Tommy is an embarassment to whatever educational system attempted to teach him English

On Aug 31, 6:52 pm, "*** T. Winter" <***.Win...@xxxxxx> wrote:
In article <1188575559.945610.212...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> neilist <littora...@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
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> Alas, the poor Dutch, having TOMMY among them (snicker).

I do think tommy is *not* Dutch.

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> So don't embarass the Dutch by identifying with them.

He doesn't.
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By "He doesn't", do you mean Tommy doesn't embarass the Dutch, or
Tommy doesn't identify with "them"?

Okay, "Dutch" may be ambiguous.

But Tommy says above he speaks Dutch and implies that he's from
Belgium (alas for Belgium).

In another thread, Tommy says:

"and if you ever visit belgium again , let me know :-)"

I imagine Tommy skulking around Belgium, confusing and confounding all
of those people in Belgium he encounters. Poor, poor Belgium.

Well, I think Tommy is some sloppy American. And I can say that,
since I'm American. Okay, let me not be ambiguous, since Canadians
and people in Latin America don't like the United States co-opting the
word "American" (ooo, those evil imperialistic United-States-ians!).

I think Tommy is some sloppy person from the United States, and I can
say that since I'm from the United States.

Tommy should GO BACK TO SCHOOL FOR ENGLISH!

(note my allcaps for emphasis).

So then maybe Tommy can learn English AND learn to use English (happy,
Joshua Cranmer?), and then Tommy can USE English properly.


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