polard@fortune.UUCP (Henry Polard) (07/27/84)
If we are going to discuss differences between American and British English, we should remember that each is a group of dialects. There may be more differences between the Queen's English and Geordie (or Cockney) than between the Queen's English and "general American". -- Henry Polard (You bring the flames; I'll bring the marshmallows.) {ihnp4,cbosgd,amd}!fortune!polard
gurr@west44.UUCP (Dave Gurr) (07/31/84)
< force of habit ... > Webster? What's that? Oh, I see, it's an American English dictionary ! Well, that explains it! :-) (-: Seriously tho', how about a discussion in net.nlang (which has been pretty empty recently) about differences between American English and (if I may be so bold) `real' English. Both myself and many English people I know consider them to be two dialects of the same language, although I'm not sure that dialect is the correct term in this case. Are `American' and `English' drifting further apart ? I'd be interested to see peoples views on this. mcvax "You can't clean the \ toilet Neil, real students ukc!west44!gurr don't do that!" / vax135 Dave Gurr, Westfield College, Univ. of London, England.