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  • mrwho
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    [Funny] Why do they speak american in England?

    Azul84
    http://azul84.tumblr.com/post/10611480040


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    • fixthecopier
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      Re: Why do they speak american in England?

      Originally posted by mrwho
      http://azul84.tumblr.com/post/10611480040

      I lost my faith in humanity!

      You beat me to it. I saved this and was going to post it when I got home. Sad but true. There is nothing funnier than talking to young people today about world events. One of our computer guys had the firefox logo as a constellation of stars on his computer. I told one of the idiots we use as temp help that it was an actual photo of the firefox galaxy, and that is where they got their name from. He of course believed me. I then ask him what the largest country was in the world. He said Africa. I told him that was a continent. He then said South Africa. Nope, try again. Next he said Germany. I looked at the computer guys 11 year old son and said "study hard in school, or this is your future". The temp giving the answers is in jail now... again, and only 22.
      The greatest enemy of knowledge isn't ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge. Stephen Hawking

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        • ZOOTECH
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          Re: Why do they speak american in England?

          Originally posted by mrwho
          http://azul84.tumblr.com/post/10611480040

          I lost my faith in humanity!
          Do we know for sure that this wasn't written "tongue-in-cheek" or someone just trying to be funny?
          It really is sad if this is not the case.
          "You can't trust your eyes, if your mind is out of focus" --

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            • Metalvoc
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              • Sep 2008
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              Re: Why do they speak american in England?

              I don't get what is so funny. Everyone knows the English have been copying us since Abraham Lincoln freed them with the Declaration Proclamation during the War of 1812. You people really need to study harder. As Ronald Reagan once said, "those who forget the past are forced to repeat history class."
              I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week sometimes to make it up - Mark Twain

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                • copyman
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                  Re: Why do they speak american in England?

                  Actually they would be speaking German if not for us Americans getting involved in WWII

                  And that also goes for the French who hate Americans. Every time someone I know visits France they come back and tell me how bad they were treated. I just can't understand why they would treat us this way when we saved their ass in the war!

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                    • JustManuals
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                      Re: Why do they speak american in England?

                      Originally posted by copyman
                      Actually they would be speaking German if not for us Americans getting involved in WWII

                      And that also goes for the French who hate Americans. Every time someone I know visits France they come back and tell me how bad they were treated. I just can't understand why they would treat us this way when we saved their ass in the war!
                      We saved their asses in 2 wars!

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                        • mrwho
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                          Re: Why do they speak american in England?

                          Originally posted by copyman
                          Actually they would be speaking German if not for us Americans getting involved in WWII

                          And that also goes for the French who hate Americans. Every time someone I know visits France they come back and tell me how bad they were treated. I just can't understand why they would treat us this way when we saved their ass in the war!
                          Tell them next time to come to Portugal instead. The climate's better, it's just 900 miles away (capital to capital - less than 300 border to border), and people are nicer.
                          ' "But the salesman said . . ." The salesman's an asshole!'
                          Mascan42

                          'You will always find some Eskimo ready to instruct the Congolese on how to cope with heat waves.'
                          Ibid

                          I'm just an ex-tech lurking around and spreading disinformation!

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                            • fixthecopier
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                              Re: Why do they speak american in England?

                              Originally posted by manuals4you
                              We saved their asses in 2 wars!

                              Not that I have a fondness for the French, but I believe they save our ass in the Revolution. Without their help, we would have had trouble winning.
                              The greatest enemy of knowledge isn't ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge. Stephen Hawking

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                                • crown123
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                                  Re: Why do they speak american in England?

                                  its called trolling.
                                  " O.K lady the washing machine is fixed... now stop putting paper in it -_- " - crown

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                                    • Akitu
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                                      Re: Why do they speak american in England?

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                                        • Tricky
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                                          Re: Why do they speak american in England?

                                          Originally posted by ZOOTECH
                                          Do we know for sure that this wasn't written "tongue-in-cheek" or someone just trying to be funny?
                                          It really is sad if this is not the case.
                                          The English sense of humour is a bit strange and quite often doesn't translate internationally too well.
                                          This joke could have originated in England.

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                                            • fixthecopier
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                                              Re: Why do they speak american in England?

                                              I believe it. Yes there are people that stupid


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