As long as we're off-topic, there is some truth to the idea that people from the USA speak "American." George Bernard Shaw observed that "England and America are two countries separated by a common language." For instance, you'll get a very different response from young women in the two countries when you tell them you'll knock them up in the morning. (In the U.S., you're likely to get knocked down instead.) Less colloquially, U.S. and British sports fans both enjoy football, but the games they watch have very little to do with each other.
In the spoken language(s), many Americans have quite a hard time understanding the pronunciation and vocabulary of various British dialects (especially rural ones), and I imagine the same goes for English folk in the American countryside. See http://separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/ for amusing and enlightening commentary. By the way, if I haven't said so before, I admire your English. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Amedee Van Gasse Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 4:19 PM To: emu Cc: Spambayes Subject: Re: [Spambayes] FW: SpamBayes Op za, 14-10-2006 te 21:06 +0100, schreef emu: > So > > Does no-one from Spambayes ever answer questions? Sometimes they do, sometimes they don't. :) Just be patient... Sometimes "regular" users happen to know the answer too, and ar willing to help. That's the advantage of a community of peers. > So - it is Flemish not Dutch! Please forgive me This is getting off topic... :) That's like saying people from the USA speak "American". See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_language for details. -- Amedee Van Gasse [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/spambayes Check the FAQ before asking: http://spambayes.sf.net/faq.html _______________________________________________ [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/spambayes Check the FAQ before asking: http://spambayes.sf.net/faq.html
