Englishs?

Sternly · 05-08-2004, 01:03 AM

"Here are a couple of generalizations about England... One is that the english are not gifted artistically. They are not as musical as the Germans or Italians, painting and sculpture have never flourished in England as they have in France. Another is that, as Europeans go, the English are not intellectual. They have a horror of abstract thought, they feel no need for any philosophy or systematic 'world-view'. Nor is this because they are 'practical', as they are so fond on claiming. One has only to look at their methods of town-planning and water-supply... a spelling system that defies analysis and a sistem of weights and measures that is intelligible only to the compilers of arithmetic books, to see how little they care about mere efficiency..."

Is that true, or was it? and what does the last 7 lines mean? I understand what it means, not why they say it...... about the town planning and the water supply, and I understand the things about the measurement system, but not really in the way they say it.

And that's an essay I'm reading, it's called "England your England"

mycdplayerisbroke · 05-08-2004, 02:30 AM

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painting and sculpture have never flourished in England as they have in France

obviously a frenchman wrote that

Ambergris · 05-08-2004, 02:58 AM

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Another is that, as Europeans go, the English are not intellectual. They have a horror of abstract thought, they feel no need for any philosophy or systematic 'world-view'. Nor is this because they are 'practical', as they are so fond on claiming.

Well, about that. I think that the intellect over the world doesn't depend of the race or the nationality. I think that countries as France, Germany and Italy had all that big Intellect because of their culture and politics not of their race :/ Such as France a country with an open mind to other cultures and new ideas... AND England wasn't the exception... I mean, scientists like Sir Isaac Newton (The father of the physics), philosophers and thinkers like John Locke and Shakespeare

jewl* · 05-08-2004, 03:02 AM

i guess? If im correct... english and British are the same??

Cause if they are... then ... they make awesome music!

Skinned Alive · 05-08-2004, 03:09 AM

it's a load of bollocks

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a spelling system that defies analysis and a sistem of weights and measures that is intelligible only to the compilers of arithmetic books

i don't see why this should bother people at all. as long as we know our measurement systems and our apparently "impractical" language, and we are comfortable using them, then I don't see why anyone else should have a problem with us using them.

England is culturally very different to most other European countries, but does that make us an unintelligent country with shit culture? Absolutely not.

@ jewl ; Britain is England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Ambergris · 05-08-2004, 03:20 AM

Yep... the cultural factor. That's why Africa didn't get intellect, all because of their past of slavery and oppression BY EUROPEANS that is evident even actually with the poorest countries in the world.

Valleyboy · 05-08-2004, 04:37 AM

Best selling book around the world:
Harry Potter
And who wrote it? J.K. Rowling
Where's she from? England

Best bands of all time:
Beatles, radiohead, oasis, coldplay...
Where are they from?
England

Hottest chicks:
Kate Beckinsale, Joss stone
Where are they from?
England

Best festival in the world:
Glastonbury
And where's that?
England

Crappiest country in the world:
Chile
Not england.

And we can't forget about Mr. Bean. The funniest character ever.

Ambergris · 05-08-2004, 05:01 AM

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Best selling book around the world:
Harry Potter
And who wrote it? J.K. Rowling

Flase, is the Bible

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Hottest chicks:
Kate Beckinsale, Joss stone
Where are they from?
England

Cameron Diaz from USA
Penelope Cruz from Spain
Nelly Furtado and Avril Lavigne from Canada

Nelly is hot

and soo Beautiful too

mycdplayerisbroke · 05-08-2004, 05:03 AM

avril lavgine is ugly
nelly furtado is black i believe...
cameron diaz sometimes looks like a frog

Ambergris · 05-08-2004, 05:05 AM

Naah... Shakira?

Ambergris · 05-08-2004, 05:06 AM

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nelly furtado is black i believe...

What do u mean with black??

Valleyboy · 05-08-2004, 05:52 AM

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Originally Posted by CharleMagne
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Best selling book around the world:
Harry Potter
And who wrote it? J.K. Rowling

Flase, is the Bible

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Hottest chicks:
Kate Beckinsale, Joss stone
Where are they from?
England

Cameron Diaz from USA
Penelope Cruz from Spain
Nelly Furtado and Avril Lavigne from Canada

Nelly is hot and soo Beautiful too

damn, you're right.
But meh, the bible isn't as intense as harry potter.

And woop, you like avril too. *high-fives*

mycdplayerisbroke · 05-08-2004, 06:02 AM

hahahha LMAO!!!
thom i love you

harry potter is intense

Valleyboy · 05-08-2004, 06:07 AM

haha

mycdplayerisbroke · 05-08-2004, 06:14 AM

i want a perfect body
i want a perfect soul

05-08-2004, 01:03 AM	#1
Sternly Coldplayer Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 11,365 Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Englishs? "Here are a couple of generalizations about England... One is that the english are not gifted artistically. They are not as musical as the Germans or Italians, painting and sculpture have never flourished in England as they have in France. Another is that, as Europeans go, the English are not intellectual. They have a horror of abstract thought, they feel no need for any philosophy or systematic 'world-view'. Nor is this because they are 'practical', as they are so fond on claiming. One has only to look at their methods of town-planning and water-supply... a spelling system that defies analysis and a sistem of weights and measures that is intelligible only to the compilers of arithmetic books, to see how little they care about mere efficiency..." Is that true, or was it? and what does the last 7 lines mean? I understand what it means, not why they say it...... about the town planning and the water supply, and I understand the things about the measurement system, but not really in the way they say it. And that's an essay I'm reading, it's called "England your England" __________________ I do not agree with what you have to say, but I\'ll defend to death your right to say it\"

05-08-2004, 02:30 AM	#2
mycdplayerisbroke Coldplayer Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 12,444 Location: the great southwest Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	: Quote: painting and sculpture have never flourished in England as they have in France obviously a frenchman wrote that __________________ at what age do you tell a highway its adopted?

05-08-2004, 02:58 AM	#3
Ambergris Coldplayer Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 17,999 My Mood: Location: off to nowhere! Gender: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	: Quote: Another is that, as Europeans go, the English are not intellectual. They have a horror of abstract thought, they feel no need for any philosophy or systematic 'world-view'. Nor is this because they are 'practical', as they are so fond on claiming. Well, about that. I think that the intellect over the world doesn't depend of the race or the nationality. I think that countries as France, Germany and Italy had all that big Intellect because of their culture and politics not of their race :/ Such as France a country with an open mind to other cultures and new ideas... AND England wasn't the exception... I mean, scientists like Sir Isaac Newton (The father of the physics), philosophers and thinkers like John Locke and Shakespeare __________________ No single thing abides, but all things flow. Fragment to fragment clings, and thus they grow Until we know and name them. Then by degrees they change and are no more The things we know. - Titus Lucretius Carus

05-08-2004, 03:02 AM	#4
jewl* Coldplayer Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 3,213 Location: In a sea of faces Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	i guess? If im correct... english and British are the same?? Cause if they are... then ... they make awesome music! __________________ http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...th7502e6bf.bmp [scroll:5e73d999d1] absque tu ago nusquam [/scroll:5e73d999d1] <3 I love my Quoc Moon. <3 http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...Picture002.jpg Snapeybot: Do you think I could ever be a flagellant fetus?

05-08-2004, 03:09 AM	#5
Skinned Alive Coldplayer Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,386 Gender: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	it's a load of bollocks : Quote: a spelling system that defies analysis and a sistem of weights and measures that is intelligible only to the compilers of arithmetic books i don't see why this should bother people at all. as long as we know our measurement systems and our apparently "impractical" language, and we are comfortable using them, then I don't see why anyone else should have a problem with us using them. England is culturally very different to most other European countries, but does that make us an unintelligent country with shit culture? Absolutely not. @ jewl ; Britain is England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. __________________

05-08-2004, 03:20 AM	#6
Ambergris Coldplayer Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 17,999 My Mood: Location: off to nowhere! Gender: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Yep... the cultural factor. That's why Africa didn't get intellect, all because of their past of slavery and oppression BY EUROPEANS that is evident even actually with the poorest countries in the world. __________________ No single thing abides, but all things flow. Fragment to fragment clings, and thus they grow Until we know and name them. Then by degrees they change and are no more The things we know. - Titus Lucretius Carus

05-08-2004, 04:37 AM	#7
Valleyboy Coldplayer Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 2,834 Location: go figure Gender: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Best selling book around the world: Harry Potter And who wrote it? J.K. Rowling Where's she from? England Best bands of all time: Beatles, radiohead, oasis, coldplay... Where are they from? England Hottest chicks: Kate Beckinsale, Joss stone Where are they from? England Best festival in the world: Glastonbury And where's that? England Crappiest country in the world: Chile Not england. And we can't forget about Mr. Bean. The funniest character ever.

05-08-2004, 05:01 AM	#8
Ambergris Coldplayer Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 17,999 My Mood: Location: off to nowhere! Gender: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	: Quote: Best selling book around the world: Harry Potter And who wrote it? J.K. Rowling Flase, is the Bible : Quote: Hottest chicks: Kate Beckinsale, Joss stone Where are they from? England Cameron Diaz from USA Penelope Cruz from Spain Nelly Furtado and Avril Lavigne from Canada Nelly is hot and soo Beautiful too __________________ No single thing abides, but all things flow. Fragment to fragment clings, and thus they grow Until we know and name them. Then by degrees they change and are no more The things we know. - Titus Lucretius Carus

05-08-2004, 05:03 AM	#9
mycdplayerisbroke Coldplayer Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 12,444 Location: the great southwest Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	avril lavgine is ugly nelly furtado is black i believe... cameron diaz sometimes looks like a frog __________________ at what age do you tell a highway its adopted?

05-08-2004, 05:05 AM	#10
Ambergris Coldplayer Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 17,999 My Mood: Location: off to nowhere! Gender: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Naah... Shakira? __________________ No single thing abides, but all things flow. Fragment to fragment clings, and thus they grow Until we know and name them. Then by degrees they change and are no more The things we know. - Titus Lucretius Carus

05-08-2004, 05:06 AM	#11
Ambergris Coldplayer Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 17,999 My Mood: Location: off to nowhere! Gender: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	: Quote: nelly furtado is black i believe... What do u mean with black?? __________________ No single thing abides, but all things flow. Fragment to fragment clings, and thus they grow Until we know and name them. Then by degrees they change and are no more The things we know. - Titus Lucretius Carus

05-08-2004, 05:52 AM	#12
Valleyboy Coldplayer Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 2,834 Location: go figure Gender: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by CharleMagne : Quote: Best selling book around the world: Harry Potter And who wrote it? J.K. Rowling Flase, is the Bible : Quote: Hottest chicks: Kate Beckinsale, Joss stone Where are they from? England Cameron Diaz from USA Penelope Cruz from Spain Nelly Furtado and Avril Lavigne from Canada Nelly is hot and soo Beautiful too damn, you're right. But meh, the bible isn't as intense as harry potter. And woop, you like avril too. high-fives

05-08-2004, 06:02 AM	#13
mycdplayerisbroke Coldplayer Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 12,444 Location: the great southwest Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	hahahha LMAO!!! thom i love you harry potter is intense __________________ at what age do you tell a highway its adopted?

05-08-2004, 06:07 AM	#14
Valleyboy Coldplayer Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 2,834 Location: go figure Gender: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	haha

05-08-2004, 06:14 AM	#15
mycdplayerisbroke Coldplayer Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 12,444 Location: the great southwest Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	i want a perfect body i want a perfect soul __________________ at what age do you tell a highway its adopted?

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