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The Queen has a Yoda moment in the White House
Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 5:01 am
by spot
Honestly, I'm not making it up.
"Administrations in your country and governments in mine may come and go, but talk we will, listen we have to, disagree from time to time we may, but united we must always remain".
To Balmoral back she should head, in my opinion.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6633591.stm
The Queen has a Yoda moment in the White House
Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 5:03 am
by zinkyusa
Inspiring she is....
The Queen has a Yoda moment in the White House
Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 2:11 pm
by Chookie
Keep her you can......
The Queen has a Yoda moment in the White House
Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 2:14 pm
by el guapo
Chookie;609139 wrote: Keep her you can......
shhhhhh keep it hush hush they might keep her if we stay quite
The Queen has a Yoda moment in the White House
Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 2:24 pm
by Bill Sikes
spot;608616 wrote: Honestly, I'm not making it up.
"Administrations in your country and governments in mine may come and go, but talk we will, listen we have to, disagree from time to time we may, but united we must always remain"
What's the matter with that?
The Queen has a Yoda moment in the White House
Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 2:53 pm
by spot
Bill Sikes;609149 wrote: What's the matter with that?
Nothing the matter with it is. Good English it appears to be, yes. Happy for the Queen I am. A new style of speech have I adopted when in future the public I address.
The Queen has a Yoda moment in the White House
Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 3:42 pm
by Bill Sikes
spot;609165 wrote: Nothing the matter with it is. Good English it appears to be, yes. Happy for the Queen I am. A new style of speech have I adopted when in future the public I address.
Perhaps your prejudices interfere with your grasp of language.
The Queen has a Yoda moment in the White House
Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 3:47 pm
by spot
Prejudiced? Me? I'm a fervent supporter of the monarchy, I'd hate to see it changed in any way. I'm sure I've consistently stuck to that view since long before I arrived here.
Her first "but" screws the sentence out of any elegance and turns the whole into Yodaspeak, it needs to be a full stop. Remove the first "but" and the preceding "may" and I'd agree it works. Looking at it again, removing the other "but" fixes it as well. It depends on where you want the emphasis to lie.
The Queen has a Yoda moment in the White House
Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 2:32 am
by Imladris
*Immy sneaks in stage left to say in a very small voice*
I love Yoda!
The Queen has a Yoda moment in the White House
Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 4:38 am
by Bill Sikes
Imladris;609341 wrote: I love Yoda!/SIZE]
What the heck *is* Yoda? Food? Exercise?
The Queen has a Yoda moment in the White House
Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 5:26 am
by Imladris
Bill Sikes;609357 wrote: What the heck *is* Yoda? Food? Exercise?
:eek: Is it possible that someone really doesn't know who Yoda is? :wah:
Specially for you Bill -
He is the Jedi Master who taught me all I know (!)
The Queen has a Yoda moment in the White House
Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 7:10 am
by Bill Sikes
Imladris;609391 wrote: eek: Is it possible that someone really doesn't know who Yoda is? wah:
Oh. Star Treck, or whatever it was. Wars? Dunno.
