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How English conquered the world
November 24, 2011 at 1:12 am
From the Open University, Clive Anderson presents The History of English in Ten Minutes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSYwPTUKv...ture=feedf
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
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RE: How English conquered the world
December 13, 2011 at 10:38 pm
Well, it was interesting until the OU had it removed, which obviously they hadn't done when I posted it. Sorry about that.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
