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« Reply #30 on: 28 January 2008, 18:06:11 »
Constable - inspired by a painting called 'Hagar and the Angel' by Claude Lorrain (a french artist)
Gainsborough - Trained under Hubert Gravelot ( a french engraver)
Brunel - Son of Marc Isambard Brunel (a frenchman)
Faraday - English through and through
Stephenson - English through and through
Elgar - English through and through
Vaughan Williams - a big step forward in his orchestral style occurred when he studied in Paris with Maurice Ravel
Shakepeare - English through and through
Chaucer - His name is derived from the French chausseur
William Caxton - was significantly influenced by German printing
Dylan Thomas - Very Welsh
William Wordsorth - In 1790, he visited Revolutionary France and supported the Republican movement. In November 1791, he returned to France and married a french woman.
A.V.Roe - English through and through
Alexander Pope - English through and through
Mitchell [Spitfire] - English through and through
Olivier - His ancestors were originally from France, they fled to England around the 17th century
Richardson - English through and through
Gielgud - of Lithuanian-Polish noble descent
Harry the man who sells eggs in the market. - Believe he has visited France, but may be wrong

A lot of french influence in there along with other European origins don't you think?
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« Reply #31 on: 28 January 2008, 18:47:45 »
Quote from: StuckinNewport on 28 January 2008, 18:06:11
noble descent
Harry the man who sells eggs in the market. - Believe he has visited France, but may be wrong

A lot of french influence in there along with other European origins don't you think?

He only went there in 1939 to help them out.
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« Reply #32 on: 29 January 2008, 00:40:25 »
Quote from: Peter on 28 January 2008, 18:47:45
He only went there in 1939 to help them out.

Short of eggs were they?
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« Reply #33 on: 29 January 2008, 05:42:07 »
Quote from: Jon on 28 January 2008, 17:33:49
What do you think of Western Civilisation?
"I think it would be a good idea."
Mahatma Gandhi

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Jon

Ungrateful git!
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« Reply #34 on: 29 January 2008, 09:23:42 »
Quote from: StuckinNewport on 29 January 2008, 00:40:25
Short of eggs were they?

They were throwing them at the Master Race and were running out!
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« Reply #35 on: 29 January 2008, 11:24:25 »
Quote from: Peter on 29 January 2008, 09:23:42
They were throwing them at the Master Race and were running out!

Would that be the British master race with all of the talent you listed?
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« Reply #36 on: 29 January 2008, 16:36:13 »
Quote from: StuckinNewport on 29 January 2008, 11:24:25
Would that be the British master race with all of the talent you listed?

"Master Race" is the self named title of Hitler's boys! They knocked down bridges, whereas I could name
Thomas Telford, who built them.
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« Reply #37 on: 29 January 2008, 18:56:29 »
Quote from: Peter on 29 January 2008, 16:36:13
"Master Race" is the self named title of Hitler's boys! They knocked down bridges, whereas I could name
Thomas Telford, who built them.

John Augustus Roebling (born Johann August R?bling, June 12, 1806 in M?hlhausen - July 22, 1869) was a German-born civil engineer famous for his wire rope suspension bridge designs, in particular, the design of the Brooklyn Bridge.

Every single Rhine Bridge had been blown by either the Germans or the Allied air forces except for one: The Bridge at Remagen. The Allies hurried to destroy the bridge hoping to trap 70,000 German soldiers on the wrong side of the Rhine.

Who builds them? Who blows them up?

The world of propaganda is a very large one, but your own side is always in the right!
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« Reply #38 on: 29 January 2008, 22:05:52 »
Yes, but apart from that, what have the French ever done for US???
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« Reply #39 on: 30 January 2008, 00:39:36 »
Quote from: Steve on 29 January 2008, 22:05:52
Yes, but apart from that, what have the French ever done for US???

They gave them the Statue of Liberty  Wink

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« Reply #40 on: 30 January 2008, 14:23:17 »
Quote from: Jon on 30 January 2008, 00:39:36
They gave them the Statue of Liberty  Wink

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They  only gave them that because they fought with the Americans against us in the American war of Independence. The french were a bit sore because they were persuaded to leave Lousiana and Canada. Nowadays, in America you cannot get French Fries -- they are just fries.
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« Reply #41 on: 30 January 2008, 15:24:03 »
Quote from: Peter on 30 January 2008, 14:23:17
Nowadays, in America you cannot get French Fries -- they are just fries.

Groundhog Day!!!

"freedom fries"!!!!!!
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« Reply #42 on: 31 January 2008, 10:12:01 »
Quote from: Steve on 30 January 2008, 15:24:03
Groundhog Day!!!

"freedom fries"!!!!!!

It surprises me that a tongue in cheek post should get so many resonses!  Good fun.
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« Reply #43 on: 31 January 2008, 22:57:05 »
They invented excesive use of garlic so that the impered new when they were talking to the smelly gets. Grin Grin Grin
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