I've just come from listening to Radio Five Live's very amusing discussion on five words that sum up what makes Britain/the UK 'great' (apparently PM Gordon Brown is looking for a five word motto). What caught my attention first was this suggestion: Dipso, Fatso, Bingo, Asbo, Tesco ! In the bit I listened to they weren't getting many positive suggestions from listeners, though I did like - We gave you The Beatles!
Just for a bit of fun I quickly came up with these ideas
*Conquered much of the world
*Oi! 1966 and all that
*Could have surrendered after Dunkirk
*The dirty man of Europe
*Our green and pleasant land
*Lets build Jerusalem here now
*Two rugby world cup finals
Some are more original than others obviously. Some are more positive and closer to the truth than others. Several are in fact more about England rather than Britain/UK of course. Some perhaps reveal the patriot/nationalist in me (dont know if I should I be worried about this).
I think the Dunkirk one is my best effort.
Comments and suggestions welcomed.
Monday, November 12, 2007
Five words to sum up what makes us 'great'
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Britain/UK,
Gordon Brown,
land,
nationalism,
sport
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I find it interesting that people think our country name refers to past greatness. I heard it was to distinguish between 'little' Breton in France, and Britain.
ReplyDeleteWhat (if anything) makes us great now?
Satire(private eye, have I got news for you),
tradition (cheese rolling, fell walikng, munroe bagging, interesting regional culture), history (parliament, wars, museums, country houses)
music....
land of spin and hypocracy
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