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From: andrew@stc.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.internat
Subject: Re: Alphabetical Order
Message-ID: <715@stc-b.stc.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 25-Nov-85 15:28:40 EST
Article-I.D.: stc-b.715
Posted: Mon Nov 25 15:28:40 1985
Date-Received: Wed, 27-Nov-85 05:44:31 EST
References: <125100001@ima.UUCP> <2435@sunybcs.UUCP>
Reply-To: andrew@stc.UUCP (Andrew Macpherson)
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In article <9065@ritcv.UUCP> you write:
>In article <797@inset.UUCP> mikeb@inset.UUCP (Mike Banahan) writes:
>>PROPSITION: Americans, in the large, not only cannot speak English,
>>	they can't even *understand* it.
>
>Hey, we speak english great.  It's british we have trouble with...
>
>At least we know what diapers and bisquits are...   8-)

I assure you that the British are well aware of the plurals for a linen
or cotton napkin for infants, and unglazed white porcelain respectively;
or are you perhaps an architect, and using diaper in the technical sense?

:-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)
-- 
Regards,
	Andrew Macpherson.	<andrew@stc.UUCP>
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