Christmas and Bob Hope

[Rich]

And Col is a bit apathetic when it comes to people of color as he refers to them as having a 'hint of the tar brush' (or something like that)...

What's color?

 

[KenHigg]

What's color?

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[statsman]

It's the way Americans spell colour - like you didn't already know from the dozens of times Yanks have spelled it that way in the past. If you want to start a discussion on the differences between Websters and Oxford, say so.

As for President-Elect Obama, can we at least let the man get his hand off the bible before we start making negative comments about him.

 

[Rabbie]

It's the way Americans spell colour - like you didn't already know from the dozens of times Yanks have spelled it that way in the past.

It's also the way it's spelt in Latin.

 

[statsman]

It's also the way it's spelt in Latin.

Colour or Color ?

All I remember from my Latin is:
Ubi est Roma?
Hic est Roma.

I still love the credit in British films: "Tehcnicolor Colour Consultant" as Technicolor is a registered trademark

 

[Rich]

Colour or Color ?

All I remember from my Latin is:
Ubi est Roma?
Hic est Roma.

You probably had the American translation and not the English one

 

[statsman]

You probably had the American translation and not the English one

As I recall the text had only Latin in it, no English at all (of either type).
Teaching aids were pretty barren back in those days. We had to dodge the dinosaurs as we walked 10 miles to school barefoot in the snow, uphill both ways.

But I digress...

 

[Rich]

As I recall the text had only Latin in it, no English at all (of either type).
Teaching aids were pretty barren back in those days. We had to dodge the dinosaurs as we walked 10 miles to school barefoot in the snow, uphill both ways.

But I digress...

Yes as we've mentioned here before, that's the trouble with the Yanks and the elderly, always living in the past and recalling the good old days that were actually anything but

 

[Thales750]

Yes as we've mentioned here before, that's the trouble with the Yanks and the elderly, always living in the past and recalling the good old days that were actually anything but

Something akin to being referred to as "The Colonies" from you British types.

 

[statsman]

Yes as we've mentioned here before, that's the trouble with the Yanks and the elderly, always living in the past and recalling the good old days that were actually anything but

Yes, like the days when Britain really was Great and led the world.
Not like today with a variety of impotent gestures:
retaining the pound instead of shifting to the Euro.
maintaining a nuclear deterrent at staggering expence that would make any third world country shudder (watch out Albania).

A source of pride in the UK. A source of mirth for the rest of the world.

 

[Rich]

Yes, like the days when Britain really was Great and led the world.
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As we've told you before, Great Britain was an abrv. for the Greater British Isles, since Ireland left the union Great Britain no longer exists as a single entity.

Not like today with a variety of impotent gestures:
retaining the pound instead of shifting to the Euro.
maintaining a nuclear deterrent at staggering expence that would make any third world country shudder (watch out Albania).

A source of pride in the UK. A source of mirth for the rest of the world

That's why the Yanks still need us to hold their hand in Iraq, Afghanistan etc

and we the British don't want the Froggie Euro

 

[dan-cat]

As we've told you before, Great Britain was an abrv. for the Greater British Isles, since Ireland left the union Great Britain no longer exists as a single entity.

How can an island not exist as a single entity

 

[Rich]

How can an island not exist as a single entity

What Island?

 

[dan-cat]

What Island?

Great Britain.

 

[Rich]

There were four countries in Great Britain and more than one Island

 

[Rabbie]

Colour or Color ?

All I remember from my Latin is:
Ubi est Roma?
Hic est Roma.

I still love the credit in British films: "Tehcnicolor Colour Consultant" as Technicolor is a registered trademark

color in latin means colour in English. Is that clear enough for everyone?

It is not necessary to know latin to be considered a gentleman but one should at least have forgotten some

 

[dan-cat]

There were four countries in Great Britain and more than one Island

There is also a single island called Great Britain. You live on it.

 

[ColinEssex]

There is also a single island called Great Britain. You live on it.

No there isn't.

Col

 

[dan-cat]

No there isn't.

Col

Take it up with your own reference material. Link

 

[Rich]

There is also a single island called Great Britain. You live on it.

How do you know that I don't live on the Isle of Man?