It now seems the lawyers are going to make magebucks from the marriage. It's
being questioned whether a civil royal marriage will be a legal one under
British law. If not, and they marry, the situation could be worse than
prince and mistress (supposedly the queen agreed to the marriage to end the
Tamara wrote:
walking under the horse with my mother, we looked up and
-- oh, yes! -- the horse is male . . .
So is Jan III Sobieski's one :) I've never been close
enough to the Poniatowski statue (was on the same website,
but closer to the top), as it's not easily approachable,
but I'd
Many thanks to all who replied both on and off the list. I have located two
mail order firms which carry the title and I have ordered it from one of them.
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Margery wrote:
I imagine these horses were very much like people G ... the females
weren't all that warlike, so were kept at home to breed, while the males
were kept entire (not gelded) and their testosterone made them usefully
fierce and eager to join in the battles.
The stallions I've
Hmm, well I can't say that I think that doing away with royals will solve any
problem with class systems completely. There's always the monkeys at the top.
However, I was appalled at the blatant prejudice last time I was in England.
We happened to be sitting behind the Commander of The Met
Sharon said
Another example which is spread worldwide and more sinister. How many British
movies have you been to where the bad guys always have a lower class
accent? Even the Harry Potter movies were guilty (listen to the Slytherin
quidditch captain)..and they were made by Americans. Guess I'm a
Guess I'm a bit of a
pie in the sky type and think everyone should be equal..but there's always
someone more equal eh? Sharon on sunny Vancouver Island
Was it Animal Farm the saying came from All people are created
equal, though some are more equal than others.
The theme of Animal Farm is
At 09:39 AM 2/14/05 -, Margery Allcock wrote:
I imagine these horses were very much like people G ... the females
weren't all that warlike, so were kept at home to breed, while the males
were kept entire (not gelded) and their testosterone made them usefully
fierce and eager to join in the
I must be bored tonight I actually googled and found this article on the use of
the English accent in American films.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/classic/A891155
I'll never think of the Aristocats in the same way ever again.
now back to my UFO bruges flower lace mat
jenny barron
Scotland
That's a great article, Jenny, you should get bored more
often and see what you turn up!
BTW, do you know that Errol Flynn was Australian?
And as far as British accents go, I can NEVER hear a
British interview with the man in the street without giggling
and thinking of those wonderful people who
I don't expect any one of us will ever know what went on in that marriage,
and I for one am not particularly interested in the rights and wrongs of who
slept with whom first - I just take exception to people - especially women,
who have fought against such things for years - judging women on their
Sorry sent this to Margery and didn't get it to chat. I am disputing the
male testosterone for war horse theory based on the Arabian which is
the horse I most understand.
Please read my comments about war horses below...
Cearbhael
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Sharon said
Another example which is spread worldwide and more sinister. How many British
movies have you been to where the bad guys always have a lower class
accent?
I think what I notice most when seeing films is how often the bad guy has a
British accent - Bond films, at least one of the
A re-hash of an oldie but goodie... I've seen/heard it in several
versions, the favourite being - some 6 yrs ago, in Poland - a rabbi
(substitute for woman) and a priest (substitute for man). There was no
moral to the story, though g
From: B.B.
God Works in Mysterious Ways
A woman and a man
precious few of you lucky enough to be blessed with said good looks, so
My remark about the hair was half in jest. However: We are criticising a
hair style, which is so unflattering it draws negative attention to the
wearer. This in itself is not a criticism of the person within. The pair
have
On Feb 14, 2005, at 15:15, Noelene Lafferty wrote:
Was it Animal Farm the saying came from All people are created
equal, though some are more equal than others.
Yup, except that, as I remember it, it was: Everyone's equal, but some
are more equal than others. Given that none of the characters
Thank you for sharing the link, Jenny. It is an interesting opinion. One
thing the discussion didn't include was the *delivery* of those accents.
All the actors mentioned are heavy-weights in the industry - it wouldn't
do just to have any person with an English-accent serve the part. The
You could try using http://www.tinyurl.com for long URLs, as a concession to
those of us whose computers balk can't read it at one fell swoop because of
line break settings. It saves a lot of grief when you're posting eBay links.
Avital
I know the URL is *hugely long*... My 'puter doesn't
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