Co-opted - strange way to spell corrupted, no?
OK then - invade us - that's if any of you can work out where the
hell we are given the state of Geography education over there! (I
cite the couple who asked if they could get tickets to the Vienna
Boys Choir as well while they were visiting the Sydney Olympics -
think about it!)
And Californians don't count, as you well know. They're all troppo!
Andrew
Heh. 'English' has been well and truly co-opted by those of us in
the USofA. We outnumber y'all by what? Almost 5:1
(281,000,000:60,000,000 as of 2000 data)? Heck, there are over half
as many Californians (~33,000,000 as of 2000) as there are residents
of the UK.
So we're doing our best to keep 'English' a vibrant, dynamic and
living language. After all it's only the dead ones that remain
static. Consider yourselves lucky that we've retained its name. :-)
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Scott Gomez
(And if *that* doesn't stir the pot a bit, I don't know what will)
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