What I want to know is this.
Why is it so many English Nationalist types can't actually communicate properly in the written form of the language of the country they purport to be so proud of?
( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 22:29, 17 replies)

it's because
'they' came over here and stole all our vowels
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 22:57, closed)

Why do those with closed minds have open mouths?

( jim_bob can herd cats., Tue 6 Apr 2010, 23:13, closed)

to catch wasps and train them to sting people

( @><|= w0nu!) or cunt to my friends, Wed 7 Apr 2010, 4:21, closed)

I blame the parents
either that or rampant and wilful ignorance in the face of irrefutable evidence to the contrary
(mymilkshakebringsallthemongstotheyard poison hearts, poison minds - joining hate, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 23:16, closed)

I reckon
you could have done with a comma in that sentence.
( Herb Alpert's Taxi Driver I have very beautiful lips, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 23:25, closed)

I see what you did there
i am a fucking disgrace to our nation's otherwise exemplary literacy record
(mymilkshakebringsallthemongstotheyard poison hearts, poison minds - joining hate, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 23:28, closed)

A full stop,
wouldn't go amiss. :-)
( Herb Alpert's Taxi Driver I have very beautiful lips, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 23:30, closed)

That comma is redundant.

( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 23:39, closed)

Well,
I hope it doesn't have bills to pay or in this economic climate it could really be in trouble if it has kids to feed.
( Herb Alpert's Taxi Driver I have very beautiful lips, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 23:48, closed)

None is necessary.

( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 23:35, closed)

"...of which they purport to be so proud" would be more grammatically correct, if we're being pedantic.
(Shinigami, Wed 7 Apr 2010, 2:00, closed)

absolutely.
never end a sentence with a preposition.
(micky2shoes has more shoes than feet, Wed 7 Apr 2010, 8:58, closed)

Maybe they're staking their claim on it.
Like a dog pissing on a lamp-post.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 23:36, closed)

Or
A cat squatting on your flower beds
(TwinkleFuckingToes Has a ingrown toe nail, Wed 7 Apr 2010, 9:26, closed)

"...of which they purport to be so proud"
:)

In fact:

"in the written form of the language, the country of which..."

No, I can't do it - there must be a way to end this sentence with something other than a preposition, but I can't do it.
(sabre-tooth monkey, Wed 7 Apr 2010, 11:43, closed)

Hmm...
For "in the written form of the language of the country they purport to be so proud of", read "in the written form of the language of the country in which they purport to take such pride".

But I'm Welsh, what do I know?*

*One thing I do know is that not ending sentences in prepositions is more a question of style than a firm rule, akin to the splitting of infinitives, since meaning is often clearer and phrasing more concise by breaking the "rule" than by adhering to it. Everybody with even a tenuous grasp of English knows what Amorous Badger was trying to say, after all, which isn't true of the monobrowed knuckle-draggers he is complaining about.
( shinyshinyscalp less a man, more a way of life, Wed 7 Apr 2010, 13:05, closed)

Seems reasonable.
I agree with you.
(sabre-tooth monkey, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 12:14, closed)