Last Night Of The Proms

[jourdain2]

A bit different, quite enjoyable, but there is a big BUT - did anyone else notice that in 'Rule Britannia' the line 'Britons never, never, never shall be slaves'  was changed to 'Britons never, never, never will be slaves'!  Quite a different meaning.  Anyone any idea why?  It was even 'will' on the subtitles.

It grated terribly with me. 

[ynnafymmi]

I liked all the EU flags,however thanks to the English Tories and the Scottish SNPers, along with Farage and Mick Lynch ,a return to the EU doesnt look very likely any time soon.

[THECORBYLOON]

NJ, 'Some years ago a Frenchman came to England on holiday. While swimming off the beach at Bournemouth he got into difficulties and waved frantically for help. However, nobody noticed him, or just thought that he was waving to a friend, and he got more and more desperate. Finally he shouted out “I will drown, I will drown, nobody shall save me!” The people who heard him, who had all been to very good schools and spoke in perfectly grammatical English, were convinced by this that he was committing suicide and allowed him to carry on drowning!

What he should have shouted was “I shall drown, I shall drown, nobody will save me”, which might have saved his life!'

[johnny.5]

but here with subtitles ??

 

[douglas9401]

Like the drowning Frenchman, life's too short.

[ynnafymmi]

@17.11.Was this French geezer"not waving,but drowning"? a la Sylvia Plath.

[jourdain2]

I thought it was a harmless little thread! :(

[New Judge]

"What he should have shouted was “I shall drown, I shall drown, nobody will save me”

No, what he should have shouted was "I shall drown, I shall drown, will nobody save me?”