Re: [OFFTOPIC] Boring dissertation on English / American

Alex Buell (alex.buell@tahallah.demon.co.uk)
Thu, 20 Aug 1998 22:04:29 -0400 (EWT)


On Thu, 20 Aug 1998, Benjamin Redelings I wrote:

> >To pour fuel on the fire, I consider British English to be the one *true*
> >English language and all others to be poor "imitiations", as to misquote
> >the late lamented Oscar Wilde, "Imitation is a sincere form of
> >flattery"... <grins>
>
> Something tells me you have never been to England, and are being
> extremely sarcastic ;). There is no such thing as British English. In
> most parts of England (I found out recently) the dialect changes
> significantly when you go to another town 20 miles away. The official
> dialect is the dialect that was spoken in the triangle between the towns
> of oxford, cambride, and *(I forget). And then there's Geordi ;)

I'm British. Did you not see my email address? <grins>

BTW, you misattributed the first paragraph to Redelings, whereas I wrote
that.

Cheers,
Alex

--
 /\_/\  Legalise cannabis now! 
( o.o ) Grow some cannabis today!
 > ^ <  Peace, Love, Unity and Respect to all.

http://www.tahallah.demon.co.uk

- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu Please read the FAQ at http://www.altern.org/andrebalsa/doc/lkml-faq.html