Ive reached 1000 posts!

[hairwegoagain]

Love it.

The Brits are our great friends. They're among the minority of nations who actually have a backbone. They don't hide in the corner like some impotent, cowardly limp penis. :lol: .

Here's to you Britannia - your food is horrible but your country's friendship and valor are priceless.

Get ready for Iran.

Regards,

Hairwegoagain

 

[Aplunk1]

Fine, as an Irishman, let me just say,

I can still kick your ***.

 

[thylax]

"Which are probably the most impressive pieces of Architecture in the World". :lol: . I cannot believe that somebody really believes that!
I told you that when we were CREATING the science, you were living in caves and talking to monkeys. Dont forget also that your language is based on Greek. You have built nothing from the very beginning, you have only made copies, most of which are bad...

Finally go study a Greek writer. Shakespeare had done so besides.. (if you know what I mean :lol: )

 

[Z]

"Which are probably the most impressive pieces of Architecture in the World". :lol: . I cannot believe that somebody really believes that!
I told you that when we were CREATING the science, you were living in caves and talking to monkeys. Dont forget also that your language is based on Greek. You have built nothing from the very beginning, you have only made copies, most of which are bad...

Finally go study a Greek writer. Shakespeare had done so besides.. (if you know what I mean :lol: )

The english language is not based on greek.

English originated from the Old Saxon language and related dialects brought to Britain by Germanic settlers from various parts of northwest Germany. The original Old English language was subsequently influenced by two successive waves of invasion. The first was by speakers of languages in the Scandinavian branch of the Germanic family, who colonised parts of Britain in the 8th and 9th centuries. The second wave was of the Normans in the 11th century, who spoke a variety of French.

According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, around the year 449, Vortigern, King of the British Isles, invited the Angles to help him against the Picts. In return, the Angles were granted lands in the south-east. Further aid was sought, and in response came Saxons, Angles, and Jutes. The Chronicle talks of a subsequent influx of settlers who eventually established seven kingdoms. Modern scholarship considers most of this story to be legendary and politically motivated.

These Germanic invaders dominated the original Celtic-speaking inhabitants, whose languages survived largely in Scotland, Wales, Cornwall, and Ireland. The dialects spoken by the invaders formed what would be called Old English, which resembled some coastal dialects in what are now north-west Germany and the Netherlands. Later, it was strongly influenced by the North Germanic language Norse, spoken by the Vikings who settled mainly in the north-east (see Jorvik).

For the 300 years following the Norman Conquest in 1066, the Norman kings and the high nobility spoke only a variety of French. A large number of Norman words were assimilated into Old English. The Norman influence reinforced the continual evolution of the language over the following centuries, resulting in what is now referred to as Middle English.

During the 15th century, Middle English was transformed by the Great Vowel Shift, the spread of a standardised London-based dialect in government and administration, and the standardising effect of printing. Modern English can be traced back to around the time of William Shakespeare.

 

[Slartibartfast]

Dont forget also that your language is based on Greek.

But aren't all European languages (yes, even Greek) ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European? And which branch of this ancient language is most widely spoken today? Might that be English? Is that because Britain and subsequently America have been the World's pre-eminent powers whilst Greece has been doing what exactly? Other than being conquered by the Turks and holding out the begging bowl to the EU.

You have built nothing from the very beginning, you have only made copies, most of which are bad...

Like the Industrial Revolution which, as we all know, was only made possible by the chance discovery of an ancient Greek library of blueprints covering every piece of machinery we dozy Brits later constructed.

 

[thylax]

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First of all in your text I have noticed several greek words. Here are some I just picked up after a quick read of it: based, chronicle, dialects, story, politically. There are some other, also, which come from Latin and have a Greek root. Actually the whole English language and especially the scientific aspects of it have a vast amount of Greek words. Without them It would be impossible for an English to speak. Many of the grammatical rules of English come directly from Greek and others from Latin (which probably means that they have a far connection with Greek). I, really, do not care about the Picts, the Jutes and all the other "nations" you mention since they do not have an active role in the world history. What I know is that in your everyday speech, you will use a high percentance of Greek words.

 

[thylax]

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And now we go to Slartibartfast. An other funny british guy in here...
First of all, the Greeks have nothing to do with the Turks. They used to be under domination and they have gained freedom about 200 years ago, after a remarkable fight. I think that this is very admiring, and I really thank you for mentioning it. :lol: Do not forget, also, that if US didnt exist, you would be speaking German today.

Secondly, about the Industrial Revolution is this the only thing you got? You are very funny, if you mention the Industrial Revolution and you compare it to the Ancient Greek Civilization!!!

Finally, dont make me write down what great English personalities have said about the Ancient Greeks, because you will not show up again in the forum.

 

[Z]

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First of all in your text I have noticed several greek words. Here are some I just picked up after a quick read of it: based, chronicle, dialects, story, politically. There are some other, also, which come from Latin and have a Greek root. Actually the whole English language and especially the scientific aspects of it have a vast amount of Greek words. Without them It would be impossible for an English to speak. Many of the grammatical rules of English come directly from Greek and others from Latin (which probably means that they have a far connection with Greek). I, really, do not care about the Picts, the Jutes and all the other "nations" you mention since they do not have an active role in the world history. What I know is that in your everyday speech, you will use a high percentance of Greek words.

Along with an even higher percentage of french, scandinavian and germanic words.

Look, I have no problem with Greek people, or Greece. I agree that it has had a huge impact on the civilisation of the modern world, but it is you that came into this thread and started attacking one of my fellow compatriots for no good reason, which could be interpreted by many as a racial slur.

I think you should be the one who gives this a rest as I fgear it will be you that will be the one who wont be returning to the forum if you continue in this manner.

 

[Britannia]

thylax your just bitter because the British have taken control of Rhodes and Zante!!!!

 

[thylax]

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No, really. Besides we have taken control of the British girls who come for Summer in the islands... I forgot to mention that I think Liz Hurley is the most beautiful woman around the globe. :lol:

 

[The Gardener]

Sooo... how about this weather that we've been having lately??

Who is buying the next round?

 

[Slartibartfast]

First of all, the Greeks have nothing to do with the Turks. They used to be under domination and they have gained freedom about 200 years ago, after a remarkable fight.

No kidding. There I was, fully aware of the Ottoman conquest of Greece yet blissfully unaware that the (now non-existent) Ottoman Empire wasn't still an occupying force. Thank you for pointing out the blindingly obvious.

Do not forget, also, that if US didnt exist, you would be speaking German today.

What an asinine statement. The US exists in its current form because of the success of the British people, you can't simply strip its existence from the history books to make a point. None of us can predict the course World history would've taken if European peoples hadn't settled on the other side of the Atlantic, would the events culminating in WWII have even occurred? It's like me saying what if the Russians hadn't fought and defeated the Turks in the 1770s, or what if the siege of Vienna in 1683 had gone the other way - it's just so much pointless speculation.

But to answer your point on its own superficial level: can you prove that the likely outcome would've been a successful German invasion (and 60 year occupation) of Britain? Or that a consequence of this would be a change in language?

Secondly, about the Industrial Revolution is this the only thing you got? You are very funny, if you mention the Industrial Revolution and you compare it to the Ancient Greek Civilization!!!

Don't mis-represent what I wrote. You said that:

You have built nothing from the very beginning, you have only made copies, most of which are bad...

and my response to the belittling of the achievements of the most influential people of the past thousand years was to mention the British lead in what has been the most rapid, and far-reaching period of technological change the World has yet to see. I'm sorry if you can't grasp the wonder of the Industrial Revolution or how significant the impact of the British people and all their kinsmen around the World have been.

Finally, dont make me write down what great English personalities have said about the Ancient Greeks, because you will not show up again in the forum.

Why would you feel the need? Have I disparaged the achievements of the people of the ancient City States? No I have not, because unlike you I have some grasp of history outside of my own Country's and wouldn't - as an example - suggest that the antecedents of a people were still living in caves (let alone talking to monkeys :roll: ) unless it were factually accurate.

Slarti

 

[iamnaked]

BRITS RULE U.K.

 

[thylax]

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slartiFARTfast its quite obvious that my previous post has highly frustrate you. I guess you spent the whole day before writing yours. Anyway I do not want to keep this topic open, nor Britannia does... :lol: :lol:


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[Aplunk1]

Fine, but we all know the British smell funny and drink too much.

 

[hairwegoagain]

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Easy now. No offense, but I doubt anyone feels too threatened by the Hellenic Republic. Be realistic, please! LOL

slartiFARTfast its quite obvious that my previous post has highly frustrate you. I guess you spent the whole day before writing yours. Anyway I do not want to keep this topic open, nor Britannia does... :lol: :lol:


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[thylax]

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Easy now. No offense, but I doubt anyone feels too threatened by the Hellenic Republic. Be realistic, please! LOL

slartiFARTfast its quite obvious that my previous post has highly frustrate you. I guess you spent the whole day before writing yours. Anyway I do not want to keep this topic open, nor Britannia does... :lol: :lol:


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[Britannia]

Fine, but we all know the British smell funny and drink too much.

Do the British drink too much? I would say Americans drink too little.

 

[techprof]

Brit,
congratulations on 1000 posts. I see that you respond to all the questions from newbies giving them correct suggestions. Keep up the good work.

 

[Slartibartfast]

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slartiFARTfast its quite obvious that my previous post has highly frustrate you. I guess you spent the whole day before writing yours. Anyway I do not want to keep this topic open, nor Britannia does... :lol: :lol:


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I responded on Tuesday as that is when I had the mis-fortune of reading your child-like comments. My apologies that an ability to string a few words together has confused or upset you and propelled you to the intellectual high of altering my pseudonym in such a humourous and, might I say, mature way.