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Kusadikika
#1 Posted : Wednesday, March 30, 2016 5:52:38 PM
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http://www.nation.co.ke/.../-/n7l3q4z/-/index.html

This was just a normal business article about a failing business but I could not help but marvel at just how times have changed. Consider the historical context of these 2 sentences and see if you find this as interesting as I do:

"Union representatives had travelled to Mumbai as a company board meeting was held to try to convince Tata to invest in the plants, which employ thousands in England and Wales.

Unions criticised the government for not sending a minister to India to lobby for the plants to be kept open.

50 or even 20 years ago this would have been unthinkable. That the British are now sending officials to India to lobby on behalf of British workers is very interesting indeed. For a proud Briton who lived in the times when the sun never set on the British Empire this must be very humiliating.
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masukuma
#2 Posted : Wednesday, March 30, 2016 5:57:24 PM
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Kusadikika wrote:
http://www.nation.co.ke/business/corporates/Blow-for-British-steel-industry-as-Tata-to-sell-plants-/-/1954162/3139214/-/n7l3q4z/-/index.html

This was just a normal business article about a failing business but I could not help but marvel at just how times have changed. Consider the historical context of these 2 sentences and see if you find this as interesting as I do:

"Union representatives had travelled to Mumbai as a company board meeting was held to try to convince Tata to invest in the plants, which employ thousands in England and Wales.

Unions criticised the government for not sending a minister to India to lobby for the plants to be kept open.

50 or even 20 years ago this would have been unthinkable. That the British are now sending officials to India to lobby on behalf of British workers is very interesting indeed. For a proud Briton who lived in the times when the sun never set on the British Empire this must be very humiliating.

wasijali.. they will pass on and new empires will rise. if you think about it the persians, the greek, the romans must have felt the same way. the richest man in britain for a long time was of indian decent.
All Mushrooms are edible! Some Mushroom are only edible ONCE!
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murchr
#3 Posted : Wednesday, March 30, 2016 6:16:58 PM
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Their beloved Jaguar LandRover is now a subsidiary of Tata Motors. Actually Indians are taking over
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hardwood
#4 Posted : Wednesday, March 30, 2016 6:40:42 PM
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masukuma wrote:
Kusadikika wrote:
http://www.nation.co.ke/business/corporates/Blow-for-British-steel-industry-as-Tata-to-sell-plants-/-/1954162/3139214/-/n7l3q4z/-/index.html

This was just a normal business article about a failing business but I could not help but marvel at just how times have changed. Consider the historical context of these 2 sentences and see if you find this as interesting as I do:

"Union representatives had travelled to Mumbai as a company board meeting was held to try to convince Tata to invest in the plants, which employ thousands in England and Wales.

Unions criticised the government for not sending a minister to India to lobby for the plants to be kept open.

50 or even 20 years ago this would have been unthinkable. That the British are now sending officials to India to lobby on behalf of British workers is very interesting indeed. For a proud Briton who lived in the times when the sun never set on the British Empire this must be very humiliating.

wasijali.. they will pass on and new empires will rise. if you think about it the persians, the greek, the romans must have felt the same way. the richest man in britain for a long time was of indian decent.

The word is descent. So says "Willis the wordmaster". That said, it must be very humiliating and embarrassing that the iconic Land Rover/Range Rover brand is owned by the Indians.
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masukuma
#5 Posted : Wednesday, March 30, 2016 6:43:55 PM
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hardwood wrote:
masukuma wrote:
Kusadikika wrote:
http://www.nation.co.ke/business/corporates/Blow-for-British-steel-industry-as-Tata-to-sell-plants-/-/1954162/3139214/-/n7l3q4z/-/index.html

This was just a normal business article about a failing business but I could not help but marvel at just how times have changed. Consider the historical context of these 2 sentences and see if you find this as interesting as I do:

"Union representatives had travelled to Mumbai as a company board meeting was held to try to convince Tata to invest in the plants, which employ thousands in England and Wales.

Unions criticised the government for not sending a minister to India to lobby for the plants to be kept open.

50 or even 20 years ago this would have been unthinkable. That the British are now sending officials to India to lobby on behalf of British workers is very interesting indeed. For a proud Briton who lived in the times when the sun never set on the British Empire this must be very humiliating.

wasijali.. they will pass on and new empires will rise. if you think about it the persians, the greek, the romans must have felt the same way. the richest man in britain for a long time was of indian decent.

The word is descent. So says "Willis the wordmaster".

sure.... I actually wanted to look it up and correct it coz I suspected it was wrong but never got around to doing it. glad you caught it.
All Mushrooms are edible! Some Mushroom are only edible ONCE!
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hardwood
#6 Posted : Wednesday, March 30, 2016 6:56:13 PM
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masukuma wrote:
hardwood wrote:
masukuma wrote:
Kusadikika wrote:
http://www.nation.co.ke/business/corporates/Blow-for-British-steel-industry-as-Tata-to-sell-plants-/-/1954162/3139214/-/n7l3q4z/-/index.html

This was just a normal business article about a failing business but I could not help but marvel at just how times have changed. Consider the historical context of these 2 sentences and see if you find this as interesting as I do:

"Union representatives had travelled to Mumbai as a company board meeting was held to try to convince Tata to invest in the plants, which employ thousands in England and Wales.

Unions criticised the government for not sending a minister to India to lobby for the plants to be kept open.

50 or even 20 years ago this would have been unthinkable. That the British are now sending officials to India to lobby on behalf of British workers is very interesting indeed. For a proud Briton who lived in the times when the sun never set on the British Empire this must be very humiliating.

wasijali.. they will pass on and new empires will rise. if you think about it the persians, the greek, the romans must have felt the same way. the richest man in britain for a long time was of indian decent.

The word is descent. So says "Willis the wordmaster".

sure.... I actually wanted to look it up and correct it coz I suspected it was wrong but never got around to doing it. glad you caught it.


As you can see "I went to school", a very good school in that case where apart from emphasis on proficiency in grammar we had to "cross all the t's and dot the i's". I get very annoyed when I see grammatical errors whether in official letters or online postings. One should thoroughly read and re-read their "contribution" before hitting the "post button". One should also make use of the "edit" function.
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masukuma
#7 Posted : Wednesday, March 30, 2016 7:52:32 PM
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hardwood wrote:


As you can see "I went to school", a very good school in that case where apart from emphasis on proficiency in grammar we had to "cross all the t's and dot the i's". I get very annoyed when I see grammatical errors whether in official letters or online postings. One should thoroughly read and re-read their "contribution" before hitting the "post button". One should also make use of the "edit" function.

please forgiveness a typos and my Short, curts. I should lwasy strife to making you not less so annoyed. For this is mine sole purpose here... here is wazua!
All Mushrooms are edible! Some Mushroom are only edible ONCE!
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Kusadikika
#8 Posted : Wednesday, March 30, 2016 8:10:55 PM
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masukuma wrote:
hardwood wrote:


As you can see "I went to school", a very good school in that case where apart from emphasis on proficiency in grammar we had to "cross all the t's and dot the i's". I get very annoyed when I see grammatical errors whether in official letters or online postings. One should thoroughly read and re-read their "contribution" before hitting the "post button". One should also make use of the "edit" function.

please forgiveness a typos and my Short, curts. I should lwasy strife to making you not less so annoyed. For this is mine sole purpose here... here is wazua!


Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly

This is hilarious. Here we are talking about the decline of the British and @hardwood gets really worked up when people make errors in their language....maybe we still live in their shadow. More Kenyan people are irritated by English grammar mistakes than by Kiswahili or Kikuyu grammar mistakes. I remember a certain mzee who kept finding an error in every sentence I uttered in Kikuyu....I quickly shut up.
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hardwood
#9 Posted : Wednesday, March 30, 2016 8:16:35 PM
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Kusadikika wrote:
masukuma wrote:
hardwood wrote:


As you can see "I went to school", a very good school in that case where apart from emphasis on proficiency in grammar we had to "cross all the t's and dot the i's". I get very annoyed when I see grammatical errors whether in official letters or online postings. One should thoroughly read and re-read their "contribution" before hitting the "post button". One should also make use of the "edit" function.

please forgiveness a typos and my Short, curts. I should lwasy strife to making you not less so annoyed. For this is mine sole purpose here... here is wazua!


Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly

This is hilarious. Here we are talking about the decline of the British and @hardwood gets really worked up when people make errors in their language....maybe we still live in their shadow. More Kenyan people are irritated by English grammar mistakes than by Kiswahili or Kikuyu grammar mistakes. I remember a certain mzee who kept finding an error in every sentence I uttered in Kikuyu....I quickly shut up.


I was "pulling his leg". Sometimes it's good to bring some excitement into online discussions.smile
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masukuma
#10 Posted : Wednesday, March 30, 2016 8:30:48 PM
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liverpoolians speaking engilish

Manchester
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