Saturday, October 2, 2010

Elsewhere 10/01/2010


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7 comments:

Alwyn ap Huw said...

In which language was "Is patriotism the last refuge of scoundrels" originally written? It is clearly a machine translation.

Dilettante said...

*Sigh*. I despair of the Conservatives sometimes. Why on earth is a bilingual Wales something we're 'committed' to?

Does the head of the Welsh Conservatives have an address I can write to?

Dilettante said...

Oh, and thanks for the link!

O'Neill said...

Alwyn ap Huw

Was it the "I was innate in England, with 3 Irish grandparents, as well as i have lived in a collateral of Wales for a final twenty years" that gave it away??!!

It's a site set up for those wanting immigration advice to the US and UK, so there are a fair number of double and sometimes even triple translations of pieces with the inevitable results. This one, however, was written by a mother-tongue Anglo which makes it all a bit strange.

O'Neill said...

Dilettante,

If you read his piece there isn't a murmer of the Union mentioned...

O'Neill said...

Alwyn ap Huw,

On reflection, I've removed it.

Dilettante said...

As per my latest post, I'm not sure that's a bad thing. Nobody campaigns about the union in England (alas), and whilst they don't the fact that it is the status quo in Wales remains a good thing... maybe? Good news is, Mr Bourne has replied to my email promising a full response after Conference.