"Ishtar" wrote in message
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On 13 May, 15:53, "M.I.5¾" wrote:
> "Adrian" wrote in message
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> news:g0bvck$2ck$1@registered.motzarella.org...
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> > "M.I.5Y" gurgled happily, sounding much
> > like they were saying:
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> >> Note to UK residents: It's shedyule *NOT* skedyule.
>
> > Just remind me - what's the name of the language?
>
> The language is 'English'. There is a country on the western side of the
> Atlantic Ocean that claims to speak English but hasn't in fact done so for
> over two and a half centuries.
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Ok, but don't knock 'em for it, just as the guys in Lisbon don't knock
the Brazilians for their adorable accent and dialect in their version
of "Portuguese."
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I would knock it if they didn't insist on inflicting their misuse of the
language on the UK. Unfortunately, the Americans are insistent to the point
where they won't accept any UK produced film or TV material unless American
pronounciations or words are used. Skedyule instead of shedyule; dove
instead of dived; etc. etc.
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