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SwissTony

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1. The Queen's English?

Reply to Soph0571 (Original post)

Sun Feb 2, 2020, 08:31 AM

Feb 2020

So, no Welsh-speaking Welsh tenants. No Irish or Scots Gaelic. Heaven forbid a Glaswegian family moves in. What about Scousers or Geordies?

I speak with either a Glaswegian or Australian accent. Occasionally, I try both at the same time. But I guess none of these would be acceptable.

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Police investigate Happy Brexit Day poster telling council tenants to speak English or leave country [View all] Soph0571 Feb 2020 OP

The Queen's English? SwissTony Feb 2020 #1

Brexit Britian equals English nationalism Soph0571 Feb 2020 #2

Yeah, does the author remember the great era of Britian sinkingfeeling Feb 2020 #3

Some (Many) Brits of the ilk of the author(s) of this sh*t live here in Spain, Ghost Dog Feb 2020 #4

Our Spanish village is full of them too Thyla Feb 2020 #5

Hi Thyla. Yeah, schadenfreude. Ghost Dog Feb 2020 #6

This is so heartbreaking AND heart-chilling Siwsan Feb 2020 #7

You still have until the end of the year, Ghost Dog Feb 2020 #8