"M.I.5¾" wrote in message
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> "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.
...and they're still angry that our DVD distributors won't send them to
copies of "Madness of King George" and "Madness of King George II" that they
ordered years ago...
PDR
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