And then the classic Us reaction Colonel Kevin Benson, director of the US army's school of advanced military studies, who told the Washington Post the brigadier was an "insufferable British snob"
I've been called an insufferable snob by an American while over there. I had no idea how to react so just laughed, a lot. There was another Brit there who also found it rather funny.
But yeah, that's been pretty much my reading since the beginning, a force just not trained to do the job properly. OK, we had 30 years of NI and 150 years of HK to train the forces in, but you'd have thought our allies could've learnt something from us?
Um, did I say anything that makes me think otherwise?
It's the idea that I'm a snob that we found amusing, I may have elitist tendencies, but definately not based on social standing or which school someone went to.
I suspect it's a language thing, in real English, snob is about social class, what is it in American?
Ah, so snobbishness is elitist pride based on acheivement and ability rather than education and birth.
Oh, ok. By that definition, I guess I am a snob. But a British snob isn't like that, British snobs don't like me because I don't have the education and the birth. Ah well.
Why did you let Mr Webster destroy such a beautiful language?
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Date: 2006-01-12 10:07 pm (UTC)I've been called an insufferable snob by an American while over there. I had no idea how to react so just laughed, a lot. There was another Brit there who also found it rather funny.
But yeah, that's been pretty much my reading since the beginning, a force just not trained to do the job properly. OK, we had 30 years of NI and 150 years of HK to train the forces in, but you'd have thought our allies could've learnt something from us?
Ah well.
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Date: 2006-01-12 10:32 pm (UTC)I don't know why. Personally I take pride in my snobbishness. I'm a librarian; it's practically a job requirement.
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Date: 2006-01-12 10:51 pm (UTC)It's kinda hot. Thumbs up, keep doing it.
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Date: 2006-01-12 11:21 pm (UTC)It's the idea that I'm a snob that we found amusing, I may have elitist tendencies, but definately not based on social standing or which school someone went to.
I suspect it's a language thing, in real English, snob is about social class, what is it in American?
;-)
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Date: 2006-01-13 05:34 pm (UTC)You know.
Anything that looks good once you've done any work connected with achieving it (assuming there was some), and are now just enjoying.
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Date: 2006-01-13 05:57 pm (UTC)Oh, ok. By that definition, I guess I am a snob. But a British snob isn't like that, British snobs don't like me because I don't have the education and the birth. Ah well.
Why did you let Mr Webster destroy such a beautiful language?