Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site fortune.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!ihnp4!fortune!polard From: polard@fortune.UUCP (Henry Polard) Newsgroups: net.nlang Subject: Re: Just a simple question Message-ID: <3880@fortune.UUCP> Date: Fri, 27-Jul-84 12:07:02 EDT Article-I.D.: fortune.3880 Posted: Fri Jul 27 12:07:02 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 28-Jul-84 10:36:18 EDT References: <582@axiom.UUCP> <3126@tektronix.UUCP>, <277@west44.UUCP> Organization: Fortune Systems, Redwood City, CA Lines: 5 If we are going to discuss differences between American and British English, we should remember that each is a group of dialects. There may be more differences between the Queen's English and Geordie (or Cockney) than between the Queen's English and "general American". -- Henry Polard (You bring the flames; I'll bring the marshmallows.) {ihnp4,cbosgd,amd}!fortune!polard