harfoot

[Birdland]

Originally posted by Rosa Underhill:
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Ah, but insults have a way of sticking and loosing their sting... Look what happened to "Christian" (it was originally an insult to add "ian" to a word in the time just after Christ ascended).</STRONG>

Indeed. And the song "Yankee Doodle" was not meant as a compliment when the British first sang it.

Dig proudly, Hobbits! Those Stoors and Fallohides are just jealous!