that's not true... just because they are not down with colloquialism it
doesn't mean they have a greater skill
----- Original Message -----
From: "evil cian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 8:58 PM
Subject: Re: While I love the virtual bitch slapping...
> 'Why do the guys from Spain and Sweden use better English than the
> Americans?'
>
> Because, unfortunately, foreigners are the only ones that have been forced
> to decipher our cryptic language -- we've always taken it on faith. My
> girlfriend is from India, has lived in Turkey and corrects my English
> constantly. I think this deference of form originates in the American
> swagger, or as a former boss of mine at the famous Coliseum Bookstore in
New
> York like to put, "the glory of the Empire is making us idiots."
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