Why Americans should give thanks for the British Empire
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Why didn't you win the war so there was one language (design or inability to complete the task) or did you and the French come up with that to keep Canada close to disorder the same you designed a conflict zone when you put in the India/Pakistan border?
It's also true that you hired a lot of mercenaries when the US/UK war was going on, since they weren't from the UK were they designed to be 'cannon fodder'?
You're surprised? Probably not as surprised as I am at finding out that you switch on lights by flicking the switch UP! What kind of backwardness is that? It just makes no sense. That's as weird as reading right to left or driving on the right. It's just weird.
What queen do you think I'm talking about?
Not yet. But we may do in the future.
We have the Westminster system of governance which, thanks to the British Empire, Canada - a product of the empire - adopted.
The only reason Brits drive on the wrong side was to keep the Brit auto makers from being crushed by Nor Am and Euro manufacturers.
Most Britons drive on the correct side of the road - the left. If you drive on the right it's illegal.
By "North American" I'm assuming you mean American, as most Britons would struggle to name a Canadian car manufacturer. Most American cars are crap.
Driving on the left is the original, normal way of doing things. It's driving on the right which is more newfangled and abnormal. Not to mention that driving on the left is safer, which probably goes some way to explaining why British roads are about the safest on earth.
Is it English we speak? My mother took a trip to England many years ago, and when she was down in the south west counties, she couldn't understand a f**king word the blokes were saying.
His bluster about Britain reminds me of the mother watching the parade...you know....everybody is out of step but.........
And yet these illiterate people figure their lingo should be spoken in other parts of the world!