[Terry]

I;ve just spotted this picture. What do you reckon? :shock:

[Terry]

@Sgt Pepper wrote:

@terry wrote:

@rubyred wrote:

Never heard of her !

My suggestion would be to arrange a friendly against Scotland. There’s nothing like getting a win under your belt.

:lol:

Personally, I think Hodgson is as fine a choice as any.
Hugely experienced on many levels.
Well worth a bash.

I’m not quite sure about the fella myself and I’ve no doubt Liverpool supporters would have an opinion.
How many clubs has he been wth now? Blackburn Rovers, Fulham, Liverpool and West Brom are the ones I can remember. In a way, we’ve always had dodgy managers in the past so having Roy take over the England job is par for the course.
Let’s hope he does a better job than Glenn Hoddle, Steve McClaren and Graham Taylor did. Even I could do better than those three clowns.

[Terry]

@rubyred wrote:

Never heard of her !

My suggestion would be to arrange a friendly against Scotland. There’s nothing like getting a win under your belt.

[Terry]

@simplysu wrote:

Oh, I think Wordsworth could hold his own on the grammar and punctuation front. Nothing like a spot of correct English to put a smile on my face though, so I look forward to further developments. I’m rather partial to people with beautiful linguistic skills. :wink:

Who has these “beautiful linguistic skills” that you talk about? :-s I’m new here.

[Terry]

@Sgt Pepper wrote:

I wouldn’t be too disheartened with my mate Telvis Words.
He’s a pussycat really.
Well.. Maybe without the cat bit :lol:

Just be thankful he hasn’t crucified you on the whole grammar / punctuation gig..

..Yet

:-s

This place wouldn’t be the same without you Sgt. Having said that, you were less pretentious back in the days when you were just a Corporal. :roll:

[Terry]

Political correctness is a disease.

I once had a message board debate with Yoda about something or other and was reminded (by Pip) about Yoda’s disability.
Her disability had absolutely nothing to do with the discussion we were having but it didn’t stop others joining in and deciding – quite wrongly – that Yoda had a right to win the debate because she was in a wheelchair.

[Terry]

@rubyred wrote:

It WAS and Is a great little passage :) Maybe, I am easily Pleased but it made me chuckle.

/Rita Fairclough. Weatherfield.

A good writer is like a good taxi driver in that he’ll get you from A to B as smoothly as possible without emergency braking and going off on an inappropriate route. I just think Wordsworth should apply for a provisional licence before he starts taking passengers on a ride.

[Terry]

@rubyred wrote:

@terry wrote:

@wordsworth60 wrote:

I spent the first 11 years or so of my life as “the Englishman”: the first person in my family born in England. People of all types would identify me with the country of my birth – “But I was born here!” seemed to stop people who said “why don’t you go back to your own country?” in their tracks. I did experience racism, but all English people didn’t necessarily like each other, so I dealt with it with all the skills a child of my age could muster.

As I got older, I was told more often that I couldn’t be English, ‘just’ British. It’s only in the past decade or so that I have reverted to calling myself English, partly from defiance and partly because, despite my great affection for the other UK countries, I am not Scottish, Welsh or Irish, so there’s only one bit of British left for me to be. More than that, I am a Londoner, defined by the streets in which I was raised.

An anecdote – on a holiday in France in my teens, an old French woman was very hostile towards me until she found out that I was not from North Africa (her late husband had fought there), but “Anglais”. I couldn’t help liking her.

I think that modern political and geographical boundaries deserve only the scant respect of convenience that they deserve, as legacies of genocide and exploitation. However I also feel there are characteristics that we inherit collectively. Whether we adopt them or reject them is our right.

For me, ‘English’ is confident enough to allow a gentle strength and to own my choices. ‘British’ is entitled to a place amongst other nations and a responsibility to live with the legacy of the past, bad and good. I own them both without rejecting anything of my parents’ heritage.

Would it be fair to describe you as the JC equivalent of Norris from Coronation Street?
I haven’t a clue what your point is.[/qu

I think the “secret” is listening Terry. an honestly written passage, with a twist and a Brillaintly written Sense of Humour? well done wordy :)

Ruby…it’s far from being brilliantly written. In fact it’s just the opposite.

[Terry]

@wordsworth60 wrote:

Is Norris from Coronation Street a national, ethnic or racial identity?

He is a character on a soap opera. He’s Englisn.

[Terry]

@wordsworth60 wrote:

@terry wrote:

@rainbowbrite wrote:

I’m wondering what schools teach these days and do children tweet more than visiting their local library.

I’m just glad I grew up during the pre-mobile phone era. Text speak and lack of basic grammar is endemic in today’s youth. I’m sure rogue trader is going to say how unimportant grammar is in today’s society, but (in my opinion) good grammar relies on sound intellect and good reasoning skills. Let’s not lose sight of that.

I wish I could blame poor grammar on youthful habits, but 5 minutes in JC’s over 40s room will demonstrate enough poor grammar to place the youth of today within a much broader context.

We seem to speak the same language, but I could do with a translator.

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