Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/05/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I remember back in 1970 visiting the US for the first time and hearing what I knew as Irish jokes told as Polish jokes. It is pityfull the way whole nations are pigeonholed, but I assume any weak minority will be chosen as the butt of jokes, varying from country to country... The same jokes are told in France as Belgian jokes, IIRC. FD On 23 May, 2012, at 23:21, Herbert Kanner wrote: > Thanks for the info. I didn't know it was made in Northern Ireland. During > the eight years I lived in England, circa 1970+, I couldn't find > Bushmills, the attitude being that the Irish couldn't do anything well. In > fact, driving home from work one evening, I was shocked to hear a BBC > program telling "Irish jokes", the same jokes we used to know here as > "Polish jokes". > > Herb > >> Pedantic about the different names; Bushmills is made in Northern Ireland, >> which is part of the UK but not part of GB ;-) >> >> john >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >> Huh? >> >> >> >Now you get in to other areas, Bushmills is made in the UK but not >> >Britain ;-) >> > >> >john >> >________________________________________ >> > >> > >> >I stand corrected. Ireland and U.S. have same spelling: >> > >> >Is it whiskey or whisky ? Note that the British and Canadian spelling >> >is without the : e, so that properly one would write of : Scotch whisky >> >or : Canadian whisky , but : Kentucky bourbon whiskey or : >> >Irish whiskey . >> > >> >_______________________________________________ >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- > Herbert Kanner > kanner at acm.org > 650-326-8204 > > Question authority and the authorities will question you. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information