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An English bee in my Scottish-British-European bonnet

This morning’s “Call Kaye” phone-in programme on BBC Radio Scotland featured a discussion of whether Friday’s Royal Wedding had made Scottish listeners feel more proud to be British. Or not. Many of the callers enjoyed and felt their Britishness reinforced by the event. Some objected to the inclusion in the service of the hymn “Jerusalem” and …

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Posted byMarian Dougan2 May 20118 July 2014Posted inLanguage, TranslationTags: Britishness, Franco Frattini, Jerusalem, Language, national identity, Royal Wedding, translation12 Comments on An English bee in my Scottish-British-European bonnet

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