Actually it was George Bernard Shaw who wrote the line "We are two people
separated by a common language". Churchill borrowed it.
Bruce M. Burnett
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> Chris Barker wrote:
> >
> > Some of these confusions exist only in the USA. For instance, we in the
GB
> > would not say "number", to "wind the sail" nor "dove". Some of the
> > confusions arise from different roots but normally we avoid them by
using
> > the many alternatives available in this rich language of ours.
> >
> As Churchill said, we are two people separated by a common language.
> How true
>
> Merry Christmas.
>
> Jerry Liles
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