Originally Posted by KJ2007 (Post 5319400)

Could be! I know that side of my husband's family is from England - but who knows where they were before that.

Originally Posted by cindyabs (Post 5319466)

According to my Dictionary of American Family Names, your husband's family name, (several varieties in spelling), it means an descendant of Geoffrey or Jeffrey (God's peace).


My DH's family name has something to do with a woodpecker. :blink:

Originally Posted by britvic (Post 5319330)

:lol: Dont you think people with Surnames like Himmler & Rommel changed there names after the War ? I mean I've never heard either of them name's now days.

Originally Posted by KJ2007 (Post 5319475)

Well that's not so bad then - didn't know that - thanks! My maiden name meant "New Mountain" - funny that you just don't think of those things generally.

You made me laugh with your DH family name's translation. ;)

Originally Posted by cindyabs (Post 5319489)

Rommel's son was (maybe still is) the Mayor of Stuttgart.

Originally Posted by Elvira (Post 5319497)

What's his name? :)

Originally Posted by britvic (Post 5319330)

:lol: Dont you think people with Surnames like Himmler & Rommel changed there names after the War ? I mean I've never heard either of them name's now days.

Originally Posted by Rushman (Post 5319196)

Like the factual error where you claim in your reply to me that its the US fighting in Iraq and not the "allies? That kind of factual error?

Originally Posted by cindyabs (Post 5319466)

My DH's family name has something to do with a woodpecker. :blink:

Originally Posted by RoadWarriorFromLP (Post 5319555)

There are 60 Rommels and 2 Himmlers in the Berlin phone book. No Hitlers, though.



You're comedy. The Korean war stalemates with a UN force that is only half American, and this becomes an American defeat, yet the Iraq War, which had about 90% of its troop strength comprised of US forces, is an Allied win and a US loss simultaneously?

You're just letting your nationalistic hackles blind you to the reality. Like it or not, Iraq was largely a US operation, which was initially won and will be ultimately lost thanks to American (mis)management. While I would surely love to share the glory and the blame with the coalition, there isn't all that much glory and I'd feel a bit guilty about parceling out the blame, given the circumstances.

That doesn't change the fact that Iraq was a military victory. The Iraqi military was destroyed, the leadership eliminated and the capital captured, all classic symbols of a military victory. The only problem was that this wasn't enough to create a sustainable political win. You should be happy that Gordon Brown will be able to retreat from the steaming pile with the UK's prestige relatively unscathed, unlike Bush's successor, whoever that may be.

Originally Posted by Triumphrob (Post 5319570)

Im trying reeely hard not to go there :rofl:
Rob (aged 9)

Originally Posted by Triumphrob (Post 5319819)

So, why DO the Americans think they alone won the war? Is this taught to them at school or what?
Rob

Originally Posted by RoadWarriorFromLP (Post 5319831)

I think that some of us learned to take the piss out of our British cousins. However, not all said cousins have figured out how to take a joke.

My earlier comment, despite its pithiness, was actually accurate. Most Americans don't know much about the UK, so they're left with the war, bad food, the Royals, and bad teeth for joke material. Since they're too polite to mock you for your orthodontia, you're stuck with the other three. Chin up.

Originally Posted by Triumphrob (Post 5319819)

So, why DO the Americans think they alone won the war? Is this taught to them at school or what?