Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2011 11:57:00 -0800
From: jamesamckenney@verizon.net
To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [pbs] It's driving me crazy

David Ehrlich wrote "I have long been of the opinion that English is a
mutually unintelligible language."

Or, as someone (Oscar Wilde? Winston Churchill? G.B.Shaw? who knows?) said "American and Britain are two countries separated by the same language".

Add in India and Australia and it gets even more interesting.

How many of you knew that in Australia the pergola is what we in the US call a carport.

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From: David Ehrlich <idavide@sbcglobal.net>
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Sent: Friday, November 25, 2011 2:30 PM
Subject: Re: [pbs] It's driving me crazy

David Nicholson wrote:
To ease their feelings in that direction they should be aware that Jim comes
from a nation that persists in spelling the colour "grey" as "gray"!

In the frist place, might I note that gray is a color not a coulour.

I always enjoy watching Brit-coms and mysteries presented by PBS. But, I laways
have the subtitles turned on. I have long been of the opinion that English is a
mutually unintelligible language.

David E.
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