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- From: djohns@elm.circa.ufl.edu (David A. Johns)
- Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
- Subject: Re: Standards
- Message-ID: <38068@uflorida.cis.ufl.edu>
- Date: 29 Dec 92 01:14:23 GMT
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- In article <BzMtxB.F8w@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu> mmmirash@midway.ecn.uoknor.edu (Mandar M. Mirashi) writes:
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- # And, *most* of them agree that the Queen's English is the highest
- # standard of English.
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- Mandar, you aren't really naive enough to think that "The Queen's
- English" means English as spoken by the queen, are you?
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- Are you???
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- # When countries are considered, the English spoken in England is the
- # highest standard (now don't say "By whom in England?". I mean the
- # common characteristics of the English accent.)
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- Good God.
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- You've never been to England, have you. Or if you have, you must
- never have stepped out of your hotel. The "common characteristics of
- the English accent" wouldn't fit in a thimble.
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- David
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