Hello mm! On Sunday, October 20, 2002 at 3:58:31 PM you wrote:
> I understand the differences between Brit and American English was > deliberate and just post 17th Century. When reading works by 17th > Century authors, the tones and cadences and meanings (to an American) > are very familiar. No wonder, American English just developed after English settler came to it for the second time (Roanoke didn't have any impact except for a great mystery). Some scholars think modern AE is "older" than modern BE, which, they say, developed further as opposed to AE. A point of view the logic I (as a scholar myself) can't see. -- Dierk Haasis http://www.Write4U.de http://Zoo.Write4U.de PGP keys available: mailto:Dierk.Haasis@;Write4U.de?Subject=SendMyPGPkeys The Bat 1.62/Beta6 on Windows 95 4.0 1212 C Love is not give-and-take, it's give-and-give! (Derek Leveret) ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.61 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html