Laura Corin Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Amazon.co.uk is running Black Friday deals. In a country that - for obvious reasons - doesn't celebrate Thanksgiving. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milovany Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Maybe it's their way, after all these years, of saying, "We're actually glad the riff-raff are gone. They don't speak the King's English very well anyway." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pink Fairy Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 :lol: Enjoy the irony, and maybe grab some good deals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 I saw that, and saw that they provide an explanation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Maybe Black Friday is a worldwide event now. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom in High Heels Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Maybe it's their way, after all these years, of saying, "We're actually glad the riff-raff are gone. They don't speak the King's English very well anyway." Bwahahahahahaha! :lol::lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangermom Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Thanksgiving may be local, but Black Friday is for everyone! I guess? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elizabeth in MN Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 I've posted to Twitter where I have a horde of friends living in the UK. Not sure how I got in with a non-American ex-pats living in the UK crowd, but hey. It's all god : D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeannie in NJ Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 next thing you know they will be having 4th of July specials Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyforlatin Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Consumerism knows no boundaries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWOB Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Maybe it's their way, after all these years, of saying, "We're actually glad the riff-raff are gone. They don't speak the King's English very well anyway." :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueenCat Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 next thing you know they will be having 4th of July specials :lol: Almost lost my drink over that one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in KY Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 next thing you know they will be having 4th of July specials :lol::lol: And why not? The UK has a July 4th, right? I mean, it must be on the calendar.... :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacy in NJ Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 About 3/4 of Britons don't speak the King's English very well, either - Scots, Welsh, Irish and many of the English. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom23Boys Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Maybe it's their way, after all these years, of saying, "We're actually glad the riff-raff are gone. They don't speak the King's English very well anyway." :lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted November 14, 2012 Author Share Posted November 14, 2012 About 3/4 of Britons don't speak the King's English very well, either - Scots, Welsh, Irish and many of the English. How about all those Welsh Tudors and Scottish Stuarts? Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milovany Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 About 3/4 of Britons don't speak the King's English very well, either - Scots, Welsh, Irish and many of the English. one of the Brits that struggles :D Favorite movie quote ever (first word on video). If you can call it a word, that is! "I can name that movie in one syllable, Tom." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacy in NJ Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 How about all those Welsh Tudors and Scottish Stuarts? Laura Well, at least they spoke a kind of English, unlike, say, George I or George II (Hanovers) who spoke that fancy form of English called German. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 (edited) one of the Brits that struggles :D Favorite movie quote ever (first word on video). If you can call it a word, that is! "I can name that movie in one syllable, Tom." Or maybe a lot of Brits don't know you all don't celebrate Thanksgiving? I guess he didn't take Latin. lol Edited November 14, 2012 by LibraryLover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacy in NJ Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 one of the Brits that struggles :D Favorite movie quote ever (first word on video). If you can call it a word, that is! "I can name that movie in one syllable, Tom." I use that interjection (?) frequently - ggggaaaaaaaawwww!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted November 14, 2012 Author Share Posted November 14, 2012 Or maybe a lot of Brits don't know you all don't celebrate Thanksgiving? Cameron went to Eton. I find it hard to believe that he would not have been able to come up with a meaning for Magna Carta - he would definitely have learned Latin. The Eton tag has been a weight around his neck, and I wonder if he was playing dumb on purpose. As for who wrote Rule Britannia..... nope, I've no idea either. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milovany Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 I use that interjection (?) frequently - ggggaaaaaaaawwww!!!! Same! When I'm feeling my most classy and elegant. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted November 14, 2012 Author Share Posted November 14, 2012 Well, at least they spoke a kind of English, unlike, say, George I or George II (Hanovers) who spoke that fancy form of English called German. Was English James Stuart and Henry Tudor's first or second language? Well, as James Stuart grew up mostly in southern Scotland, he probably spoke Scots, rather than Gaelic. Scots is a combination of ancient Northumbrian English with Nordic, Germanic and native languages. If you think of Robert Burns, then you are working in Scots. Henry Tudor? I suspect that he was probably bilingual: he was born in Wales of Welsh stock, but grew up mostly in England. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Maybe it's their way, after all these years, of saying, "We're actually glad the riff-raff are gone. They don't speak the King's English very well anyway." dude you mad me choke on my water :lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumto2 Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 My dh is really happy. He really misses Black Friday but I do not understand why.....no one here has ever heard of Black Friday. Certainly no one expects it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacy in NJ Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 (edited) Or maybe a lot of Brits don't know you all don't celebrate Thanksgiving? I guess he didn't take Latin. lol It's weird that Letterman would quiz the British PM. Letterman's a prat (in American that's ass). :D Edited November 15, 2012 by Stacy in NJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audrey Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 Amazon.co.uk is running Black Friday deals. In a country that - for obvious reasons - doesn't celebrate Thanksgiving. Laura I find it puzzling as well. Why do we in Canada have Black Friday sales on a Friday that is a month and a half after our Thanksgiving? I am always disappointed in the pandering to US consumerism. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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