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- From: nadeau@bnr.ca (Rheal Nadeau)
- Subject: Re: Standards
- Message-ID: <1992Dec24.032159.12321@bmerh85.bnr.ca>
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- Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd., Ottawa
- References: <BzMtxB.F8w@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu> <1231@dsbc.icl.co.uk> <BzqstL.Jrv@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu>
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 92 03:21:59 GMT
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- In article <BzqstL.Jrv@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu> mmmirash@midway.ecn.uoknor.edu (Mandar M. Mirashi) writes:
- >In article <1231@dsbc.icl.co.uk> jjf@dsbc.icl.co.uk (J J Farrell) writes:
- >>
- >>I'm glad to say that the correct standard within England is not up
- >>for debate since most English people accept that there is no such thing.
- >
- >Results of a statistical survey, please. Have these people been
- >questioned about their opinion on the Queen's English and BBC
- >English ?
-
- Well, surely you have such a statistical survey, don't you? How
- else could you claim to know what most Englishmen (now, am I including
- or excluding women? :-) ) think of language?
-
- The Rhealist - nadeau@bnr.ca - Speaking only for myself
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