English
...is basically Esperanto, but with all the incomprehensible mumbo jumbo taken out, therefore a universal language.
From the The British Empire Strikes Back challenge. See all 91 entries (closed)
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...is basically Esperanto, but with all the incomprehensible mumbo jumbo taken out, therefore a universal language.
From the The British Empire Strikes Back challenge. See all 91 entries (closed)
( , Thu 10 Jan 2013, 13:31, archived)
you lose points for not mentioning tiffin
to say nothing of pimms
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Thu 10 Jan 2013, 13:40,
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indubitably
devilled kidneys and kedgeree definitely deserve a mention
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Thu 10 Jan 2013, 13:44,
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You forgot the most basic rules though.
1 ENGLISH, slowly and loudly.
2 Shoot a few of 'em for being 'Willfully and persistently forrin'.
3 Teach the survivors to play cricket.
GOD BLESS HER MAJESTY!
HUZZAH!
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Thu 10 Jan 2013, 14:42,
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2 Shoot a few of 'em for being 'Willfully and persistently forrin'.
3 Teach the survivors to play cricket.
GOD BLESS HER MAJESTY!
HUZZAH!
Always carry a black umbrella with which to poke Johnny in the chest, should he be a trifle deaf, or slow-witted.
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Thu 10 Jan 2013, 15:20,
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Also useful for if you tend to forget passwords.
No Hun would ever carry a brolly dontcherknow.
:D
/Major Allison Digby Tatham-Warter
EDIT:
www.pegasusarchive.org/arnhem/tatham_warter.htm
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Thu 10 Jan 2013, 15:56,
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:D
/Major Allison Digby Tatham-Warter
EDIT:
www.pegasusarchive.org/arnhem/tatham_warter.htm
haha
I have a phrasebook from 1881 that contains the following gems:
"I care little about his colour, provided he has not a bald face"
"Are there any fleas here?"
"I think that soup weakens the stomach, and therefore I never eat it"
"I have just come from Italy with my wife and the Marquis"
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Thu 10 Jan 2013, 15:15,
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"I care little about his colour, provided he has not a bald face"
"Are there any fleas here?"
"I think that soup weakens the stomach, and therefore I never eat it"
"I have just come from Italy with my wife and the Marquis"