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    #41
    Originally posted by Rantor View Post
    BTW – blanket linguistic chauvinism highlighted by the OP is just another cretinous way of pandering to xenophobia.
    Fancy that ending up in the Daily Mail.

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      #42
      English is an imported language. That is why we have two words for some things, the Normans called it beef because that is what they ate while the poor Saxons who only got to farm the animals called them cows.

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        #43
        does Mick deny that the Japanese, Chinese, French, Germans, Irish, Italians etc. have their own indigenous culture in their own countries too?

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          #44
          Originally posted by contractor79 View Post
          does Mick deny that the Japanese, Chinese, French, Germans, Irish, Italians etc. have their own indigenous culture in their own countries too?
          Give me a definition of 'indigenous' and I'll give you at least 5 more definitions.
          And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014

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            #45
            Originally posted by zeitghost
            Ah.

            The advantage of Welsh... it doesn't have k's, x's, or z's...

            The odd "dd", "ff" and "ll" makes up for it though, especially in the extressive use of spittle...
            Do they have Countdown on Welsh TV? Erm, I'll have a consonant please. Another consonant please. Another consonant. Don't confuse me with a vowel.

            Mind you, I bet the Basques are good at scrabble.
            And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014

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              #46
              Originally posted by minestrone View Post
              English is an imported language. That is why we have two words for some things, the Normans called it beef because that is what they ate while the poor Saxons who only got to farm the animals called them cows.
              No. The English language was not spoken on continental Europe and then brought here. It developed here out of various imported languages.

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                #47
                Originally posted by zeitghost
                We did that to confuse the Saes....
                My compliments. You do a bloody good job of it.
                And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014

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                  #48
                  Originally posted by Mich the Tester View Post
                  Give me a definition of 'indigenous' and I'll give you at least 5 more definitions.
                  define what you deny please

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                    #49
                    Originally posted by contractor79 View Post
                    does Mick deny that the Japanese, Chinese, French, Germans, Irish, Italians etc. have their own indigenous culture in their own countries too?
                    Did Mick deny that the English, Scottish, and Welsh have their own indigenous culture?

                    Also, please use capital letters at the beginning of your sentences. We have this indigenous custom of using the Queen's English in this country.

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                      #50
                      Originally posted by contractor79 View Post
                      define what you deny please
                      No. You decided by some criteria some languages are 'indigenous'. You tell us how you define 'indigenous'.
                      And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014

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