No Offence Poem by Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide

No Offence



'Look, we mean no offence, '
the English said to the Germans,
'but we've named a micro-organism
a germ.'

Or did they?

And, 'None taken.
Would have been though
had you called it a deutsch, '
did the Germans say?

No Offence
Sunday, July 26, 2020
Topic(s) of this poem: england,german,language,questions
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Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide
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