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   XPost: uk.politics.misc   
   From: allan@EASYNET.CO.UK   
      
   "jb"  wrote in message   
   news:uDTeh.84772$bz5.3327@fe3.news.blueyonder.co.uk...   
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   > "Shipman"  wrote in message   
   > news:wqCdncMslMpgoubYRVnyjAA@bt.com...   
   >> Because Sassanaigh mean a speaker of English then most of the population   
   > of   
   >> Ireland are Sassaneighs, so fuck the Irish, quite rightly, I agree 100%   
   > with   
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   > Sassenach is the Gaelic word for Saxon.   
   > FFS it dates from a time when English wasn't around.   
   > The Irish children are like the Welch and nowadays the Scotch all taught   
   > to   
   > speak Gaelic.   
      
   Where on earth do you get the idea that all Scottish children are taught to   
   speak Gaelic? Only a tiny minority of kids do so. Real world please!   
      
   Allan   
      
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