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[edit] Renaissance architecture

Here is the link to your edit: [1]. I fail to see the "obscenity" that you removed. Gzkn 09:31, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

"I fail to see the "obscenity" that"! Do you? - Do you? I find that very odd indeed! Catherine de Bourgh (Lady) 17:18, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Renaissance architecture

Hi Catherine! Just so you know, edit warring on Wikipedia is strongly frowned upon. You might want to check out Wikipedia's Three Revert Rule before you continue your campaign against what you consider to be obscene. --*Kat* 10:40, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Hi Catherine??? - what sort of a greeting is that? Good morning is the accepted parlance on this page - if you don't mind....and it's Lady Catherine to you! Catherine de Bourgh (Lady) 17:13, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
You have got to be kidding me. First, it was the middle of the night when I posted that (I don't live in Wikipedia's timezone). Second I'm an American, and therefore, I do not recognize your title.--*Kat* 19:53, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
Your country young lady, was a great deal more civilized and better mannered when King George III was able to give you the benefeit of his wisdom. If I was your mother I would demand a refund from your Finishing school! - Catherine de Bourgh (Lady) 09:22, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
Be glad you're not my mother.--*Kat* 07:54, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
If I were your mother, young lady, you would be out finding yourself a suitable young man, not sitting pasty faced in front of a computer. All very well sitting there writing an encyclopedia - remember men don't like clever women! I have been married four times, and not one of my husbands wanted a clever woman. Remember when finding a young man, choose one who is wealthy, more stupid than you are, and in poor health. That way one has no problem with the "richer and for poorer" and does not add to the rising divorce rate. You clearly need a mother like me! Catherine de Bourgh (Lady) 10:26, 17 December 2006 (UTC)


Dear Lady Catherine,

I am in total sympathy! Some of the younger generation have no respect for natural decency! We never talked about toilet paper when we were young. And we certainly never purchased it!

--Amandajm 11:22, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Please do not remove content from Wikipedia, as you did to Renaissance architecture. It is considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. --ArmadilloFromHellGateBridge 15:10, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

  • Please don't be rude to me, young man! A sandbox? - I have never played in a sandbox in my life, and have no intention of starting now, just to humour you! Catherine de Bourgh (Lady) 17:11, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for your contribution, but we are trying to write an encyclopedia here, so please keep your edits factual and neutral. Some readers looking for a serious article might not find them amusing. Remember, millions of people read Wikipedia, so we have to take what we do a bit seriously here. If you'd like to experiment with editing, use the Sandbox to get started. I hope you can help us out! --ArmadilloFromHellGateBridge 18:08, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your advice on a small matter

I have visited the Wikipedia page of that certain talented gentleman closely associated with your Ladyship's country house. Although I know you are above dealing with tradesman, you may recall that his name was Vansomething. No, not that Vansomething, the other one.

What I would like your Ladyship to recall is this:- is his name pronounced like that which one does with a pot of tea? Or is it said in a similar way to a certain item of lady's undergarment which I will not be so indescrete as to mention. Or is it similar to that coarse slangish word that ignorant males use for a same-sex-sibling? Or is it perhaps pronounced like the sound a horse makes on a cold morning? Or perhaps the sound more resembles that part of the face which is immediately above the eyes?

Also, there seems a certain similarity between the names de Burgh and "Van-you-know-what". While I realise that the "de" clearly implies an association with the Norman Conquest and is a name of the highest distinction, while the other was plainly the name of a mere Dutch immigrant tradesman, I am a little concerned at the possibilities that are suggested by these similarities. Although it hardly bears consideration that your Ladyship may have had connections, "however remotely", with a man whose employment was in bricks and mortar.

--Amandajm 07:10, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

You are clearly mistaken! My own home [2] built by my late and dearly departed husband was untouched by any architect as vulgar and theatrical as John Vanbrugh, which if I were ever so unfortunate as to wish to pronounce would be Van-bruuuuur. My own Burgh (that stupid girl Jane Austen couldn't spell) is derived from Burgher, Luca di Burgher my Norman ancestor being the inventor of a minced beef confection which he franchised to the Medici. Not that it's any business of yours! Catherine de Bourgh (Lady) 09:35, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
Your Ladship is referring to Burghley House of course! How mistaken of me! I thought for one moment that you meant West Wycombe Park which has the unmistakable style of a Colonial Military Hospital.

--Amandajm 12:53, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

If you, and those tiresome American film directors troubled yourselves to read that tedious Austen woman's ridiculously romanticised works you would know I couldn't possibly live at Burghley as it was built two huindred years too soon. One despairs of these people! Catherine de Bourgh (Lady) 13:15, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

The thing that I despise about living in these very large houses is that the food is cold by the time it reaches the table, and the bathroom is in a different wing. --Amandajm 08:12, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

"Mandison", Woop Woop, NSW, Australia, architect- James Barnet
"Mandison", Woop Woop, NSW, Australia, architect- James Barnet
  • It is perfectly obvious to anyone that is not a house but a lunatic asylum. I trust that is not your home. Cold food is an easy price to pay if it gives one distance from the servants. Bathrooms and ablutions of a personal nature are not subjects I care to discuss. I hope you are not going to start talking about what the middle classes (with their limited knowledge of French) refer to as "en-suites". Are you in Australia? Catherine de Bourgh (Lady) 08:36, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Lady Catherine,

I have been warned by a female person on this website that it does not do to give out personal information, but to satisfy your curiosity, Woop Woop is in New South Wales. You are certainly very well informed on the subject of lunatic asylums! I can assure you that I would not recognise one, if I walked in the front door! I can also assure you also that I do not have anything as middle-class as an "en-suite" in my home. We have a bath room with a bath in it. And we have a proper dunny, where a dunny should be! Out the back! No respectable family would keep anything that unseemly in the house! Would they? From my limited experience of these matters, I find it most unlikely!

--Amandajm 14:19, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

  • What exactly is "whoop whoop" it sounds like a bad attack of flatulance. Very wise not to advertise yourself too strongly - but hinting at the continent is generally safe. I merely ask your location as it is interesting to know the location of one's correspondents in order not to commit a faux pas. As a rule I don't care for Australians or Australia - all those spiders, flies, snakes and other irritants. Of course the insanitation is a problem, must be very difficult for you struggling with the ants, cacti and hobbits etc. Your family - have they been in Australia long? My late husband as district magistrate often assisted many in their free passage to your shores, in this way he did his bit for the Empire - such a selfless man, sadly little thanked by those he helped so kindly. Catherine de Bourgh (Lady) 17:33, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
    • Dear Lady Catherine,

The first of my family to arrive on these shores in 1788 did much to lay the foundations of the colony; in fact, he laid the foundations for the Governor's House, the Government Store and the lock up.

Woop Woop is located just this side of the Black Stump which is somewhere between Wallerwang and Dunedoo, roughly as the crow flies (although its location is disputed and has been put north as far as Coonabarabran, south as far as Gundagai, west as far as Menindi and east as far as Wooloomoolloo.). I met my late first husband at the Dunedoo Batchelor and Spinster's Ball. Those were the days! Holidaying at Woy Woy [3] and going down for the Annual Bong Bong Picnic Races! [4] Our daughter, as you may suppose, was educated at Wagga Wagga.[5]

--Amandajm 07:43, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

1788? - I don't normally communicate with families of new money, but seeing as your ancestor obviously had a large construction company - did he sail to Australia in his own yacht? I see you have a late husband too, I have belated three of mine, they were all very long suffering, my present and current husband has developed a hearing problem, but seems quite happy in his world of silence. All these odd places, where exactly was your daughter presented? Catherine de Bourgh (Lady) 11:24, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

My daughter was presented breech at the King George the Fifth Hospital, Camperdown, if you must know.

And as for my ancestor, he did not arrive in this outpost of the Empire in a yacht; he arrived aboard a ship called the Alexander [6]. And,no, you are mistaken. He was not in the construction industry in any large way. Prior to emigration he dealt mainly in jewelry and silverware. --Amandajm 03:23, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

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