Re: [OM] Common language, was Cleaning Old Price Tag Goo Off Body

[andrew fildes]

I speak reasonable Middle English (Whan thet Aprille with its shoures 
soote....) as well as some Old English (Wessex dialect only I'm 
afraid).
And how did you know I was brought up in Leicester?
Andrew




> In article , Gregg Iverson <golftooter@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
> > 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.
> Eh???
>
> You are the guys that introduced phonetic spelling in English!
> Colour becomes colour etc.
>
> Think of poor Hungarian learning English in London - went to 
> Leicester Square, which caused him no end of trouble spelling, only 
> to give up when he saw a film poster which read "Titanic - 
> pronounced success!"
> ;-)
> --
> Kennedy
> Yes, Socrates himself is particularly missed;
> A lovely little thinker, but a bugger when he's pissed.
> Python Philosophers
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