncle
On Jun 1, 2011, at 9:37 AM, Andrew Fildes wrote:
> I am not something called a 'Brit' OK - my ethnic heritage is Lancastrian
> Viking so be very careful.
> I dunno, you guys own most of the world and then get snippy because you can't
> own the language?
> Damn petulance I call it.
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