There seems to be a lot of banter about the English language on this
list recently. The language is English whereever it is spoken around
the world, regardless of the nation. Within each english speaking
nation there are many many dialects. Each locality has its own way of
speaking and
English was probably my worst subject at school ( but then I am a
Geordie (;-) ) however even I get annoyed at the way it gets abused ( my
biggest cringe is the use of uz instead of us ) but do we not have to
bear these abuses as they do become part of the language ( as it
changes )
My pet
On Thu, 2 Jan 2003 at 11:14:46, Norman Dunbar wrote:
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English was probably my worst subject at school ( but then I am a
Geordie (;-) ) however even I get annoyed at the way it gets abused ( my
biggest cringe is the use of uz instead of us ) but do we not have to
Bushism to beat all:
The French don't even have a word for entrepreneur
(pronounced, I am sure, entrepenyouer)
Oh you NAILED it :-)
Phoebus
Happy new year to all.
There's a lot of it [nu english] about. Wot about the new deity Zalot, az
in -
Thank Zalot
And where can you get thick elss?
'Round here waiters are always saying -
Would you like any thin elss?
Quality Language! ;)
John in Wales
On Thu, 2 Jan 2003, John G Hitchcock wrote:
There's a lot of it [nu english] about. Wot about the new deity Zalot, az
in -
Gee.
Imagine being a Brit in Merka. After 4-5 years you start to pick up the US
vowel sounds and start sounding Australian to the Merkins, and Merkin to
the Brits.
