[openbeos] Re: Is David really British?
- From: "David Reid" <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 19:38:33 +0100
Daniel dear boy, how could you be so awfully awful and even suggest such a
thing.
david
> I don't mean to spread panic or unneccessarily arouse suspicions, but
> I've become increasingly doubtful of David Reid's true origins. He
> claims to be of UK extraction. Yes, his email addy ends in .uk (but,
> hey, we know those can be arranged like Swiss bank accounts, no?) But
> what verbal or metaphorical proof is there? Damn little, to be blunt.
>
> You see, David peppers his emails with "cool", and "OK", and other such
> American style colloquialisms, and yet, we see a shocking lack of
> usages such as "whilst", "amongst", and "indeed". There is precious
> little sign of upper liff stiffness. Ne're a mention of "Old Blighty"
> or fish-n-chips. I have not even detected a single "bloody" in all the
> emails he has posted (which is a bloody shame, actually).
>
> I hate to have to be the one to say this, but it appears likely that
> David roots lie in a place other than his indicated source. Quite
> possibly, David is German. Or Bulgarian. Maybe even Luxemburgian. Or
> perhaps even (gasp) Canadian!
>
> There you have it. The ugly truth is revealed. But it had to be said.
>
> ;-)
>
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