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Originally Posted by August
16 reasons why ditching Parliament and crazy King George was a good thing IMO.
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Good point.
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Being constantly corrected on the proper pronunciation of words like "scone" (which BTW was stolen from the Dutch word "schoonbrood") when "biscuit" does the job just fine.
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And then there's the insidious French encroachment. When I was a kid we had these things called crescent rolls, because they were shaped like crescents. Now all I can ever find is something called 'croissants'. 
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Last edited by Sailor Steve; 07-01-08 at 10:13 AM.
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