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From: "Gregg Iverson" <golftooter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, 24 July, 2003 12:02 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Common language, was Cleaning Old Price Tag Goo Off Body
> Yes, but is it still the language of the British Isles? Whether American
> or British versions, neither would be understood by the English of 600
> years ago, nor could we easily understand them. I do wish we would
> pronounce things phonetically here. The Brits seem to be better at that.
>
> Gregg
>
> >thinking about it, isn't the queen's english still in a sense the de
facto
> >language in india... plus they drive on the correct side of the road, so
i
> >think we can claim them... then there's hong kong (c.h. ?)... that
would
> >make it about 6:1 our favour... heck, we could almost claim virginia
and
> >half the "south" from my experience... ;)
Throw in Japan and Indonesia and Pakistan and Australia the leftie numbers
do begin to add up!
jh
>
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