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I Love United Kingdom

Congratulations to British people on your Independence Day! God Bless you for your choice, and may this be a joyous day!

Irregardless of whether you celebrate it on June 23 or January 31.

I know it was hard - but it must be very fulfilling and awe inspiring to know you stand on your own two feet - responsible for yourself, able and capable of making your own sovereign choices.

Yes - you can collaborate and cooperate with others - as we all should, but Thank God you no longer delegate your decision making to unelected bureaucrats outside of your country. Example - I always thought that having Brussels impose what your lunch menu offered at your school district levels was the perfect anomaly to rebel against.

We in the US have British and French philosophers as the intellectual progenitors of our own independence and constitution, and it's wonderful to see you regain your own patrimony.

Don't worry - Europe will get over it. They need you as much as you need them. What's more - the longer term economic benefits outweigh any short-term pain. It's hard, I know - but you made your choice... twice in elections since 2016.

Congratulations!

To the Red, White and Blue.
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A lot of Brits will be looking at that “irregardless” and shaking their heads...🤦🏽‍♀️
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@bijouxbroussard It was a close vote - but decisive as democratic decisions go.
@SW-User Where you said, [quote]Irregardless of whether you celebrate it on June 23 or January 31 [/quote].
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@bijouxbroussard I don't understand your point.

23 June - is the date they voted for Brexit in 2016.
31 January - is the final date in which the UK actually left the EU.

Pick one. I suppose the British peoples will choose a date to remember it by, whether it's an official holiday or not. They both have meaning. That's my point.
@SW-User @SW-User “Irregardless”. A Brit earlier complained that “Americans can’t speak proper English”. So this made me chuckle.
(The word is “Regardless”.)
SW-User
@bijouxbroussard I thought I used the word correctly, but I'll look it up to see if I didn't. I would never correct an English person on their English - they're the mother country. I actually know an American who did, and it didn't go well with them 😆 - that said - these are two (or more) legitimately different dialects, so there will be differences.
I hear that the French language is different worldwide as well... and has anyone noticed Argentinian Spanish with that of Central America?... lol
@SW-User Yes, there are definitely dialects. But irregardless is illogical, because “regardless” is the actual word. It would mean the same thing, after all.
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@bijouxbroussard Ok, well, thanks.
Sharon · F
@bijouxbroussard I found it quite amusing seeing the "Proud to be British", anti-EU patriots, flying the Union Flag - upside down. 🤣😆🤣😆