[openbeos] Re: Is David really British?
- From: "David Reid" <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 20:08:17 +0100
Well, I guess as I come from north of the border then you'll have to accept
my word for it - or ask Michael whom I've spoken to on the "dog & bone"
quite a few times now.
david
----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel Reinhold" <danielr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 7:47 PM
Subject: [openbeos] Re: Is David really British?
> Was that an attempt to sound British? Omigosh... that was horrible. I'm
> vindicated! I've proven my case beyond a reasonable doubt!
>
> :P
>
> >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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