Sun, 28 Feb 1999 14:29:43 +0100
- Message No. 5048
From: Honza Gritzbach
Subject: Brits & Irish
Hello ,
small entry to Brits x Irish discussion. Sorry for my English, but
telling this story I am "at the edge" of my knowledge :-) and sorry
for off-topic.
This story (it should came from reality) I heard several years ago.
It was during World War II when British troops marched along Germany.
There was one sergeant (Irish guy) and he was very proud of his Irish
roots and he really disliked if somebody call him British soldier. He
always protest and cry he is not Britih, he is Irish man.
One day, together with his troop, he came into German city, quite
destroyed by RAF air raid. On one wall he found big writing in bad
English "Oh Lord, kill all British ...". He hesitated just several
seconds, then took chalk and wrote under it "... and Irish, too".
Sorry, I detract such serious things like roots :-) I believe and I agree
that Irish is not British. From my point of view, the Irish music is
more better than English (sorry Brits, but I really love Irish music).
Best regards,
Honza mailto:honzag@grisoft.cz
www@atic.org