Much deleted.....
>>Ahh, but that would be *American*, not *English*..... :-)
>>>>Andrew
>>>>That's correct but some people actually prefer it. Maybe, because nobody
slaps you an your mouth if you invent or twist and strech those beautifully
adaptive,>>originally english words.
>Gisela
One thing I have learned since emigrating from the UK to become an immigrant
to Canada over 20 years ago is to hold my tongue when it comes to differences
in language between my native and adopted countries. My initial complacency
as a speaker of definitive english was dented when I discovered that several
Canadian or American "corruptions" were in fact rooted deeper in the english
language than the words I thought were "correct".
Now I try to value the resilience of language; sometimes the advertizing
fraternity makes this hard!
Language evolves, I should know that, I'm a biologist.
Compliments of the season.
Austin
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