# Silly question for English dopers **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 5, 2000, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-question-for-english-dopers/44120 "2000-12-05T10:09:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Andy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/aeb1de/32.png) [@Andy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2000, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-question-for-english-dopers/44120/21 "2000-12-06T13:33:35Z")
I’m not sure how you can learn something about a hypothetical event. Maybe guess at an outcome, but surely not learn. And is this exactly how the subject was taught? > [@](#): > > …that when Ireland was re-united (ie when the brits left)… I’d hate to think my kids were ever to be taught from a singular viewpoint like that. I’d rather they were taught from an objective point of view, or at least given two biased opinions! ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2000, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-question-for-english-dopers/44120/22 "2000-12-06T13:48:23Z")
Android, you have to take into account who was doing the teaching. the Irish Christian Brothers. A veritable brewing pot of Irish nationalism. When learning Irish history, I was taught that the rebels who died in 1916 were martyrs. after all, one man’s freedom fighter is anothers terrorist. But thats all a story to be told over a pint. ---
**Author:** ![Andy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/aeb1de/32.png) [@Andy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2000, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-question-for-english-dopers/44120/23 "2000-12-06T15:01:49Z")
Well, I’m heading off to the pub tonight…unfortunately my attention will be taken up watching Man Utd thrash Sturm Graz…😉 ---
**Author:** ![TomH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/90db22/32.png) [@TomH](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TomH)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2000, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-question-for-english-dopers/44120/24 "2000-12-06T16:47:50Z")
> [@](#): > > Wales, Wales, fucking great fishes are Wales > They swim through the sea > And they eat you and me > Fucking great fishes are Wales Thanks, casdave; this has been going round and round in my head to the tune of _Land of My Fathers_ all morning. It’s all I can do to prevent myself from singing it out loud. If it doesn’t get better soon, I’ll have to dig out an old Proclaimers CD to drown it out. ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2000, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-question-for-english-dopers/44120/25 "2000-12-06T17:41:46Z")
Emergency cure on it’s way **TomH** to the tune of Where do you go to my lovely You talk like Lenny Henry, You dance like Biffo the Bear Your clothes they are all made by Oxfam And there’s lice in your public hair. Tell me where do you go to my lovely, When you’re alone in your pit, And what is the stench that surround you When you go for a spine shattering shit On your arms and on your legs ah ha ha oh ho ho ho de de de de. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2000, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-question-for-english-dopers/44120/26 "2000-12-06T23:53:02Z")
"If I was in England, and “God Save the Queen” was played, and I sunk the lyrics to “My Country 'tis of Thee” Why don’t you sign it? People think sign language looks beautiful even though they don’t have a clue what is being said. So you can say all sorts of things. Lots of times I teach pretty girls to sign ‘f\*\*k me’ when they ask how do you sign ‘thank you?’ But then since you don’t speak englandish, they probably won’t understand americanish. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-question-for-english-dopers/44120.md?page=1)