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English by caiusman 2002-06-05 03:15:29
Does anyone else share my impression that nowadays the average educated American speaks and writes more precise English than the average Brit?
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  There ain't no truth to that statement, homedog. (n/t) by stradenko2002-06-05 03:21:52
    no truth at all... by sketcher2002-06-05 03:31:11
      Good luck by huitzilopochtli2002-06-05 03:39:52
        i dunno... whatever by sketcher2002-06-05 07:33:39
      Brits here... by fore_deck2002-06-05 03:49:25
        There's loads of us by knightsofni2002-06-05 04:17:11
          quite by mcnutcase2002-06-05 04:32:11
            American vs. English by Y2KDragon2002-06-05 05:00:50
              You mean... by Derek2002-06-05 05:46:23
              You lost me on that one. by Naruki2002-06-05 07:45:33
                a lot of them are already wiped, by pecosdave2002-06-05 08:04:51
        Precision by caiusman2002-06-05 05:05:44
          ooops by fore_deck2002-06-05 06:32:11
        Indeed - one here, too! by Derek2002-06-05 06:11:52
          Well, being Scottish does not mean you are by SaleGamine2002-06-05 06:24:34
            Scots by fore_deck2002-06-05 06:28:23
              Oi! by Derek2002-06-05 06:33:38
                Golden Jubilee by fore_deck2002-06-05 06:36:18
                  II by bobtail2002-06-05 07:05:23
                    Ah-HA! by fore_deck2002-06-05 07:15:03
                      Sorry, by breezeblock2002-06-05 09:00:30
                  Yes they have! by breezeblock2002-06-05 08:53:20
            I know that... by Derek2002-06-05 06:30:15
              Well really it depends on just how precise by SaleGamine2002-06-05 06:37:22
      You should probably tell them how by Naruki2002-06-05 03:53:04
        better english? by chris_t2002-06-05 04:25:52
          Spelling nitpick by knightsofni2002-06-05 04:48:21
          Precision II by caiusman2002-06-05 05:10:28
            I thought it was "disk" for floppy disk... by Stavros2002-06-05 05:13:04
              I never noticed, by pecosdave2002-06-05 05:57:24
                I use c and k interchangeably by mcnutcase2002-06-05 05:59:09
            Disks vs discs by SMcV2002-06-05 08:51:47
              Now I don't mean to be a pedant... by IByte2002-06-05 13:50:14
                Well... by Nea2002-06-05 13:56:13
        Are those letters to the USA government? by IByte2002-06-05 05:07:55
  Educated? by ideur2002-06-05 03:31:13
    School-leavers by caiusman2002-06-05 05:14:49
      what amazes me by mcnutcase2002-06-05 05:18:28
        You are part of the problem. by Naruki2002-06-05 07:53:26
  You can't go around talking like that. by huitzilopochtli2002-06-05 03:47:30
    define american. by ideur2002-06-05 04:27:24
      OK by caiusman2002-06-05 05:25:37
        Ooh, you bit. by Naruki2002-06-05 06:41:03
    Mistakes? by caiusman2002-06-05 05:22:07
      Nope by huitzilopochtli2002-06-05 12:11:41
        Nope. by Naruki2002-06-05 14:52:07
  I cannot speak for the English... by Naruki2002-06-05 03:49:11
    As my dear Daddy is a pure brit... by SaleGamine2002-06-05 04:23:54
      Patriotism by caiusman2002-06-05 05:44:24
        Hello by SaleGamine2002-06-05 05:46:11
        *cough* Pardon? by Derek2002-06-05 05:58:32
          You, suh, are a lawyer. by Naruki2002-06-05 06:37:45
            Eek! Take that back! by Derek2002-06-05 06:52:55
              Well, at least let me call you a rabbi. by Naruki2002-06-05 08:10:34
                They can indeed do so... by Derek2002-06-05 08:38:17
          A great Englishman by caiusman2002-06-05 12:52:40
      Care to elaborate? by Naruki2002-06-05 06:39:41
        You are acusing caiusman by SaleGamine2002-06-05 06:42:48
          He's your old man? by breezeblock2002-06-05 07:59:22
            Hey, what can I say? by SaleGamine2002-06-05 08:35:50
            And Swiss too by caiusman2002-06-05 12:56:33
          Okay, you need remedial English yourself. by Naruki2002-06-05 08:09:20
            Sorry I misunderstood you. by SaleGamine2002-06-05 08:34:55
              Oh and by SaleGamine2002-06-05 08:39:08
                Sorry. by Naruki2002-06-05 11:08:16
                  No need to apologise by SaleGamine2002-06-05 11:36:33
  Worra yew on about, our kid? by breezeblock2002-06-05 04:27:48
    Eeeeek! by SaleGamine2002-06-05 04:29:01
  nope by ma petite2002-06-05 04:44:04
    Yup by caiusman2002-06-05 05:01:55
      well since i have absolutely nothing by ma petite2002-06-05 05:53:15
  Vatious nitpicks by mcnutcase2002-06-05 04:44:27
    *self-LARTs for not proofreading title* by mcnutcase2002-06-05 04:46:31
    Indeed by caiusman2002-06-05 04:59:01
      In reply to your no. 6 by mcnutcase2002-06-05 05:08:09
        In reply to yours by caiusman2002-06-05 05:36:30
          This is part of an ongoing trend by mcnutcase2002-06-05 05:42:51
            What are you smoking? by Naruki2002-06-05 07:33:13
              in any given population by mcnutcase2002-06-05 07:43:58
              Bog off, Yanks! by breezeblock2002-06-05 07:46:09
                No you didn't. WE did. by Naruki2002-06-05 19:19:21
            Change by caiusman2002-06-05 14:39:56
  NO! by Y2KDragon2002-06-05 04:54:02
    You mean it isn't? by SaleGamine2002-06-05 04:56:30
    Apparently by CartaMusica2002-06-05 06:49:20
  I back what you're spoutin off about one hundered by pecosdave2002-06-05 05:30:25
    Funny talk by caiusman2002-06-05 05:40:46
    Are they army issue? by Naruki2002-06-05 07:57:03
      not the bonnet,, but the boots are. (n/t) by pecosdave2002-06-05 08:00:20
    But other people by Znirk2002-06-05 08:18:10
  That sounds like a gross overgeneralization to me. by IByte2002-06-05 06:20:49
  A-M-E-R-I-C-A-N by Naruki2002-06-05 06:57:06
    Are we not all Americans? by nin_man2002-06-05 07:34:20
      No, we dont lose wars... by breezeblock2002-06-05 07:52:27
        You're an English type, no? by nin_man2002-06-05 07:58:19
          Hook, line, sinker, rod and by breezeblock2002-06-05 08:03:13
            Oh, you enjoy fishing, too? by nin_man2002-06-05 08:06:26
              The Queen! Gawd Save 'er! by breezeblock2002-06-05 08:16:07
              Hey! by Nea2002-06-05 08:44:49
                I was thinking of you, of course. by nin_man2002-06-05 09:00:14
                  Ack, I'm predictable by Nea2002-06-05 09:56:16
                    Ooops by Nea2002-06-05 10:13:52
                    Not to mention he got the subset by Naruki2002-06-05 10:39:28
                      Who's the college dropout here? by nin_man2002-06-05 11:02:05
      I didn't think that was possible. by kahuana2002-06-05 11:56:18
  Joe Average is a dumba$$ by NOLAWitch2002-06-05 08:10:40
    Joe Average's inchoate intellect by ibbie2002-06-05 10:10:46
      In New Orleans, everyone says "y'all" by NOLAWitch2002-06-05 10:20:56
        Now just a cotton pickin minute there! by Naruki2002-06-05 10:42:31
          *boo hoo* by NOLAWitch2002-06-05 11:55:21
            Relevance: 1 out of 10 by Naruki2002-06-05 12:04:10
              That's gonna come in handy. by NOLAWitch2002-06-05 13:07:24
    I for one resent being called... by kahuana2002-06-05 12:32:10
  No! by Llyr2002-06-05 08:55:27
    I wouldn't say that... by CartaMusica2002-06-05 09:04:09
  I would respectfully disagree. by videodude2002-06-05 09:29:57
  That's like saying... by kahuana2002-06-05 10:42:24
    It's more like by Naruki2002-06-05 11:16:10
      I don't share that opinion. by kahuana2002-06-05 11:34:38
        What? by Naruki2002-06-05 11:50:19
          Woozle wuzzle? by kahuana2002-06-05 12:10:26

 

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