tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post2788629462627692144..comments2024-03-28T22:01:11.059-04:00Comments on Murder is Everywhere: America - An ApologyOvidia Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749549092493567689noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-49658921750203886982011-07-25T00:25:26.457-04:002011-07-25T00:25:26.457-04:00Ditto Lil's comments. (My grandfather, however...Ditto Lil's comments. (My grandfather, however, was not an English teacher.)Jackie Vickhttp://www.jacquelinevick.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-9440604970645086322011-07-22T14:24:00.535-04:002011-07-22T14:24:00.535-04:00How many different ways can you say anglophile? Fr...How many different ways can you say anglophile? From a very young age, I was taught that the English had it right (except for the food). Language, grace, manners, my mother adored it all. Her father was a teacher of English at the University of Vienna (pre-Hitler) and spent some summers in England, studying and fishing. Hence, I have maintained a long time love affair with English Lit, fashion, and, as Tim says, PBS, just as much of America. So no apologies necessary. Fortunately, I discovered the rest of the world as well.lil Glucksternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09288522126331817172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-10686531828747627602011-07-22T12:27:16.873-04:002011-07-22T12:27:16.873-04:00Thanks for the postscript Jeff. You did have wonde...Thanks for the postscript Jeff. You did have wondering me briefly how you guys were growing them. <br /><br />Tim, we came up with televised poker? Knowing we came up with televised pool and darts too, it makes my heart swell with pride. Britannia rules the airwaves (when it comes to broadcasting pub games)!<br /><br />I'm partial to a bit of Tom Jones though...<br /><br />Too right about food. We've had the good sense to adopt the cuisines of all the immigrant cultures we've welcomed. To our immense benefit.Dan Waddellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04320741202757960766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-6831434213425911332011-07-22T12:19:14.454-04:002011-07-22T12:19:14.454-04:00On the other hand, you Brits came up with televise...On the other hand, you Brits came up with televised poker (with the little table-cam that shows the hole cards), Blackadder, and 95% of PBS. The good 95%. Not to mention Cheddar cheese. I'll forgive you Benny Hill and Tom Jones and, until the past couple of decades, a national cuisine so awful PETA would protest its being served to a kitten.<br /><br />And BOY has there been a turnaround in British food.Timothy Hallinanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00551263887774445511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-72694794856004537332011-07-22T09:29:43.661-04:002011-07-22T09:29:43.661-04:00Apology accepted. Though it appears you may be fl...Apology accepted. Though it appears you may be flailing yourself unnecessarily over your cited contributions to my country's woes. Most bad beer and boobs in the US are homegrown.<br /><br />Postscript/translation: "Boobs--Stupid or foolish persons."Jeffrey Sigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718317707555064653noreply@blogger.com