On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 1:16 AM, mike wilson <m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >> >> On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 5:38 AM, John Sessoms <jsessoms...@nc.rr.com> >> wrote: >> >>>> I have no reason not to. But speaking of native speakers, I suppose >>>> Sting is native enough, isn't he? >>> >>> If memory serves he's from Scotland. I don't know if that makes him a >>> native >>> English speaker or not. >> >> >> I have a biography of his life prior to The Police somewhere (or I >> gave it to my brother). IIRC his mother or father came from the Isle >> of Man, but he was born and grew up in Wallsend, Northumberland (near >> Newcastle On Tyne). >> >> Native English speaker ... I can't judge. That's awfully close to >> Scotland ... ];-) >> > > Wallsend is England's equivalent to RabCNesbittland. > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8k7VoFiagfs
Maybe that *is* native English ... ! -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
