Oh...
But that seems as American as they come, so why didn't I understand in the first place? People here think nothing of buying a dollar bill for .80c and trying to sell it for $1.20.
But, of course, if it weren't for our independence, we might not be able to take the Chevy to the levee to see if the levee was dry, because no one ever ate English Pie, let alone wrote a song about it.
And if it weren't for our independence, there would only be one set of words to the song G-d Save the King (or whatever you call it)
Or, remember that if it weren't for our independence, we'd still be speaking English, while you might be speaking German... (Uh oh, scratch that. That is way too nasty, and I withdraw it and apologise profusely. Ugly American that I am...)
And the final one, if it weren't for our independence I wouldn't be so
ed at MINI USA for programing out the English lady from my Nav System and putting in Brooklyn Betty. She went from "Aenter, the rround-a-bout" to "Hey, yooze, up dere, turn left"
Even so, you guys speak the Kings English and I love it. So I just HAD TO know what he said!
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