To: Olog-hai
“See them? How angry they be?” Not exactly the "King's English."
2 posted on
07/14/2013 12:02:06 PM PDT by
Cowboy Bob
(Democrats: Robbing Peter to buy Paul's vote.)
To: Cowboy Bob
No, but a proper education is sometimes transcended by common sense. This guy gets a passing grade in my book.
3 posted on
07/14/2013 12:04:02 PM PDT by
DoughtyOne
(Breaking News: Hillary not running in 2016. Brain tumor found during recent colonoscopy...)
To: Cowboy Bob
I had more than a clue on which demo these single parents were and judging by the pics, I was right...they were Amish.
5 posted on
07/14/2013 12:05:34 PM PDT by
max americana
(fired liberals in our company after the election, & laughed while they cried (true story))
To: Cowboy Bob
Sounds kind of Shakespearean to me. “What fools these mortals be!” (Not “are.”) Veddy veddy British.
It’s the King’s English but not the President’s (duck’n & runn’n!)
17 posted on
07/14/2013 1:26:32 PM PDT by
HiTech RedNeck
(Whatever promise that God has made, in Jesus it is yes. See my page.)
To: Cowboy Bob
no, but sure gets the message across!
19 posted on
07/14/2013 1:29:05 PM PDT by
krunkygirl
(force multiplier in effect...)
To: Cowboy Bob
Well I beg to differ at least with this particular construction. The speaker may have happened into the phrase, but it is Yorkshire. Oh, what ungrammatical fools we be.
32 posted on
07/14/2013 2:57:13 PM PDT by
Mamzelle
To: Cowboy Bob
Remember the class system that is still in place in that country. The “King’s English” was never spoken by the commoners, as I understand.
Think “My Fair Lady.”
38 posted on
07/14/2013 3:49:28 PM PDT by
man_in_tx
(Blowback (Faithfully farting twowards Mecca five times daily).)
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