Register Log In Wordsmith Talk Forums General Topics Q&A about words Un-gourmet-tude Search Advanced Forum Search Forums Calendar Active Threads

Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Mother Country #10029 11/08/2000 7:34 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Jackie asks: "What's your Mother Country, if you don't mind?" I suspect that I have done an un-PC thing by assuming the vantage point of an (ugly) American and referring to Britain as "the Mother Country." To whom do I need to apologize? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Un-gourmet-tude Father Steve 11/08/2000 8:08 AM Re: Un-gourmet-tude shanks 11/08/2000 8:25 AM Re: Un-gourmet-tude jmh 11/08/2000 9:34 AM Re: Un-gourmet-tude Jackie 11/08/2000 12:17 PM Mother Country Father Steve 11/08/2000 7:34 PM Re: Mother Country jmh 11/08/2000 7:42 PM Patricentrism Father Steve 11/08/2000 8:43 PM Re: Patricentrism Max Quordlepleen 11/08/2000 9:08 PM Re: Patricentrism Father Steve 11/08/2000 9:46 PM Re: Patricentrism Marty 11/08/2000 10:37 PM matriotism tsuwm 11/08/2000 11:56 PM Re: Un-gourmet-tude wsieber 11/08/2000 12:17 PM Re: Un-gourmet-tude jmh 11/08/2000 12:29 PM Re: Un-gourmet-tude shanks 11/08/2000 1:13 PM Re: Un-gourmet-tude tsuwm 11/08/2000 3:39 PM Re: Un-gourmet-tude shanks 11/08/2000 3:51 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,396 Members9,211 Most Online12,483 Mar 28th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 26 A C Bowden 16 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,217 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

Default Style BlackNTan Drab eBay GooG v2 infopop new dark new light original dark original stock rounded corners Slate snow sunny dropshadow theblues Touch Of Grey UBB.threads UBB.threads - Dark UBB.threads - Light UBBCentral UBBCentral - Crimson UBBCentral - Lime UBBCentral - Marshmallow UBBCentral - Mocha UBBCentral - Zen UBBT77 UBBT77 - Dark ubbthreads ubbthreads-dark Forum Rules · Mark All Read Contact Us · Forum Help · Wordsmith Talk