3 nations
Nov 29th 2010 | 7:51 pm
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Nov 29th 2010 | 7:54 pm
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Nov 29th 2010 | 8:24 pm
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Nov 29th 2010 | 8:30 pm
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Nov 29th 2010 | 8:31 pm
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Nov 29th 2010 | 8:49 pm
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Re: 3 nations
Huge number of Aussies can't tell the difference, or don't even know there IS a difference. Aussie friend of mine the other day kept telling me about two "Ãrish" guys she'd met, turned out they were Geordies. Another a while back said it was odd that the Scots and the Welsh have the same accent. I have a southern English accent, and am sick of being called a Kiwi.
To be honest i don't think they really care where the majority of us are from, we are all classed as Poms, end of.
To be honest i don't think they really care where the majority of us are from, we are all classed as Poms, end of.
and would not accept that I'd never set foot in Ireland in my entire life 
Nov 29th 2010 | 10:05 pm
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I'm originally from Edmonton, so you knew that had to get a 
Nov 30th 2010 | 12:58 pm
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Re: 3 nations
I can tell you an interesting fact about the people who lived in what is now Scotland (Caledonia) in Roman times.
They were called the Pictish, which meant painted people.
Thats your random fact for the day.
JTL
They were called the Pictish, which meant painted people.
Thats your random fact for the day.
JTL
Nov 30th 2010 | 1:06 pm
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Re: 3 nations
Sorry you misheard that.. they were not the Pictish, they were the Pissedup.
Nov 30th 2010 | 1:15 pm
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Re: 3 nations
Nov 30th 2010 | 1:58 pm
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Nov 30th 2010 | 8:08 pm
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Re: 3 nations
'Oh', says she (for she was a woman) 'I've always wanted to go to Ireland.'
