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  1. Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!paladin.american.edu!darwin.sura.net!convex!convex!tchrist
  3. From: Tom Christiansen <tchrist@convex.COM>
  4. Subject: Re: American English
  5. Originator: tchrist@pixel.convex.com
  6. Sender: usenet@news.eng.convex.com (news access account)
  7. Message-ID: <1992Dec24.034321.14286@news.eng.convex.com>
  8. Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 03:43:21 GMT
  9. Reply-To: tchrist@convex.COM (Tom Christiansen)
  10. References: <BzMu7r.FHo@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu> <BzpByH.D30@ccu.umanitoba.ca> <Bzqsz0.JtM@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu>
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  12. Organization: Convex Computer Corporation, Colorado Springs, CO
  13. X-Disclaimer: This message was written by a user at CONVEX Computer
  14.               Corp. The opinions expressed are those of the user and
  15.               not necessarily those of CONVEX.
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  17.  
  18. From the keyboard of mmmirash@midway.ecn.uoknor.edu (Mandar M. Mirashi):
  19. :>It's good enough for the British, so it ought to be good enough
  20. :>for you.
  21.  
  22. Are people from Scotland British?  
  23.  
  24. :It isn't. Prove to me that most Englishmen find American English to
  25. :be as good as English English.
  26. :
  27. :                                                         Mandar.
  28.  
  29. Prove that it matters.
  30.  
  31. --tom
  32. -- 
  33.     Tom Christiansen      tchrist@convex.com      convex!tchrist
  34.  
  35.         Ear, but earn and wear and tear
  36.         Do not rhyme with here but ere.
  37.