Comments on: Facebook moves Cardiff to England http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/05/20/facebook-moves-cardiff-to-england/ General interest observations and true web-log. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:22:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Chris http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/05/20/facebook-moves-cardiff-to-england/comment-page-2/#comment-1526570 Chris Thu, 21 May 2009 01:19:23 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=49030#comment-1526570 North Wales is one of the truly beautiful places on earth. Chris (US guy who travels). North Wales is one of the truly beautiful places on earth.

Chris (US guy who travels).

]]> By: sargasso http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/05/20/facebook-moves-cardiff-to-england/comment-page-2/#comment-1526447 sargasso Wed, 20 May 2009 19:36:34 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=49030#comment-1526447 A beautiful land and a proud nation. A beautiful land and a proud nation.

]]> By: furrypotato http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/05/20/facebook-moves-cardiff-to-england/comment-page-2/#comment-1526380 furrypotato Wed, 20 May 2009 17:37:35 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=49030#comment-1526380 #22 Patrick Said, I’d hate to see a progress report on Wales. LOL Wales Report: D- Tends to be anonymous in back of class, has bullying issues from larger friend England. :) #22 Patrick Said, I’d hate to see a progress report on Wales. LOL

Wales Report: D-
Tends to be anonymous in back of class, has bullying issues from larger friend England.
:)

]]> By: Patrick http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/05/20/facebook-moves-cardiff-to-england/comment-page-2/#comment-1526374 Patrick Wed, 20 May 2009 17:24:57 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=49030#comment-1526374 # 21 furrypotato said, "Oh, and your progress report: C- Has potential but could do better." I'd hate to see a progress report on Wales. LOL # 21 furrypotato said, “Oh, and your progress report: C- Has potential but could do better.”

I’d hate to see a progress report on Wales. LOL

]]> By: furrypotato http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/05/20/facebook-moves-cardiff-to-england/comment-page-2/#comment-1526368 furrypotato Wed, 20 May 2009 17:09:16 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=49030#comment-1526368 As a Welshman I am kind of used to this. Nobody outside the UK really knows much about us :( But we gave you a lot of help with your independence: We wrote it - Thomas Jefferson We signed it - 16 signatories , the largest of any ethnis group. We financed it - Robert Morris We wrote the constitution - Gouverneur Morris Formed your law : John Marshall Glad we could help, but do us a favour and try to remember, eh ;) Oh, and your progress report: C- Has potential but could do better. As a Welshman I am kind of used to this. Nobody outside the UK really knows much about us :(

But we gave you a lot of help with your independence:
We wrote it – Thomas Jefferson
We signed it – 16 signatories , the largest of any ethnis group.
We financed it – Robert Morris
We wrote the constitution – Gouverneur Morris
Formed your law : John Marshall

Glad we could help, but do us a favour and try to remember, eh ;)

Oh, and your progress report: C- Has potential but could do better.

]]> By: Benjamin http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/05/20/facebook-moves-cardiff-to-england/comment-page-1/#comment-1526364 Benjamin Wed, 20 May 2009 17:08:26 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=49030#comment-1526364 I did Wikipedia it earlier and found it on the West coast of the bigger island. I just failed to note that the big island is not England like I always thought. England is just the portion of the island that is not Scotland or Wales. I did Wikipedia it earlier and found it on the West coast of the bigger island. I just failed to note that the big island is not England like I always thought.

England is just the portion of the island that is not Scotland or Wales.

]]> By: Li http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/05/20/facebook-moves-cardiff-to-england/comment-page-1/#comment-1526361 Li Wed, 20 May 2009 17:06:43 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=49030#comment-1526361 Captain Jack Hotness can fix anything! Captain Jack Hotness can fix anything!

]]> By: Dave W http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/05/20/facebook-moves-cardiff-to-england/comment-page-1/#comment-1526351 Dave W Wed, 20 May 2009 16:58:58 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=49030#comment-1526351 #11...There's no such place as Pittsburgh, California. There IS however a Pittsburg, California. No silent "h" for us west coast folks! #11…There’s no such place as Pittsburgh, California. There IS however a Pittsburg, California. No silent “h” for us west coast folks!

]]> By: Patrick http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/05/20/facebook-moves-cardiff-to-england/comment-page-1/#comment-1526331 Patrick Wed, 20 May 2009 16:25:42 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=49030#comment-1526331 # 15 Stephen said, "And as an occasional watcher of both ABC and CBS evening news which is shown here late at night I can tell you that you’d be surprised at how often they get England and Britain mixed up and use them interchangeably." Ah! I see your problem. You believe that ABC & CBS do the news. Common misconception. LOL ;) Vis-a-vis the man on the street, it is probably because of literature. You grow up reading Dickens early on and it sticks with you as an adult. # 15 Stephen said, “And as an occasional watcher of both ABC and CBS evening news which is shown here late at night I can tell you that you’d be surprised at how often they get England and Britain mixed up and use them interchangeably.”

Ah! I see your problem. You believe that ABC & CBS do the news. Common misconception. LOL ;)

Vis-a-vis the man on the street, it is probably because of literature. You grow up reading Dickens early on and it sticks with you as an adult.

]]> By: Stephen http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/05/20/facebook-moves-cardiff-to-england/comment-page-1/#comment-1526328 Stephen Wed, 20 May 2009 16:14:47 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=49030#comment-1526328 @Patrick sorry - meant "are quite good about it" above. Not "are't" @Patrick
sorry – meant “are quite good about it” above. Not “are’t”

]]> By: Stephen http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/05/20/facebook-moves-cardiff-to-england/comment-page-1/#comment-1526327 Stephen Wed, 20 May 2009 16:13:41 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=49030#comment-1526327 @Patrick No you're right the press are't usually quite good about it - but whenever they go and do a man-on-the-street interview people constantly refer to England rather than Britain. And as an occasional watcher of both ABC and CBS evening news which is shown here late at night I can tell you that you'd be surprised at how often they get England and Britain mixed up and use them interchangeably. Their websites don't usually make that mistake so they must go through some different process to check them. @Patrick
No you’re right the press are’t usually quite good about it – but whenever they go and do a man-on-the-street interview people constantly refer to England rather than Britain.

And as an occasional watcher of both ABC and CBS evening news which is shown here late at night I can tell you that you’d be surprised at how often they get England and Britain mixed up and use them interchangeably. Their websites don’t usually make that mistake so they must go through some different process to check them.

]]> By: Patrick http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/05/20/facebook-moves-cardiff-to-england/comment-page-1/#comment-1526325 Patrick Wed, 20 May 2009 16:02:34 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=49030#comment-1526325 # 13 Stephen said, "It’s a bit of a slap in the face if you fought there or have a son/daughter die there and people in the US don’t even acknowledge it by saying something like “our English allies…”" I've never seen "our English allies" used by the US press (at least in the past ~40 years). Have you? Link? # 13 Stephen said, “It’s a bit of a slap in the face if you fought there or have a son/daughter die there and people in the US don’t even acknowledge it by saying something like “our English allies…””

I’ve never seen “our English allies” used by the US press (at least in the past ~40 years). Have you? Link?

]]> By: Stephen http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/05/20/facebook-moves-cardiff-to-england/comment-page-1/#comment-1526319 Stephen Wed, 20 May 2009 15:53:40 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=49030#comment-1526319 @Patrick Yes - a little bit of a non-story. But us non-English in the UK are very, very touchy about our identity because so many people outside the UK think we are part of England. Just one example - many Scottish and Welsh troops have fought and died as part of the UK forces in Iraq and Afghanistan but a lot of people probably don't even know we are there because they think UK=England. It's a bit of a slap in the face if you fought there or have a son/daughter die there and people in the US don't even acknowledge it by saying something like "our English allies..." rather than "our British allies..." @Patrick
Yes – a little bit of a non-story.
But us non-English in the UK are very, very touchy about our identity because so many people outside the UK think we are part of England.

Just one example – many Scottish and Welsh troops have fought and died as part of the UK forces in Iraq and Afghanistan but a lot of people probably don’t even know we are there because they think UK=England.

It’s a bit of a slap in the face if you fought there or have a son/daughter die there and people in the US don’t even acknowledge it by saying something like “our English allies…” rather than “our British allies…”

]]> By: Sagrilarus http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/05/20/facebook-moves-cardiff-to-england/comment-page-1/#comment-1526305 Sagrilarus Wed, 20 May 2009 15:31:40 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=49030#comment-1526305 All the Welsh that I know would prefer to get the English out of Wales than the other way around. Maybe they can cut a deal. Sag. All the Welsh that I know would prefer to get the English out of Wales than the other way around. Maybe they can cut a deal.

Sag.

]]> By: Patrick http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/05/20/facebook-moves-cardiff-to-england/comment-page-1/#comment-1526303 Patrick Wed, 20 May 2009 15:29:07 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=49030#comment-1526303 It would be like a glitch that changed Pittsburgh, CA to Pittsburgh, PA. Non-story. It would be like a glitch that changed Pittsburgh, CA to Pittsburgh, PA. Non-story.

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