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Skriven 2011-06-01 18:01:22 av Stewart Arnett (3:772/100)
  Kommentar till text 19541 av Roy Witt (1:387/22)
Ärende: Sense and sensibility
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Hello Roy.

30 May 11 08:41, you wrote to me:

 RW> 30 May 11 17:37, Stewart Arnett wrote to Roy Witt:

 RW>>> LOL! Being your first language doesn't make you any better than
 RW>>> Robert, whose first language is also English. Not to mention
 RW>>> that your version of English isn't exactly kosher with the rest
 RW>>> of the world's version. Yeah, I know. NZers speak your version,
 RW>>> but the people of the formerly British ruled Hong Kong -
 RW>>> Shanghi, speak English as if they learned it in Atlanta, Georgia
 RW>>> - USA...

 SA>> Hhhrrmpht... Excuse me sir, But I will have you know I am English
 SA>> and not a Ruddy Kiwi! Born 24th July 1949 at the Norfolk and
 SA>> Norwich Hospital in Norwich, UK

 RW> Sorry to hear it.

You're welcome sorry to hear of your deficiencies too.

 SA>> And Educated at the Norwich School the Close Tombland, the same
 SA>> school entertained Lord Nelson as one of it's junior pupils, well
 SA>> before myself ;) I think I have in the past suffered under what
 SA>> must have been the same cane he may well have experienced for his
 SA>> trangressions. ;( (if he had any that is)

 RW> He did, but that's another story.

 SA>> Besides, Robert's first language is not English, it is a separate
 SA>> language called "American English,"

 RW> Yes, that is known as Perfected English...not that garbage they taught
 RW> you at Norwich...

BS

 SA>> I have a translation Dictionary in the library American ->
 SA>> English dictionary,

 RW> You should just buy and read from Webster's Dictionary of Modern
 RW> English and you wouldn't need to translate it into that old crap you
 RW> call English.

Rather not, I would use an English dictionary for real English thanks.

 SA>> I say that TIC but it is actually true. I will see if I can find
 SA>> it again and discover the printer and whom the compiler is.

 RW> Just have the librarian order the Webster's and be done with it...you
 RW> can't beat perfected English for modern day usage...

I don't have a librarian in my personal library, I have to hunt for myself ;(

 SA>> Stewart

 RW> Yeah I know, sand flies and Koreans go together.

That is quite true when camping with Korean the sand flies do prefer them as
against us locals, might be the kimchi.


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 RW>  ..."We will not tire, we will not falter, we will not fail." - GWB


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Stewart

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