A German diplomat, Truetzschler von Falkenstein, complained after the war that " Ribbentrop, having had contact with only a small group in England – representatives of the so-called two hundred families – did not know the great mass of the English people.

In the summer of 1786, the Empress Catherine, in the context of tense negotiations on a renewed treaty of commerce, had emphasised her control over this vital commodity by asking the merchants who supplied it to restrict sales to English buyers: “ the Empress has contrary to Custom speculated on this Commodity ”, complained the author of a subsequent memorandum to the Home Secretary.

Additionally, the academics, who themselves tend to eschew any attempt at interpretation, complained that the English translations were usually of poor quality, seemed to display little or no knowledge of 16th-century French, were tendentious and, at worst, were sometimes twisted to fit the events to which they were supposed to refer ( or vice versa ).

In the early 1970s, French visitors complained that the portrait of Champollion was smaller than one of Young on an adjacent information panel ; English visitors complained that the opposite was true.

He won general praise ; but William Cecil complained of his neglect of conformity to the English prayer-book.

George Orwell complained about overuse of the ' not un ...' construction in his essay " Politics and the English Language ".

Some residents complained and the town agreed to reinstate the English lettering on the signs.

John Clare ( English peasant poet ) wrote with his own spelling and no punctuation: he complained c. 1820-1830 to his editors that people could understand him, and that he wouldn't use " that awkward squad of colon, semi-colon, comma, and full stop " ( source-display in Clare's cottage, Helpston.

Charles X complained that the English " wish to command all, as if they were masters ".

Leaders of the free settler community complained to London about Macquarie's policies, and in 1819 the government appointed an English judge, John Bigge, to visit New South Wales and report on its administration.

A letter from Dennis Heraghty of Letterkenny in 1886 to the Society for the Preservation of the Irish Language complained that the parents in his area all wanted their children to learn English.

In Hollywood, Waugh enjoyed meeting Charlie Chaplin and Walt Disney (" the two artists of the place ") but complained about the accommodations, the quality of food and the lack of wine at meals, the relaxed dress and informal manners, and the small talk of service workers-" the exact opposite of the English custom by which the upper classes are expected to ask personal questions of the lower ".

Reviews were mixed: one newspaper reported that the house roared its approval, while another complained that Leno's English humour was out of date.

There he complained to Curthose that he had expended great effort on the duke's behalf and in return lost all of his English possessions.

" The comment was leaked to the media and caused an uproar, after a teammate suffered a fractured skull, the Australian Board formally complained to English administrators about whether bodyline was sporting.

The new process was introduced in Scotland, but before it had become fully operational across the UK a number of English universities complained about the administrative burden that this approach entailed, leading to a rethink by the Westminster government.

In 1849, a writer in The English Review complained:

Gaming Target also complained on Yuri's voice but in the English version from KOF: Maximum Impact labelling it as one of the worst voices from the game.

A member of the public complained to the FSA that the Welsh subtitles in the ‘ Sid the Slug ’ TV advertisements meant the FSA was not treating English and Welsh equally, as is required by the FSA Welsh Language Scheme.

During the following years, the English Football Association ( FA ) complained to FIFA when Smith's American college team refused to release her for national team duty.

Also, after the release of the Mega-CD version, Digital Pictures created an option to have English subtitles during the full motion video as critics had complained that it was difficult to understand what the driver was saying in the Mega-CD and Sega 32X versions.

In the Ashes test series of 2005, Ricky Ponting complained about what he regarded as the tactical substitution of specialist fielders for weaker bowlers in the English team, which he argued was against the spirit of cricket.

They saw the Games as revitalising traditional English social life, and they countered opposition from the critics of such events, who complained of " drunken behaviour and sexual licence ", by stressing the " peaceful and well-behaved " nature of the occasion, and even praising the Games as " a gesture of loyalty to the king ".

The series generated numerous complaints because of its frequent use of racist epithets and ' bad language ' - one viewer reportedly complained of counting 59 uses of the word " bloody " in one episode-and it was cancelled on the orders of the Independent Broadcasting Authority after only six episodes.

When they returned to Britain, Queen Victoria complained that her grandsons could not speak French or German, and so they spent six months in Lausanne in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to learn another language.

He complained about the golfers: " They often used obscene language in front of us.

Other critics like E. M. Forster complained about what they saw as James's squeamishness in the treatment of sex and other possibly controversial material, or dismissed his style as difficult and obscure, relying heavily on extremely long sentences and excessively latinate language.

* Composer Elaine Barkin, in another extended critique, complained that “ McClary ’ s voice tone, language, attitudes all too resoundingly perpetuate and reinstantiate those very ‘ patriarchal practices ’ she is deploring .” McClary briefly dismissed Barkin's critique as " a caricature.

In March 2010 Çelik complained that " in the Western press, when the AK Party administration ... is being named, unfortunately most of the time ' Islamic ,' ' Islamist ,' ' mildly Islamist ,' ' Islamic-oriented ,' ' Islamic-leaning ,' ' Islamic-based ' or ' with an Islamic agenda ,' and similar language is being used.

The Flemish Movement became more socially oriented through the Frontbeweging ( Front Movement ), an organization of Flemish soldiers who complained about the lack of consideration for their language in the army, and in Belgium in general, and harbored pacifistic feelings.

That decision was made due to the network's plan to air the R-rated film unedited, potentially exposing its affiliated stations to FCC scrutiny if viewers complained about the film's graphic violence and coarse language even though some of Sinclair's stations had already shown the film unedited and uncensored a few months earlier.

Earlier in the century, critics had complained about the improbability of the fifth act, frequently likened to farce, and to Jonson's highly Latinate language.

In August 2011, Citizenship and Immigration Committee officers complained of Jim Karygiannis using abusive language and an aggressive tone while speaking to them.

Following Turgenev's advice, in 1875 he visited Schmidt to thank him, but, according to Skabichevsky, " the conversation was more of a pantomime " and later Pisemsky bitterly complained to Turgenev about the fact that he knew not a single European language.

" Some critics have complained about the changes to the series ; others have lauded his removal of sexist and racist language, and his willingness to keep the books updated and modern.

Aditya Thackeray, grandson of Bal Thackeray, a final-year Arts student at St. Xavier's College, complained to the vice chancellor that the book contains abusive language about his grandfather and the Maharashtrian community and demanded its withdrawal from the syllabus.

Miriam sniffed at this, and complained that Wright had said unkind things about her to reporters.

In one of the very few letters in which he ever complained of Meynell, Thompson told Patmore of his distress at having had to leave London before this new friendship had developed further: ``

Not that she complained, or had any cause to.

They were disturbed by his idiotic bravado -- as, when his bodyguard, Yankee Schwartz, complained that he had been snubbed by Dave Miller, a prize-fight referee, chieftain of a Jewish gang and one of four brothers of tough reputation, who were Hirschey, a gambler-politician in loose beer-running league with Torrio and O'Banion, Frank, a policeman, and Max, the youngest.

Apollo complained to Maia that her son had stolen his cattle, but Hermes had already replaced himself in the blankets she had wrapped him in, so Maia refused to believe Apollo's claim.

" After the war, nationalists, especially those who had been active in the Continental Army, complained that the Articles were too weak for an effective government.

When Galileo later complained of rumors to the effect that he had been forced to abjure and do penance, Bellarmine wrote out a certificate denying the rumors, stating that Galileo had merely been notified of the decree and informed that, as a consequence of it, the Copernican doctrine could not be " defended or held ".

Antony complained that Octavian had exceeded his powers in deposing Lepidus, in taking over the countries held by Sextus Pompeius, in enlisting soldiers for himself without sending half to him.

Octavian complained that Antony had no authority for being in Egypt ; that his execution of Sextus Pompeius was illegal ; that his treachery to the king of Armenia disgraced the Roman name ; that he had not sent half the proceeds of the spoils to Rome according to his agreement ; that his connection with Cleopatra and the acknowledgment of Caesarion as a legitimate son of Julius Caesar were a degradation of his office and a menace to himself.

Starting the show, he had complained that he did not feel well.

Njaru complained to the local authorities, but later learned that " his complaint had not been received ".

Constans ’ brother, Constantine II, soon complained that he had not received the amount of territory that was his due, stemming from his position as the eldest of Constantine ’ s sons.

Constantine soon complained that he had not received the amount of territory that was his due, stemming from his position as the eldest of Constantine ’ s sons.

During the May 1966 Central Committee plenum, Brezhnev openly complained that only one member had asked him personally to be allowed to speak.

As the term " Mother of God " had long been attached to Mary, the laity in Constantinople complained against the priest.

During a visit to England he complained of dizziness and had to have his blood pressure checked on August 29, 1959 ; however, before dinner at Chequers on the next day his doctor General Howard Snyder recalled Eisenhower " drank several gin and tonics, and one or two gins on the rocks ... three or four wines with the dinner ".

The ruling party complained that the main opposition party CUD's AEUP sub party had engaged in intimidation.

Oxford complained that his servant Thomas Hampton had taken advantage of these writs by taking money from the tenants to his own use, and had also conspired with another of Oxford's servants to pass a fraudulent document under the Great Seal of England.

He wrote to Burghley, enumerating years of fruitless attempts to amend his financial situation and complained: ' This last year past I have been a suitor to her Majesty that I might farm her tins, giving £ 3000 a year more than she had made.