Things that feel British but are not.

[Pat Vegas]

FORD Escorts, *******, Granada's etc

Though Ford is obviously American they feel very British to me and part of my childhood.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

Cars assembled in Dagenham generally fell apart after a couple of years.

[Classic Jorge]

[Snin]

what a day that was!

[Snin]

[Pat Vegas]

It looks nice actually

http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/beijing-motor-show/revived -ford-escort-revealed-beijing-motor-show (http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/beijing-motor-show/revived-ford-escort-revealed-beijing-motor-show)

[Snin]

[Pat Vegas]

[Snin]

[Berni]

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

[Snin]

[Pat Vegas]

[Classic Jorge]

[Lar d'Arse]

[Snin]

[Pat Vegas]

[Berni]

[Lar d'Arse]

if you want to get pedantic about the elements that make up the Country it should be called Southern, Eastern, Western and a small bit of Northern Ireland.

[Berni]

[Lar d'Arse]

I am surprised at you.

[Pat Vegas]

[Berni]

the six counties. And, while the Republic has now dropped that claim, the word Eire remains as a linguistic legacy of that claim and is therefore politically inaccurate.

[Snin]

[Monty91]

[Berni]

industry and the shipyard. :shrood:

[Lar d'Arse]

Hardly a linguistic legacy. It also remains clearly stated in the Constitution as the name of the State.

The historic claim to the island being the State was nothing to do with the use of the word Eire.

This is all fairly basic stuff berni.

It was as much down to the BBC historically referring to Ireland as Eire that I suggested this was an appropriate word for you. I had you down as a BBC type.

The use of Republic of Ireland is pretty infrequent. The Football Family remains one its few exponents.

[Snin]

[Lar d'Arse]

[Witharby 2-3 weeks]

Didn't we bail you out a few years back? Aren't you British now? Surely we bought something with all that money?

[Bergkamp's Brain]

nothing like Chicken Tikka Masala exists in India

[eastgermanautos]