or generic anyone On Mar 8, 8:02 am, Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > Meh! Myself I have no problems with it. I also know that not all > Americans are Yanks, but as incorrect as it is it is still an easy and > lazy form of addresing the generic American. > > On 8 Mar, 05:15, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Didn't mean for it to refer to all Brits or even rich ones. Just > > snobby ones. It's a silly sounding phrase I used deliberately for > > effect. We've been getting a bit of a bad rep. down heh ever since > > the War of Northern Aggression. Damn carpetbaggers. > > > dj > > > On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 8:50 PM, 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. > > > 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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