Re: American vs. British English

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From: ERCF08 Bob Gray
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1986 15:28

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In article <200@acornrc.UUCP> bob@acornrc.UUCP (Bob Weissman) writes:
>Has anyone ever enumerated all the differences between American English
>and British English?

Don't make the mistake of assuming that we all speak the
same english language here. There are differences between
English english, Scottish english, and others. Not as many
as between "standard" english and American english, but
still enough so that I have to be careful speaking to
someone from the other end of the country, to make sure they
understand what I am meaning.

>-- 
>-- Bob Weissman			Acorn Research Centre, Palo Alto, CA
>   ...!{decwrl | ames | oliveb}!acornrc!bob

	Bob Gray.
	ERCC.

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From: bob@its63b.ed.ac.uk (ERCF08 Bob Gray)
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Subject: Re: American vs. British English
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Date: Wed, 19-Nov-86 10:28:47 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 19 10:28:47 1986
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