Colder than a What?
David Fullagar
dpf at strw.leidenuniv.nl
Fri Feb 14 20:32:42 CST 1997
Diana York Blaine <dyb0001 at jove.acs.unt.edu> writes:
> Diana ("if English was Good Enough for our Lord Jesus Christ it's
> good enough for me") Blaine
Just yesterday I borrowed a CD from a friend -- "Salty" by the New
Zealand band the Mutton Birds (1994). The track that caught my
attention was called "queen's english". What's the history of this
quote? I tried a net search, but only came up with references to the
song, including this page:
http://raft.vmg.co.uk/muttonbirds/queen.html
that has some of the lyrics (below) and a sound sample.
On a West Coast Station there was a U.S. Congressman
He was a guest on a talk show on the subject of language
And he said.....
"I'm a great one, for giving people their due
But you have to draw the line sometimes
And when I look up ahead I can only see one world
and It's a world without interpreters and phrase books
because...
..The Queen's English was good enough for Jesus Christ
and it's good enough for me"
-Dave
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David Fullagar <dpf at strw.leidenuniv.nl>
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