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I'm sorry for not replying sooner, since I was the one requesting the list... Fabulous job, thank you all who contributed in putting it together! It was great reading through it!

And yeah, please put in on the first page Gimli. I was going to ask you if you would!

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Good thinking you two! That way it'll be seen by all. As it should be.

^Sure and we wouldn't have to search pages and pages to find the list... we've already posted 4-5 pages away from the list!


Slang has a life of its own... the current list does contain some slang, aye? I mean slang defined as words or phrases that would not be found in the the official dictionary. But slang changes all the time and may even differ from region and city... but if you know some slang words, feel free to post them!

I just came to realize how American dominated the forum is. Since the main language here is English I didn't notice before, but after the British society was born and the Brits unite here I came to think about it. Do you British people feel a special need for gathering and for standing up against the American dominion? And if so, why is that?

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Not really, because I know we are better at everything

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I never saw it as taking a stand against the Americans, but after having been coming here for a while I just realized, how people express their unconditional love for England here and figured that perhaps Brits might be more patriotic than others - also with your imperial past etc.
Being a non-American and a non-Brit I'm starting to feel sooo alone here... [insert alone-ish looking smiley here]

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*jumps up and down* You're not alone Eä! *movie-looking-slow-motion-run-with-roar towards eä and the non-englishy people*
yeah, I'm random, I know, but what I <i>was</i> trying to say is that there are a lot of non-americans here. lol.

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by Lembas

And it seems at times that the our smaller population of non-Americans/Canadians/Brits here are the most patriotic of us all. Some of them are the only ones representing their countries here, and they want to be heard. It's amazing...

Yes, we are amazing, aren't we? I'm actually not sure if I'm the only Norwegian here, tho...

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by Lembas

^ no, i think i've come across a couple of other norwegians on the forum. ever since i started living with one, you guys keep popping up everywhere! lol

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You live with a Norwegian? O.o Where?

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by Lembas

at the moment i'm living in halls at university (in leeds) and one of my flatmates is norwegian - he's on an exchange year.

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Oh, cool Do you know where in Norway he's from?

My friend is in London this year, working for a Norwegain Missionary Society. I went to visit her, and it was awesome.

...Did I tell you this earlier?

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by Lembas

An awful lot of american "patriotism " is really just a zealous manner. real patriotism is where you will stand beside your country and your history and quietly defend them. Brash loud statements of love for ones country are often uncouth and lack real conviction and belief. We have fought many wars and seen many hard times, Many before us lived well, loved fiercely and died appreciating simple things. Also, something else brings this country together. We are comprised of England ,Northern Ireland , Scotland and Wales. Although there are many old jokes and prejudices that lie, we all are bound together by a sense of britishness that few other countries truly enjoy.Also, referring to the post about standing against american dominion, we are bound by our society and a worldwide conscience to preserve a remnant of TRUE freedom, as a Briton, from the first sound they make to the last breathe they take is entitled to think and say what they feel. Some may hold ancient grudges against us, years in the making, but in this fair land that I call home, we bear as the poet John McCrae once said
"The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep,
though poppies grow"
In Flanders fields."
This shows that we owe a lot to those before us, and must always strive to make those who paved that path before us, many wth all they had, even to their lives, proud to be our forbears.

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