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Re: CHAT: SV: Re: CHAT: silly names, prepositions

From:Robert Hailman <robert@...>
Date:Thursday, March 22, 2001, 0:10
Nik Taylor wrote:
> > Mefistofeles wrote: > > > > Well Yankee do you not prefer to be called "Yankee" instead of being > > called "Imperialist pig" which some people call US Americans (or > > gringos). > > Hee hee. I guess if I have to choose between insults, Yankee is the > lesser of the two. ;-) And actually, to be serious, "Yankee" doesn't > bother me.
I dunno. I'd be tempted to take "imperialist pig" as a compliment. =o Of course, I'm not American, so my opinion is rather moot. And besides that, eccentricity is an established character trait for me, so I'm not too suprised that my view differs (radically) form the norm. -- RJEH.