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From: jack@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk (Jack Campin)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
Subject: Re: New World beer (was Re: Americanising
Date: 26 Aug 92 18:51:57 GMT
Reply-To: jack@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk (Jack Campin)
Organization: COMANDOS Project, Glesga Yoonie

Christopher.Carne@brunel.ac.uk (Christopher J Carne) wrote:
> mmh@cs.qmw.ac.uk (Matthew Huntbach) writes:
>> "Scotch" in Northern England and Scotland refers to a variety
>> of beer which is the rough equivalent of "mild" in the South
>> (and if bitter's in trouble, mild is almost extinct...

We seem to have sorted the word out (I've never heard it, but it may well
be used down near England)... as for the beer, is this the equivalent of
"sixty shilling"?  Difficult to find but well worth it - the Belhaven one
particularly.


> BTW A few pubs in Glasgow used to serve Furstenberg Dunkelbrau on
> draught. As the name implies a 'dark beer' that tasted for all the
> world like a strong mild.

Is there a British beer comparable to the Czech dark beers?  Some porters
are a bit like them but still taste maltier - I'd prefer a lighter taste
if anyone makes it.

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Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
From: antbh@strix.udac.uu.se (Bernhard Helander)
Subject: Summary of World Broadcasts
Organization: UDAC, Uppsala, Sweden
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 19:48:06 GMT


Sorry to bother readers of this group with something completely different:
does anyone know how you can get SWB on-line. I have heard that back
issues are available in some data bank somewhere in the UK and that it is
publicly acessible.

Grateful for all suggestions!

(Preferably by e-mail)
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From: baylor@force.ssd.lmsc.lockheed.com
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british,rec.arts.tv.uk,rec.arts.drwho,alt.tv.prisoner
Subject: Re: Americanising of the UK, Now: British TV in North America
Date: 28 Aug 92 18:26:04 GMT
Reply-To: baylor@force.ssd.lmsc.lockheed.com
Organization: LMSC, Sunnyvale, California

In article <FLD7PB1w164w@kryton.UUCP>, ace@kryton.UUCP (Catherine Beckstead) writes:
>perl@dwrsun4.UUCP (Robert Perlberg) writes:
>
>> 
>> When I heard that they were considering an American version of "Red
>> Dwarf" I nearly lost my lunch.  No way would the American networks ever
>> allow a show with that level of depravity to see the light of day.  I
>> can't even image what a sanitized version of "Red Dwarf" would be
>> like.  "Hi, Honey, I'm Home" in outer space?  Don't tell me they're
>> going to allow the word "smeg" on NBC.
Hey, I'm a moderately well educated American, and I don't know 
what the smeg "SMEG" means. (Seems to be used as a synonym to
"figurative excrement".) I bet it would pass the censors.
From: mik@hpopd.pwd.hp.com (Mik Butler)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
Subject: Re: Bill and Ben
Date: 27 Aug 92 19:06:15 GMT
Organization: HP Software Engineering Systems UK

Bill and Ben were in a pub.

Bill said "Flobbillydob dolobble flobble flob!"

Ben said "Go home Bill, your drunk"
From: mmh@cs.qmw.ac.uk (Matthew Huntbach)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
Subject: Re: Why I read the Economist
Date: 2 Sep 92 13:55:56 GMT
Organization: Computer Science Dept, QMW, University of London, UK.

From: jac54@cas.org
>        I think I sense a touch of sour grapes from the Left of the House.
>        Our original poster should have praised "New Society" or "New
>        Statesman".  He would have received the approbation of the
>        politically colorectal and the admiration of the rest for
>        his forebearance and imagination.

Not in my case. Had he praised the "Spectator", I would have
agreed, since despite it being a right-wing magazine, I read it
with enjoyment, as it's consistently well-written and does not
insult your intelligence. I would not say the same about the
"New Statesman", though I agree more with its politics; it is
however less turgid than it used to be so I'm now buying it
again after a break, but still with a sense of duty rather than
real enjoyment. BTW, "New Society" merged with "New Statesman"
a couple of years ago.

Matthew Huntbach
From: mlo@dcs.qmw.ac.uk (Mike Osborne)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
Subject: Re: Balmoral and beyond
Date: 27 Aug 92 16:45:50 GMT
Organization: Computer Science Dept, QMW, University of London

In <1992Aug26.174618.14554@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> esh2@po.CWRU.Edu (Evelyn S. Hlabse) writes:


>In a previous article, nickh@CS.CMU.EDU (Nick Haines) says:

>>In article <1992Aug25.151044.15097@husc3.harvard.edu> koumis@husc4.harvard.edu (Anthony Koumis) writes:
>>
>>   I read in the _Boston Globe_ that the Queen if she wanted to could
>>   strip Fergie of her Duchess of York title and the right to be addressed
>>   as Her Royal Highness.
>>
>>Do American's need to be told this? Surely it's obvious. The Queen
>>(being the Queen) can do anything she chooses.
>>
>>Nick
>>
>	Sorry, Nick.  You're wrong.  The Queen must have
>	permission of Parliament to do many things although

Give us an example of something the Queen might do which  would need permission 
from parliament. I thought if anything it was the other way around.
I seem to remember potential Prime Ministers asking the Queen for permission
to form a government and the inscriptions on my passport imply that the Queen 
OWNS the government.



>	I do not know if it includes taking the title from
>	Fergie.  She can take the HRH away since she is the
>	one to bestow it.

>Evelyn
>-- 

As I understand it, technically the Queen can do whatever she likes, because
she IS the law. If you are charged with a criminal offence, the case would be
tried as Regina vs. Whoever. 

So if the Queen wants to drive around the West End in her Roller with an Uzi in 
one hand and a spliff in the other, picking off innocent American tourists 
whilst having her toes sucked by a Texan financial adviser, she can. She does 
not have to apply to the government for permission, she just does it. 
It's one of the perks of the job (like not paying any taxes). And we wouldn't 
have it any other way. God bless you Ma'am!
--

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From: Bill Bennett <billy@sideways.welly.gen.nz>
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british,rec.arts.tv.uk,rec.arts.drwho,alt.tv.prisoner
Subject: Re: Americanising of the UK, Now: British TV in North America
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 92 16:08:16 +1200
Organization: Sideways Bulletin Board, Lower Hutt, New Zealand

donnell@manowar.micro.umn.edu (Your Heinous) writes:
> 
> What is the general opinion of the "Graphic Novel" Sequel to Prisoner?
> I kinda liked it...
> 
> 					--Judex--
> 

What's that? I've never heard of it. Is it a telly programme or what?
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
From: esh2@po.CWRU.Edu (Evelyn S. Hlabse)
Subject: Re: Balmoral and beyond
Reply-To: esh2@po.CWRU.Edu (Evelyn S. Hlabse)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 92 17:46:18 GMT


In a previous article, nickh@CS.CMU.EDU (Nick Haines) says:

>In article <1992Aug25.151044.15097@husc3.harvard.edu> koumis@husc4.harvard.edu (Anthony Koumis) writes:
>
>   I read in the _Boston Globe_ that the Queen if she wanted to could
>   strip Fergie of her Duchess of York title and the right to be addressed
>   as Her Royal Highness.
>
>Do American's need to be told this? Surely it's obvious. The Queen
>(being the Queen) can do anything she chooses.
>
>Nick
>
	Sorry, Nick.  You're wrong.  The Queen must have
	permission of Parliament to do many things although
	I do not know if it includes taking the title from
	Fergie.  She can take the HRH away since she is the
	one to bestow it.

Evelyn
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.british,rec.arts.tv.uk,rec.arts.drwho,alt.tv.prisoner
From: sp@osf.org (Simon Patience)
Subject: Re: Americanising of the UK, Now: British TV in North America
Organization: Open Software Foundation
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 13:39:30 GMT

In article <182dalINNjd5@early-bird.think.com>, sandee@Think.COM (Daan Sandee) writes:
> In article <BCR.92Sep2143519@hpl3sn02.cern.ch>, bcr@cernapo.cern.ch (Bill Riemers) writes:
> |> In article <1992Sep2.061058.21842@osf.org> sp@osf.org (Simon Patience) writes:
> |> >  Well... it's an abbreviation for smegma.
> |> 
> |> Thanks for that enlightenment.  Now, what in the hell does "smegma" mean?
> |> 
> |>                                    Bill
> 
> Not to embarrass you, I suggest you consult a dictionary. You might ask
> your daddy, though, if you're old enough to know. I mean, how an adult male
> (or an adult female, for that matter) .... Anything else in the same area
> that you might want to know, you can always ask in alt.sex.wizards (yes, there 
> really is a newsgroup by that name.)

Maybe the lack of knowledge of this word has something to do with the fact
that 98% of American men are and 98% of British men aren't.

Simon.

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Newsgroups: soc.culture.sri-lanka
From: elan@rdg.dec.com (Balendra Elangco)
Subject: Re: Black or White (was Re: How many Sri Lankans does it take ... )
Reply-To: elan@rdg.dec.com
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 08:57:14 GMT

In article <5130@arccs1.fed.FRB.GOV>, m1pkd00@fed.frb.gov (Prasad K. Dharmasena) writes:

stuff deleted.

|> This brings up a different point, though this may not directly involve
|> John since he is in Australia.  I've heard at numerous occations a lot
|> of Sri Lankans in the U.S. say things like "Is he/she American or black?"
|> This really pisses me off.  Are we Sri Lankans *that* racist that 
|> "American" is synonymous with "white?"  What, Blacks, Hispanics, Asians
|> and others who are legitimately American, somehow "not quite American
|> enough?"  (This sort of remark usually comes from the older generation
|> of Sri Lankans; not your average college age type folks.) 
|> 
|> Why?

You hit the nail on the head!!!

It's the same here in Britain. "Is he/she English or Asian?"...

sigh!!!!

Elangco
--------------------
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From: m1pkd00@fed.frb.gov (Prasad K. Dharmasena)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.sri-lanka
Subject: Re: Closing SCSL
Summary: yeah right
Date: 4 Sep 92 15:28:17 GMT


sri@stan.xx.swin.oz.au (SRITHARAN K) writes:

> Why there is not much articles now a days? Or else AUS side is onot
> reciving?

Well, if there's not enough traffic on s.c.s-l, then how about creating
some of your own?  Is this the typical Sri Lankan style of complaining
that others are not doing enough for you?  Stop complaining and whining;
get off you butt and do something about it.  This goes not only to
Sritharan, but also to everyone else who reads this news group but
doesn't contribute anything.

A typical complain goes something like "everyone is bickering about the 
civil war in SL and people don't want to talk about anything else, so we 
are not interested."  In the past, I have initiated numerous *other*
topics of discussion.  The usual number of follow-ups is about three
or so.  If my topics are not your cup of tea/coffee/passion fruit, then
start "your own thang," for crying out loud.  Sheeeez!

Oh, and while you are at it, check your usenet feed to make sure that
you are getting all the articles.

> Otherwise why cannot we start SCSLC, SCSLM and SCSLT after closing
> SCSL?

Had it been S, M, and T I would have imagined they are for Sinhalese,
Moslem (Muslim), and Tamil.  But since it isn't, I guess, these 
proposed new groups are as follows:
	soc.culture.sri-lanka.colombo
	soc.culture.sri-lanka.maradana
	soc.culture.sri-lanka.thimbirigsyaya

So, I guess, this is our own s.c.s-l incarnation of "let's split
this news group" call, eh?  Or did I miss your *invisible* sarcastic 
tone of voice? :-)  I vote for .maradana group since I was born there.  
Then again, most of us were.  Check your birth certificates.  I propose
the following group as well.

	soc.culture.sri-lanka.traffic.enough.not

> Cheers,

Ditto.

> Sri

prasad
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.sri-lanka
From: wpd@eng.umd.edu (Wijesuriya Pubudu Dayawansa)
Subject: Re: Freshmen, Aunt Martha and SLNet
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 92 22:04:52 GMT
Organization: College of Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park
Keywords: Sri Lanka Net

Now that the generals of the net are talking about giving advice to the newcoming
Sri Lankan students on how to use the net, I thought that we should also pass along the ten commandments of higher education to them. These were given by the Almighty to Moses Groenig and associates.


------TEN COMMANDMENTS of HIGHER EDUCATION-------------------

1.  Thou shall not expose the ignorence of the teachers.
2.  Thou shall not hold your own fire drills at school.
3.  Thou shall not Xerox your butt.
4.  Thou shall not torment emotionally frail faculty and TAs.
5.  Thou shall not pledge allegiance to your own shorts (or things inside).
6.  Thou shall not use high explosives inside crowded class rooms.
7.  Thou shall not fake rabies, leprosy, smallpox, encephalitis etc. to avoid home work.
8.  Thou shall not cause flooding in school.
9.  Thou shall not set fire to the school.
10. Thou shall not torture your teacher's children, spouse or pets.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.sri-lanka
From: vperera@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (vicumpriya perera)
Subject: Keep scsl alive (JOKES)
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 20:24:13 GMT

This is a joke, one of my friends used to tell.
Oneday, wife of a Sri Lankan graduate student told the chap.
"I can't cook you know. I don't want to do laundry either."
"Why ? You make delicious dishes all the time." grada quipped.
"'cause, I am on F-2 visa."
[ Laugh ! you just passed the punchline.]

Another guy working for a computer company (anothing against computers,
they are very intelligent.) observed the following ritual. His coworker
and friend always starts cursing and mumbling around lunchtime.
"Rice and dhal again, yeh "
He couldn't resist overhearing this and oneday suggested.
" Why don't you demand your wife to cook something else, for a change ?"
"I am not married, you know. I cook myself" came the reply.
[ For children of lesser gods : Evidently guy only knows to cook rice
and dhal.]
Vicum...
From: bennett@dstos3.dsto.gov.au
Newsgroups: soc.culture.sri-lanka
Subject: Re: How many Sri Lankans does it take ...
Date: 26 Aug 92 18:28:40 GMT
Organization: Defence Science and Technology Organisation

In article <BtADqq.1uu@acsu.buffalo.edu>, bandu@acsu.buffalo.edu (Jagath Samarabandu) writes:
> In article <9208182015.AA06118@arcss5.FRB.GOV> pkd@fed.UUCP (Prasad Dharmasena) writes:
>>
>>	Q1: How many Sri Lankans in the US does it take ....
>>	Q2: How many Sri Lankans does it take ....
>>
> Q2: None. They just shoot them. (how do I draw a sad smiley?)

                         :-(

Regards,

John Bennett                                E-mail: jbennett@dstos3.dsto.gov.au

(The name might indicate that I am very white, but I have an adopted Sri 
Lankan son, and we feel deeply for what is happening in that beautiful 
country)
From: vperera@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (vicumpriya perera)
Subject: Re: Keep scsl alive (JOKES)
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 15:57:33 GMT

In article <5373@arccs1.fed.FRB.GOV> m1pkd00@fed.FRB.GOV (Prasad K. Dharmasena) writes:
>
>vperera@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (vicumpriya perera) writes:
>
>> Another guy working for a computer company (anothing against computers,
>> they are very intelligent.) observed the following ritual. His coworker
>> and friend always starts cursing and mumbling around lunchtime.
>> "Rice and dhal again, yeh "
>> He couldn't resist overhearing this and oneday suggested.
>> " Why don't you demand your wife to cook something else, for a change ?"
>> "I am not married, you know. I cook myself" came the reply.
>
>
>
>(shouted)
>
>THAT'S NOT FUNNY!!!
>
>Prasad   

Theorem : Not all jokes are funny.
Proof   : By a counter example , produced above.
Referee's remark : Mr. Alec your proof is incomplete.

Vicum

***************************************
Don't be discouraged by critics. No one has ever erected a statue in
the name of a critic. - Zig Ziglar ( Not his exact words )
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From: sri@stan.xx.swin.oz.au (SRITHARAN K)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.sri-lanka
Subject: Closing SCSL
Date: 4 Sep 92 03:39:01 GMT
Organization: Computer Centre, Swinburne University of Tech., Melbourne, Australia.

Hi SL netters,

Why there is not much articles now a days? Or else AUS side is onot
reciving?

Otherwise why cannot we start SCSLC, SCSLM and SCSLT after closing
SCSL?

Cheers,
Sri
From: m1pkd00@fed.frb.gov (Prasad K. Dharmasena)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.sri-lanka
Subject: American Alumni Association of Sri Lanka
Date: 4 Sep 92 03:54:12 GMT
Distribution: usa



The Triple A - The American Alumni Association
----------------------------------------------

"Pizzas, beer, superbowls, TGI Friday's - nobody can forget the
beautiful times they had in the States and instead of wishing you
were there you can do something constructive here."

These are the sentiments of Janaka Edirisinghe, a founder member
and the first president of The Triple A - The American Alumni 
Association of Sri Lanka.  Founded in July 1988, membership is open
to all those who have followed a course of study in the United States
for a minimum of one academic year and have received a degree from an
accredited university.  People who have followed a course of training
for a minimum period of three months or who have received an honorary
degree from an accredited institution are also eligible for membership.

The primary objectives of the Association are:

- To promote mutual understanding, goodwill, and friendship among
  the members of the Association and others.

- To promote, encourage and assist in the dissemination of knowledge,
  culture, science, technology, language, and the arts among the
  people of Sri Lanka.

- To create awareness of educational opportunities in the USA and assist
  those who are being sponsored by USAID and USEF/Fulbright programs.

- To liase with returning alumni and visitors from the US.

- To sponsor, encourage, and support activities which promote closer
  social and cultural ties between Sri Lanka and the United States.

The Association puts out a quarterly newsletter which it sends
out to all its members and prospective members.  If you are interested
in membership and/or getting on the mailing list, please contact
Sharm Aboosally / Assistant Secretary at the following address:

	110/3 Wijerama Mawatha
	Colombo 7
	Sri Lanka

We will be getting on the E-Mail system soon through the University 
of Moratuwa facilities.  This will make us much more accessible to 
students abroad who wish to communicate with us.  We will inform you 
of our E-Mail address soon.

Hoping to hear soon from all of you out there in the United States.

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From: m1pkd00@fed.FRB.GOV (Prasad K. Dharmasena)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.sri-lanka
Subject: Re: Keep scsl alive (JOKES)
Date: 2 Sep 92 18:42:09 GMT
Organization: Federal Reserve Board, Wash, DC


vperera@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (vicumpriya perera) writes:

> Another guy working for a computer company (anothing against computers,
> they are very intelligent.) observed the following ritual. His coworker
> and friend always starts cursing and mumbling around lunchtime.
> "Rice and dhal again, yeh "
> He couldn't resist overhearing this and oneday suggested.
> " Why don't you demand your wife to cook something else, for a change ?"
> "I am not married, you know. I cook myself" came the reply.



(shouted)

THAT'S NOT FUNNY!!!

;-)


prasad
++ Computers!  All they ever think of is Hex!! ++
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.sri-lanka
From: nalin@athena.mit.edu (Palitha Nalin Wikramanayake)
Subject: Re: Black or White (was Re: How many Sri Lankans does it take ... )
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 23:46:16 GMT

In article <BtpDtz.9FI.1@cs.cmu.edu>, rudis+@cs.cmu.edu (Rujith S DeSilva) writes:
|> In article <1992Aug28.085714.16774@rdg.dec.com> elan@rdg.dec.com writes:
|> >In article <5130@arccs1.fed.FRB.GOV>, m1pkd00@fed.frb.gov (Prasad K.
|> >Dharmasena) writes:
|> >|> I've heard at numerous occations a lot of Sri Lankans in the U.S. say
|> >|> things like "Is he/she American or black?"
|> >You hit the nail on the head!!!
|> 
|> Gotta agree.  A person can be both black and a U.S. citizen [*].
|> 
|> >It's the same here in Britain. "Is he/she English or Asian?"...
|> 
|> I don't think this is quite the same.  A person cannot be both English and
|> Asian, so it's a valid question.  What's important is why you want the
|> information, and what you do with it.
|> 
|> BTW, while I was studying in UK a few years ago, there was a massive rumpus
|> when some government official suggested a test for former West Indians who had
|> become British subjects, viz., which side they would support in a British-West
|> Indian Test Cricket Match.  Anyone remember this?  Who was the official?

	It was the Tory chairman - Norman Tebbit and I think he said it about
	Indians (it was during the Indian tour in 1990). I remember a banner
	in the crowd that said

	"WE FAIL TEBBITS CRICKET TEST AND WE ARE PROUD OF IT"

	Nalin



|> 
|> Rujith de Silva.
|> Carnegie Mellon.
|> 
|> [*] America includes Canada, U.S.A., Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, etc.  Why
|> should `American' refer to a resident of only one of the countries in America?