I like to think of American English as a dialect of English. That
way I don't feel bad about using certain phrases, spellings etc.
It's not a bastardization, it's a dialect!
Aqua
I remember years ago, when I was a freshman in college, I wrote in
one of my papers
that American English was not e
Eu entendo portugues e frances e tambem engles, e vivo
num pais que e consestido de varias linguas .
If it is true that the list origionated in Canada then
" Thank you for calling the Duo/2400 list. To proceed in English Press 1 .
To proceed in french press 2.Mercy de Vour aplez le list de Duo/
I remember years ago, when I was a freshman in college, I wrote in one of my papers
that American English was not english at all but a language that was very similar to
English ( the Queen's English as it is called here - will they change it to King's
English when Charles or Harry become King?). Th
At 12:43 PM -0600 12/12/02, Carlson wrote:
Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I believe this list may have originated
on the University of Waterloo server, here in Canada. And then was
subsequently moved. If that is in fact the case, then the list itself is
"foreign."
I stand corrected, and sh
At 12:43 PM -0600 12/12/02, Carlson wrote:
>Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I believe this list may have originated
>on the University of Waterloo server, here in Canada. And then was
>subsequently moved. If that is in fact the case, then the list itself is
>"foreign."
I stand correcte
on 12/12/02 4:43 PM, Carlson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I believe this list may have originated
> on the University of Waterloo server, here in Canada. And then was
> subsequently moved. If that is in fact the case, then the list itself is
> "foreign."
I th
How does the Peter Allen song go?
'I still call Australia Home'
We are rally quite friendly :-)
Doug
- Original Message -
From: "Andrew W. Hill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Duo/2400 List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 5:47
I was born in the US but grew up in Australia. I never considered
myself a foreigner in Australia, at least after the first five
years.
Aqua
Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I believe this list may have originated
on the University of Waterloo server, here in Canada. And then was
subsequ
Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I believe this list may have originated
on the University of Waterloo server, here in Canada. And then was
subsequently moved. If that is in fact the case, then the list itself is
"foreign."
>
> The only argument I can see favoring English only is that this is
C'est un grand plaisir pour moi, vivant à Paris, de lire un message
en français
mais ça ne me gêne ullement de les lire en anglais.. je pense que le
contenu des
messages est ce qu'il y a de plus important, ainsi que la
convivialité qui règne sur
cette liste dont je lis les messages aves grand
A quick note: I object to the term 'foreign language' for anything
non-english. To me as a Belgian, a foreign language is anything that
is not Dutch, French or German. I feel that it is inappropriate to
consider English as being everyone's 'native', 'official' or
'national' language. I do not
Thanks Robert for the insight -
I work for an American company but am one of those English speaking foreign
Australian devils.
No trouble with understanding your reply - I'm not confident enough of my
written French to reply in kind, - but I do find it strange that speakers of
English as a1st langu
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