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'An ABC for Baby Patriots' - England, 1899
Aug 28, 2016 10:55:09 #
This alphabet book says a lot about the England of 1899.
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Aug 29, 2016 05:56:19 #
exakta56
Loc: Orford,New Hampshire
Robert Tressell's monumental book 'Ragged Trousered Philanthropists' published circa 1914 depicting the lives of tradesmen and their families around 1906 was hugely popular.
The observations that he made for his time are uncomfortably relevant today. A good read, if a little too long to make his point. I found 'The Jungle' by Upton Sinclair to have said what needed to be said in the first half of the book.
I have wondered at times if we Americans would have been so embracing of Britain during its heyday if we had continued to be a colony. Churchill repeatedly tried to convince FDR to help him restore Britain's Empire after WWII. His pleas fell on deaf ears. As you recall, India gained its independence in 1948..the crown jewel in the UK's tiara.
The observations that he made for his time are uncomfortably relevant today. A good read, if a little too long to make his point. I found 'The Jungle' by Upton Sinclair to have said what needed to be said in the first half of the book.
I have wondered at times if we Americans would have been so embracing of Britain during its heyday if we had continued to be a colony. Churchill repeatedly tried to convince FDR to help him restore Britain's Empire after WWII. His pleas fell on deaf ears. As you recall, India gained its independence in 1948..the crown jewel in the UK's tiara.
Aug 29, 2016 08:38:03 #
exakta56 wrote:
As you recall, India gained its independence in 1948..the crown jewel in the UK's tiara.
There's an excellent book written about that, "Freedom at Midnight." Thousands died in the fighting.
https://www.amazon.com/Freedom-at-Midnight-Dominique-Lapierre/dp/8125931864
Aug 29, 2016 09:54:02 #
exakta56
Loc: Orford,New Hampshire
Ah religion..ain't it great? Killing millions in the name of their own particular god, goddess, godster. Will we ever grow past this?
Aug 29, 2016 10:16:29 #
Here is a more up to date Alphabet:
A is for 'orses
Beef or mutton
Seaforth Highlanders
Deferential
Eva Brick
Effervescent
G for police (say it quickly)
Age for consent
I've a pain in the situpon
Jaffa oranges
Kaffir tribesmen
Hell for leather
Emphasis
N for no one
O for a muse of fire which would come down and set light to xxxxx ? You can do that yourselves. How about Parliament? Somebody once said that the only person ever to enter Parliament with honest intentions was Guy Fawkes! Be that as it may....
P for relief
Q for hours 'n hours 'n hours...
Half a moment
Esther Rantzen ( or Williams)
T for two
U for me
Vive La France
W or quits
Eggs for breakfast
Wife or mistress
Zephyr breezes
This has been described as the Cockney alphabet.
pc39
A is for 'orses
Beef or mutton
Seaforth Highlanders
Deferential
Eva Brick
Effervescent
G for police (say it quickly)
Age for consent
I've a pain in the situpon
Jaffa oranges
Kaffir tribesmen
Hell for leather
Emphasis
N for no one
O for a muse of fire which would come down and set light to xxxxx ? You can do that yourselves. How about Parliament? Somebody once said that the only person ever to enter Parliament with honest intentions was Guy Fawkes! Be that as it may....
P for relief
Q for hours 'n hours 'n hours...
Half a moment
Esther Rantzen ( or Williams)
T for two
U for me
Vive La France
W or quits
Eggs for breakfast
Wife or mistress
Zephyr breezes
This has been described as the Cockney alphabet.
pc39
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