Does France Have A Nickname?

"James Silverton" wrote in message
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szozu wrote:
"The Reids" wrote in message
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Following up to Jim Pflaum

Does France, like many other countries, have a common nickname?
Americans often call the U.S. "The land of the free." Some Britts
call England "the land of hope and glory."

"La Belle France", used with equal sarcasm to "the land of the
free". I have never heard a Brit call England "Land of Hope and
Glory", sing it, yes.

I often hear England referred to as Old Blighty here on the CDA.

Lana

Isn't "Old Blighty" or just "Blighty" an instance of rather antiquated
military slang deriving from jargon of the British Army in India? It
was common enough in the early part of the last century, judging by
novels about the First World War, but I wonder if it is used much
these days?

The people using the term Old Blighty are young. Maybe it's significant that
the song mentions being in a trench in France, WW I vintage:

Jack Dunn, son of a gun, over in France today,
Keeps fit doing his bit up to his eyes in clay.
Each night after a fight to pass the time along,
He's got a little gramaphone that plays this song:

Take me back to dear old Blighty!
Put me on the train for London town!
Take me over there,
Drop me ANYWHERE,
Liverpool, Leeds, or Birmingham, well, I don't care!

http://www.westfront.de/blighty.htm

Lana

Following up to Keith Anderson

Of course it is, old boy, but only when comparing our beloved homeland
with the horrors of all the blighters, cads....,

Indeed, there are Englishmen and there are foreigners, no other
distinction needed, except possibly between officers and
gentlemen and er "other ranks". Pass the port.
--
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Following up to Keith Anderson

Of course it is, old boy, but only when comparing our beloved homeland
with the horrors of all the blighters, cads....,

Indeed, there are Englishmen and there are foreigners, no other
distinction needed, except possibly between officers and
gentlemen and er "other ranks". Pass the port.
--
Mike Reid
Wasdale-Thames path-London-photos "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" -- you can email us@ this site
Eat-walk-Spain "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" -- dontuse@ all, it's a spamtrap

Following up to nitram

I was saying to Carruthers only the other day, I'd hang, draw and
quarter 'em - and transport 'em for life!

Horse whip the buggers?

"blighters", you hang the "buggers" from the yardarm. As for
"debuggers" I wish MC well.
--
Mike Reid
Wasdale-Thames path-London-photos "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" -- you can email us@ this site
Eat-walk-Spain "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" -- dontuse@ all, it's a spamtrap

On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 00:33:18 +0100, Magda
wrote:

On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 23:08:06 +0000, in rec.travel.europe, Keith Anderson
arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :

...
... Actually, I've been getting in touch with my feminine side recently,
... so now I'm always right. :-)

You better don't be a young woman in Germany right now :
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...30/wgerm30.xml

"Better don't be?" I think this calls for a staff meeting. Professors
Reid, Challenger and Nitram will meet shortly with the Head of Faculty
to decide on a suitable course of action.

In the meantime, Magda Minor of the Lower Sixth Travel, you are on a
First Written Warning. (See Disciplinary Code Article 2.1)

On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 15:16:15 +0100, Magda wrote:

On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 14:04:27 +0000, in rec.travel.europe, Keith Anderson
arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :

... On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 00:33:18 +0100, Magda
... wrote:
...
... On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 23:08:06 +0000, in rec.travel.europe, Keith Anderson
... arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
...
... ...
... ... Actually, I've been getting in touch with my feminine side recently,
... ... so now I'm always right. :-)
...
... You better don't be a young woman in Germany right now :
... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...30/wgerm30.xml
...
... "Better don't be?" I think this calls for a staff meeting. Professors
... Reid, Challenger and Nitram will meet shortly with the Head of Faculty
... to decide on a suitable course of action.
...
... In the meantime, Magda Minor of the Lower Sixth Travel, you are on a
... First Written Warning. (See Disciplinary Code Article 2.1)

Keith, I wish you were a young, pretty, unemployed woman in Germany right now !
Happy ?

After that last post of his I'd let him move in with me.

--
Tim C.

Jesper Lauridsen wrote:

On 2005-02-01, Padraig Breathnach wrote:

And l'hexagone is not all of France.

Islands are irrelevant.

Are you really posting from Denmark?

--
PB
The return address has been MUNGED

On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 15:23:08 +0100, Tim Challenger
wrote:

On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 15:16:15 +0100, Magda wrote:

On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 14:04:27 +0000, in rec.travel.europe, Keith Anderson
arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :

... On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 00:33:18 +0100, Magda
... wrote:
...
... On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 23:08:06 +0000, in rec.travel.europe, Keith Anderson
... arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
...
... ...
... ... Actually, I've been getting in touch with my feminine side recently,
... ... so now I'm always right. :-)
...
... You better don't be a young woman in Germany right now :
... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...30/wgerm30.xml
...
... "Better don't be?" I think this calls for a staff meeting. Professors
... Reid, Challenger and Nitram will meet shortly with the Head of Faculty
... to decide on a suitable course of action.
...
... In the meantime, Magda Minor of the Lower Sixth Travel, you are on a
... First Written Warning. (See Disciplinary Code Article 2.1)

Keith, I wish you were a young, pretty, unemployed woman in Germany right now !
Happy ?

After that last post of his I'd let him move in with me.

I ain't so sure! If I wuz one o' those unemployed pretty females, you
promise you wouldn't put me out on da streets, Sugar Daddy, while you
drive past in your Humvee checkin' up on da business?

Still, I might do a bit extra on da side, extracting teeth without
anaesthetic for da Johns who like a bit of BDSM.

On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 15:31:22 +0100, nitram wrote:

On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 14:04:27 +0000, Keith Anderson
wrote:

On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 00:33:18 +0100, Magda
wrote:

On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 23:08:06 +0000, in rec.travel.europe, Keith Anderson
arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :

...
... Actually, I've been getting in touch with my feminine side recently,
... so now I'm always right. :-)

You better don't be a young woman in Germany right now :
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...30/wgerm30.xml

"Better don't be?" I think this calls for a staff meeting. Professors
Reid, Challenger and Nitram will meet shortly with the Head of Faculty
to decide on a suitable course of action.

In the meantime, Magda Minor of the Lower Sixth Travel, you are on a
First Written Warning. (See Disciplinary Code Article 2.1)

Is that the rule defining height of gymslip above knees?

Yes - it's a condition of getting unemployment benefit in Germany (ask
Mixi if you're in any doubt). Below the knee = flipping burgers in
McDonalds. Above the knee = report to Herr Doktor Whiplash's Dental
Surgery.

On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 15:08:00 +0000, Keith Anderson wrote:

On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 15:23:08 +0100, Tim Challenger
wrote:

On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 15:16:15 +0100, Magda wrote:

On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 14:04:27 +0000, in rec.travel.europe, Keith Anderson
arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :

... On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 00:33:18 +0100, Magda
... wrote:
...
... On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 23:08:06 +0000, in rec.travel.europe, Keith Anderson
... arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
...
... ...
... ... Actually, I've been getting in touch with my feminine side recently,
... ... so now I'm always right. :-)
...
... You better don't be a young woman in Germany right now :
... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...30/wgerm30.xml
...
... "Better don't be?" I think this calls for a staff meeting. Professors
... Reid, Challenger and Nitram will meet shortly with the Head of Faculty
... to decide on a suitable course of action.
...
... In the meantime, Magda Minor of the Lower Sixth Travel, you are on a
... First Written Warning. (See Disciplinary Code Article 2.1)

Keith, I wish you were a young, pretty, unemployed woman in Germany right now !
Happy ?

After that last post of his I'd let him move in with me.

I ain't so sure! If I wuz one o' those unemployed pretty females, you
promise you wouldn't put me out on da streets, Sugar Daddy, while you
drive past in your Humvee checkin' up on da business?

Still, I might do a bit extra on da side, extracting teeth without
anaesthetic for da Johns who like a bit of BDSM.

....I've reconsidered ....
--
Tim C.