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Brits on top of the world
« on: July 10, 2016, 05:02:04 PM »
Hamilton in Silverstone F1;

Froome wearing the yellow jersey

England men and women doing well in their respective cricket series

Gordon Reid wins first ever men's wheelchair Wimbledon tournie; Jordanne Willey wins women's wheelchair Wimbledon doubles; Heather Payne is in the mixed doubles final; Murray about to winning the Men's Singles at Wimbledon

OK, not quite to the pinnacle, but Wales in the Euro 2016 semis ain't bad, either.
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Re: Brits on top of the world
« Reply #1 on: July 10, 2016, 05:40:27 PM »
Wonderful final from Andy Murray and Milos Raonic. Andy at his best and Milos a worthy opponent.
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Re: Brits on top of the world
« Reply #2 on: July 10, 2016, 08:58:32 PM »
We were rubbish at football.
Nothing else matters!
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Re: Brits on top of the world
« Reply #3 on: July 11, 2016, 07:11:07 AM »
I am English not British. "Britain" is a Daily Wail/Pukip term.
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Re: Brits on top of the world
« Reply #4 on: July 11, 2016, 07:03:18 PM »
Quote from: Humph Warden Bennett on July 11, 2016, 07:11:07 AM
I am English not British. "Britain" is a Daily Wail/Pukip term.
Sorry, H, but the term 'Britain' predates the Daily Wail and Pukip by several centuries.  Remember that the Romans referred to 'this sceptr'd isle' (Shakespeare) as Britainnia (from which the term comes) some two thousand years before the advent of the other two concepts; the 'British Empire' concept dates from the mid-1800s, and the term 'Britons' is far more accurate a word to desribe the people who live in the British Isles than 'the English' (or the Welsh/Scots/Irish).

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Re: Brits on top of the world
« Reply #5 on: July 11, 2016, 07:04:37 PM »
Quote from: BeRational on July 10, 2016, 08:58:32 PM
We were rubbish at football.
Nothing else matters!
Sorry that you are so narrow-minded, BR.  Sport, in general, is far more important than the single game of football.
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Re: Brits on top of the world
« Reply #6 on: July 11, 2016, 11:04:31 PM »
Quote from: Hope on July 11, 2016, 07:04:37 PM
Sorry that you are so narrow-minded, BR.  Sport, in general, is far more important than the single game of football.

No it's not.

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Re: Brits on top of the world
« Reply #7 on: July 12, 2016, 09:00:56 AM »
Quote from: Humph Warden Bennett on July 11, 2016, 07:11:07 AM
I am English not British. "Britain" is a Daily Wail/Pukip term.

You are both English and British.
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Re: Brits on top of the world
« Reply #8 on: July 26, 2016, 01:20:03 PM »
Quote from: BeRational on July 10, 2016, 08:58:32 PM
We were rubbish at football.
Nothing else matters!
Football is insignificant.
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