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In reply to the discussion: Overheard at a grocery store... [View all]small D democrat
(20 posts)14. I have to concur
Lost my login information and you may remember me as OccamsShaveCream; but this old chestnut gives proof to the proposition that the "walkin' tall in the supermarket line" posts here are way past the use by date.
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Interesting that's what motivated you to finally say something. nt
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
Sep 2013
#17
Reminds me of the story where some white guy told a Native American to go back where he came from!
icymist
Sep 2013
#4
"[The English] don't so much speak the language as chew on it and spit it out."
DRoseDARs
Sep 2013
#45
you could also give her some history about how the US got all that SW territory + CA
wordpix
Sep 2013
#27
Yeah. You could ask her about the names of the cities throughout California and the South West.
Enthusiast
Sep 2013
#49
yes and the stories they can tell you about invading immigrants and what they did
lunasun
Sep 2013
#39
There is also a LOT of French influence in English, especially dating from 1066.
BlueMTexpat
Sep 2013
#46