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Posts tagged "English"

St. Pat's Day reflection: Attempted English genocide of the Irish

This, more than St. Patrick, is the story of the real Ireland. Tenant Irish being evicted from their hovels by the English during the Great Famine, to die in the fields and roadside ditches. Gather round ye celebrants of St. Patrick’s Day and listen to what it’s really about. Not your green beer or your... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
March 16, 2010 at 2:33 pm
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El español no se habla aquí

As is my habit, my alarm clock radio is set to WGN 720 radio, but this morning I awoke to folks talking in Spanish. “I must have,” I thought in my haze, “accidentally set it to the wrong station last night, maybe a Spanish-speaking one.” I turned to change the station and discovered I hadn’t... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
July 3, 2009 at 11:17 am
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