pro patria mori

[dumpy484]

The words work in any language, and one day we (the people) might learn from them, though probably not, but you never know.

[nocall212]

no, sorry, im afraid it doesnt work unless you can read it with a prim upper class English accent...an Oxford graduate kinda accent:L:P

[bellissimotion]

Wilfered Owen was, in fact, neither English, upper class, prim nor Oxford educated. He was Welsh, lower middle class, publicly educated and far from prim. Not, of course, to say that the pickle arsed should not read the poem but it is a poem of the proletariat who died in the muck and the mire, not the cucumber sandwich crowd who sent them blithely to their deaths.

[viddid]

@bellissimotion Wilfred Owen was English, although he did have part-Welsh ancestry on his father's side.

[bobwaits]

@bellissimotion well said

[theskilled99]

I have no problem with the accent. I think this poem was well read. I like your angle on it... seems more sad than angry...

nice

[doughborne]

Pro Patria doughboy

[Atc1972]

I agree with 'idofreerunning' It just doesn't sound right with a trans-atlantic accent

[jofrealves1957]

Honra e glória aos heróis das trincheiras, naquela barbárie que foi a Grande Guerra.

[idofreerunning]

the american accent is really annoying, and it is old beggars, not old buggers.

nice vid though, great poem.

[OutOnThexTiles]

I guess from the accent this is Amrican?

An impressive collection of pictures.

The British copies I have seen read "old beggers" not "old buggers"

[bellissimotion]

Thanks for the comment. You're quite right about "old beggars." Mea culpa. Don't know how I missed this, although late nights and large Scotches may have come into play.

Canadian though, not American. The live footage was shot on Remembrance Day (Nov 11) at the cenotaph in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. The archival photos show Canadian, British and some German soldiers.

[OutOnThexTiles]

haha, when you put it like that lol, easy mistake.

I do appologise, I know how you feel with the Canadian/American thing. I'm Scottish :P