10-16-2007, 04:53 AM
Tarbicus said:-
Thanks for that...knew the song, but wasn't aware of context....just more proof ( if ever any were needed) that we don't always speak the same language as our American cousins......
Quote:I had a bit of a "Huh?" moment, too . Here's one explanation, halfway down the page:
Thanks for that...knew the song, but wasn't aware of context....just more proof ( if ever any were needed) that we don't always speak the same language as our American cousins......
"dulce et decorum est pro patria mori " - Horace
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff