http://hugoschwyzer.net/2004/03/29/why-i-am-glad-im-not-english/ Thu, 16 Oct 2008 20:22:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://hugoschwyzer.net/2004/03/29/why-i-am-glad-im-not-english/#comment-461 rick j Tue, 30 Mar 2004 06:56:59 +0000 http://hugoschwyzer.net/2004/03/29/why-i-am-glad-im-not-english/#comment-461 I'm with Hugo on this one - sometimes I just want to shake a Briton to tell them to "get to the point", as opposed to using irony and subterfuge to avoid discussing anything remotely personal. I’m with Hugo on this one - sometimes I just want to shake a Briton to tell them to “get to the point”, as opposed to using irony and subterfuge to avoid discussing anything remotely personal.

]]> http://hugoschwyzer.net/2004/03/29/why-i-am-glad-im-not-english/#comment-460 John Mon, 29 Mar 2004 18:56:11 +0000 http://hugoschwyzer.net/2004/03/29/why-i-am-glad-im-not-english/#comment-460 It must be a Kiwi thing, but I prefer ironic restraint. I read Austen, not Bronte, and listen to Bach and Mozart, not Beethoven. I just don't practice it as often as I ought to! ;-) It must be a Kiwi thing, but I prefer ironic restraint. I read Austen, not Bronte, and listen to Bach and Mozart, not Beethoven. I just don’t practice it as often as I ought to! ;-)

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