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msb@sq.com (Mark Brader) writes:

>But, although the quoted sentence refers to France and an
>earlier part of that message did pertain to France, the country where
>the above number would be (if it existed) *is* one where English is
>spoken. Well, a sort of English, anyway... :-)

Ahem!  Not to get pedantic (much though I love it), but you, sir, are
hardly in a position to make such cracks.  You are not a native
speaker of English.  You are a native speaker of Canadian, a, if I may
be permitted the liberty of a cheap crack at your expense, degenerate
creole of the language.  You may think you are speaking English, but
rest assured, you are not.

Similarly, it is most probable that our esteemed Moderator is also
laboring under the delusion that he is an english speaker, whereas in
reality, he speaks American.  American and English have diverged just
enough so they are barely mutually unintelligible.  This explains why
Monty Python is so popular in the US -- Americans think it is funny,
whereas Britons know that the whole point was that it isn't!

In point of fact, true English is only spoken in a small area in
Cambridge, England.  This is sort of the Zero Meridian for English.  I
myself speak a mildly (0.56%) degenerate form of the language, as I
was born (alas!) about 50 miles from there.

You may take some solace, however, in the realization that however
degenerate _your_ native tongue is, you are way ahead of the
Australians.  Nobody understands Australian -- even other Australians!

Oral member still firmly emplaced in cheek,

I remain your faithful correspondent,


Robert J Woodhead, Biar Games, Inc.  !uunet!biar!trebor trebor@biar.UUCP 


[Moderator's Whine:  Well, ex-cuuuuuuuuuuse me!  I believe we here in
the colonies speak English with one of about fifty American accents.  PAT]