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- From: henry@netcom.com (Henry Polard)
- Subject: Re: English English versus *American* English
- Message-ID: <gcqmr4f.henry@netcom.com>
- Date: Fri, 31 Jul 92 05:03:47 GMT
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- References: <1992Jul30.045304.28514@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu> <1992Jul30.065142.16716@midway.uchicago.edu> <1992Jul30.173452.10941@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu>
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- All of the bit-slinging that Mandar started raises a couple of questions
- that might be of general interest:
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- What groups in England claim to have authority over the English
- language, and what credibility do they have in England?
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- What groups in other countries claim to have authority over what
- they call the English language, and what credibility do they have in
- those countries?
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- Surely Mandar is not the only defender of the One True
- English(TM).
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- \ Polard || and our little life is rounded with a sleepe /
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