Thread: Brits: how much do you hate Americans
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Old 01-22-2006, 11:46 AM   #102
richlevy
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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce
What? There's no UGs in Briton?
Jingoismwas invented in England.

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The term originated in Britain, introduced by Irish music-hall singer G. H. MacDermott at the London Pavilion during the diplomatic crisis of 1878, when Britain's Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli convinced the Tsar to retreat from Bulgaria, restoring it and Macedonia to Ottoman rule. The chorus of a song by MacDermott and G. W. Hunt commonly sung in pubs at the time gave birth to the term. The lyrics had the chorus: <dl><dd>We don't want to fight</dd><dd>But, by Jingo, if we do,</dd><dd>We've got the ships,</dd><dd>We've got the men,</dd><dd>We've got the money, too.
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