Originally Posted by Neapolitan

"German Shepherd Dog." A German shepherd is a person who shepherds sheep in Germany. A "German Shepherd Dog" is the breed of dog. Try to differentiate between the two. It is an important distinction to be made. e.g. You don't say you drink "Irish," when you want to say that you drink "Irish liquor."

Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien

There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.