XPost: soc.culture.irish, soc.culture.scottish, soc.culture.british   
   XPost: uk.politics.misc   
   From: walker@btinternet.com   
      
   "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.   
   > However the children tend to live in the real world, their pop music,their   
   > films,their games are all conducted in English.   
   > More people throughout the World speak English or a form of English than   
   > they speak Gallic.   
   > Why do you write Gaelic?   
   > That's the English spelling of GaelTac.   
   > You a fucking Sassenach?   
   >   
   > Speaking of Independence ISTR the Irish fought tooth and nail for theirs.   
   > It is well over eighty years since they allegedly broke free from the UK.   
   > Even with Bugger Blair you sad sacks of shit in your flowery skirts can   
   > only   
   > talk the talk you can't walk the walk.   
   > Heck you're so tough you even wear knickers under your skirts these days.   
   > You bunch of pussies!   
   >   
   Shipman is right. Sassenach means a speaker of the Saxon language in the   
   British Isles, which includes just about everyone in the U.K. except some   
   recent immigrants.   
      
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