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   From: peffers@btinternet.com   
      
   "Cory Bhreckan"  wrote in message   
   news:nqeIh.5975$kh.5359@trnddc06...   
   > scally wrote:   
   >> On 6 Mar, 13:58, Cory Bhreckan    
   >> wrote:   
   >>> scally wrote:   
   >>>>> On 5 Mar, 19:43, The Highlander  wrote:   
   >>>>> The Irish of course, far from establishing a Celtic nation, have   
   >>>>> simply caved in to England by using English instead of Gaeilge.   
   >>>> 'Caved into England' I think not. We do no longer promote English   
   >>>> unlike France that encourages French worldwide and pays a handsome   
   >>>> price for the privilege. The Irish have embraced the English language   
   >>>> for valid reasons, is a much better description. You are a language   
   >>>> Luddite and as always history will repeat itself, you can swim against   
   >>>> the tide but you will not stop it. English is no longer the property   
   >>>> of England but that of anyone who wishes to speak it, and all will   
   >>>> decide its future changes, unlike French which is modified only by the   
   >>>> Académie Française. English being the language of 'the pay packet' is   
   >>>> now threatening the Indian caste system:-   
   >>>> 'For centuries Dalits could not marry outside their caste to maintain   
   >>>> caste purity. But if a Dalit knows English then there is no way he   
   >>>> will be climbing a toddy tree and end up doing a manual job.   
   >>>> The English-speaking Dalit will not be made a sweeper or a cleaner of   
   >>>> toilets.   
   >>> Wonderful, who cleans the toilets then?   
   >>   
   >> I would recommend Mr Blu and his indentured sidekick Toilet Duck,   
   >> although if you are suffering from affluenza you may opt for Aleski   
   >> Bazyli (A.K.A. a Polish bloke).   
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   > He'll probably learn *nglish too.   
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   > "For the stronger we our houses do build,   
   > The less chance we have of being killed." - William Topaz McGonagall   
   So if that polish bloke became a toilet bloke, (block), then who does the   
   polishing?   
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   Robert Peffers,   
   Kelty,   
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