On 8 Mar, 02:50, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > I really resent the phrase hoity toity brits, mainly because it refers > to the upper crust of the British and truthfully the upper crust of > the US is just as hoity toity and maybe worse. In my musical career > days I remember playing at the UN building and meeting some of the > most stuck up people on the planet. Hoity Toity is not about being > British its about being stuck up and snoberish. Nothing against you > Dark or Don, just an observation and opinion, and of course we're Not > All Yankees.
E.B. White said: To foreigners, a Yankee is an American. To Americans, a Yankee is a Northerner. To Northerners, a Yankee is an Easterner. To Easterners, a Yankee is a New Englander. To New Englanders, a Yankee is a Vermonter. And in Vermont, a Yankee is somebody who eats pie for breakfast. > Foreign arrivals also occurred within the southern tier of the US. > > http://www.genesearch.com/ports.html > > On Mar 5, 12:52 pm, DarkwaterBlight <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I lived in the Carolina's for a few years and likewise, the locals > > were quite proud of being bass ackwards. Didn't get along too well > > there, too much damn yankee in me. BTW we're all yankees to the "hoity > > toity" Brits! > > > I hope literature survives, where else could we find such cultred > > pearls as these. I do not think the hearts and minds of the inspired > > will alow it to fade. Just as conciousness shall continue so it shall > > be with expression using letters and symbols. Even the spirit, such as > > with Bellshazar on the wall of King Darius, uses letters for > > communicating > > > "It is demonstrable," said he, "that things cannot be otherwise than > > as they are; for as all things have been created for some end, they > > must necessarily be created for the best end. Observe, for instance, > > the nose is formed for spectacles, therefore we wear spectacles. The > > legs are visibly designed for stockings, accordingly we wear > > stockings. Stones were made to be hewn and to construct castles, > > therefore My Lord has a magnificent castle; for the greatest baron in > > the province ought to be the best lodged. Swine were intended to be > > eaten, therefore we eat pork all the year round: and they, who assert > > that everything is right, do not express themselves correctly; they > > should say that everything is best." -Voltaire "Candid" > > > On Mar 5, 12:28 pm, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 11:20 AM, Pat <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > On 5 Mar, 16:01, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Illiteracy appears to be on the decline: > > > > >>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literacy > > > > >> Sometimes a visual is interesting too. > > > > >>http://www.mapsofworld.com/thematic-maps/world-illiteracy-map.htm > > > > >> Of course, the USA has its issues. > > > > >>http://www.caliteracy.org/rates/ > > > > > That reminds me of a time when my father had mentioned to a work > > > > colleague from Alabama that "the South has the highest illiteracy rate > > > > in the country." And the guy responded by holding out his hand (as if > > > > to shake my father's hand) and saying, "Put 'er there!" Implying that > > > > he didn't understand that it was NOT a compliment, thus proving the > > > > point. My father had to really restrain himself from bursting out > > > > laughing at the poor bloke. > > > > Sounds to me like Southern humor. I might just respond in kind after > > > a random insult to The Land Of My Birth. Especially if it came from > > > some Damn Yankee or even worse, a hoity toity Englishman. We don't > > > mind insults but it goes down better when delivered with a smile. > > > Even if it's true. > > > > dj > > > > >> Other > > > >> sources:https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/21... > > > > >> And, it is obvious that definitions affect all such reporting. > > > > >> On Mar 5, 5:37 am, Pat <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >> > On 4 Mar, 02:02, Molly <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >> > > "If the novel goes the way of live theater – a medium appealing to > > > >> > > only a small, relatively rarefied segment of the population – > > > >> > > what, if > > > >> > > anything, will be lost? What can a novel do for us that other art > > > >> > > forms can’t?” > > > > >> > >http://siobhancurious.wordpress.com/2010/03/02/encountering-the-other... > > > > >> > > What do you think? > > > > >> > I don't think it's likely to go away. In fact, the newer concepts of > > > >> > e-books are more likely to fade away than pen-on-paper due to the > > > >> > potential for electronic sabotage. Whilst Great Libraries (like > > > >> > Alexandria) may burn and destroy many instances of great works, the > > > >> > concept of writing won't fade unless the entire species is wiped out, > > > >> > as even most illiterates know about writing and, given a crises, may > > > >> > re-develop it, as illiteratacy doesn't, of necessity, imply > > > >> > uneducability or lack of intelligence. Heck, we still have The Epic > > > >> > of Gilgamesh (an example of a very old 'novel') written in cuneiform > > > >> > on clay tablets, and that's lasted for thousands of years. > > > > >> > Even human extinction may not wipe out literature from the Earth, as > > > >> > it may pave the way for other species to evolve and create their own. > > > >> > It would be interesting to hear the tales written by intellectual > > > >> > insects: The Story of the Lazy Bee; The Emperor Moth's Post-Pupate > > > >> > Clothes; 50 Ways to Kill You Lover by B. Widow and P. Mantis. 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