On Friday 18 May 2012 10:06:37 Darac Marjal wrote: > It is generally agreed that Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland speak > the same English as England (being all part of the same country).
They are not part of the same country, we are four countries, and we do not all speak the same version of English. Yes, many people say British English, but many people talk of British justice/British law. The fact that people say it does not mean that it is so, merely that most people know nothing about the legal systems in each of the constituent parts of the United Kingdom. Wales comes under English law (poor thing!), but Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own legal systems, which differ from each other and from the English. I understand American English. I usually do not understand Scottish English or Irish English. Welsh English I can usually (but not always) understand. So no, I no more speak the same language as the other countries in the United Kingdom than I share a legal system with them. Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201205181222.28673.lisi.re...@gmail.com
