TravelI've had guns pointed at me in many different countries, sometimes even by our own side. I've also sat on my own on a beach on a desert island, which was nice because nobody was trying to shoot me. Tell us your tales of foreign travel.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 18 Apr 2013, 17:43)
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The first question is defensibleas much of English society uses a strange argot incomprehensible to the rest of the world. The language has mutated over there to such a degree that it bears only a passing resemblance to the English spoken outside of the UK borders.
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The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Wed 24 Apr 2013, 11:31,
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Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Wed 24 Apr 2013, 11:33,
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Yes, I'm sure she asked that question because of the problems she'd encountered during her extensive travelling around "much of English society".(
Wet-chinned bag shanker Cannot parse Wogan, Wed 24 Apr 2013, 11:42,
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The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Thu 25 Apr 2013, 4:46,
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I'm pretty sure that the English spoken in England is still more English than the English spoken in 'Murica.(
BraynDedd Natasha Kaplinsky's labia majora, Wed 24 Apr 2013, 12:28,
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You'd be surprised, BD.Some "American English" is actually closer to the Anglo-Saxon origin than modern English.
Their employment of "Fall" for autumn, for example.
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Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 9:42,
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Unless American schools all have atlases that just show "Here Be Dragons"for any areas outside the US, it really isn't defensible at all.
Mind you, I've had well educated Americans tell me that their education system is crap, so perhaps you do have a point, after all.
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monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Wed 24 Apr 2013, 14:32,
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