"IanAl" wrote in message
news:lj9m24pjmktf8cl5mecuk5lmhhkndjsp6l@4ax.com...
> On Wed, 14 May 2008 14:40:40 +0100, "PDR"
> wrote:
>
>>> 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...
>
> That sort of thing would have only happened if they had called the
> film "The Madness of George III" as was the play it was based on.
That was the actual REASON why it wasn't.
PDR
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