| ... And the English think that English is the language that the English | speak!! | Laurie
Yeah, well, the language does have more than a few major dialects. There's that line from My Fair Lady: "In America they haven't spoken it in years." And it's probably worth noting that the major American dictionaries all call themselves a "Dictionary of the American Language". This goes counter to the fact that most Americans claim they speak English. But common terminology is decidedly fuzzy. It is common to observe that the spoken dialects have diverged a lot more than the written forms. This is probably the only good feature of our demented spelling "system". To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
