(UK) A grey partridge (in contrast with Frenchman, red-legged partridge).
Looking forward to the political-media establishment all squawking that this is an affront to every stout Englishman’s right to drink at all hours.
question for English historical linguists: in 1731, did the three lines "When mighty Roast Beef was the Englishman's food, It ennobled our veins and enriched our blood. Our soldiers were brave and our courtiers wer…
(UK) A grey partridge (in contrast with Frenchman, red-legged partridge).
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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Nothing like an Englishman and an Irishman from Belfast to make you wonder if it's real.
A native or inhabitant of England; a man who is English by ancestry, birth, descent or naturalisation.
“Nothing like an Englishman and an Irishman from Belfast to make you wonder if it's real.”
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(Quebec, dated, ethnic slur) A Canadian of British descent and/or whose first language is English (as opposed to French-descended, French-speaking Canadians).
“Looking forward to the political-media establishment all squawking that this is an affront to every stout Englishman’s right to drink at all hours.”
“question for English historical linguists: in 1731, did the three lines "When mighty Roast Beef was the Englishman's food, It ennobled our veins and enriched our blood. Our soldiers were brave and our courtiers were good" rhyme?”
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