Strands#265 Did You Hear That?
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Pandering
Why do our dignitaries (i.e Prince William's Mrs this week) pander to foreign countries when they visit them by wearing clothes befitting to that country?
I don't ever see foreign leaders wearing jeans and trainers when they visit the UK
I don't ever see foreign leaders wearing jeans and trainers when they visit the UK
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anneasquith
/// Oh heck............ I hope Joe hasn't seen the latest pictures from Bhutan. :-) ///
And here is one, but one would have thought that the Prince might have joined in also. :0)
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/// Oh heck............ I hope Joe hasn't seen the latest pictures from Bhutan. :-) ///
And here is one, but one would have thought that the Prince might have joined in also. :0)
http://
@mikey
//the print-out, showing as Swansea, England. He had never heard of Wales but thought it was somewhere in Australia ! //
It took me a long time to realise why 'mer'cans feel the need to add the qualifier to "London, England". My atlas lists one in Canada, one in Kentucky, one in Ohio (doubtless some settlements too small to be of note) and any of northern Irish descent may still insist on the London, rather than Derry, for their one.
It is, faintly, insulting for them to do that but I think it is habitual and necessary for them to say the town name, state name to avoid ambiguity, with so many repetitions of place names, stemming (largely) from Europe.
An American who shows interest in world affairs which do not impact their country, in any way, are a rarity to be treasured.
//the print-out, showing as Swansea, England. He had never heard of Wales but thought it was somewhere in Australia ! //
It took me a long time to realise why 'mer'cans feel the need to add the qualifier to "London, England". My atlas lists one in Canada, one in Kentucky, one in Ohio (doubtless some settlements too small to be of note) and any of northern Irish descent may still insist on the London, rather than Derry, for their one.
It is, faintly, insulting for them to do that but I think it is habitual and necessary for them to say the town name, state name to avoid ambiguity, with so many repetitions of place names, stemming (largely) from Europe.
An American who shows interest in world affairs which do not impact their country, in any way, are a rarity to be treasured.
