Re: reportet speach

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> I presume this is meant to be ironic - it's difficult to describe 
> standard American usage as bad usage since the overwhelming majority of 
> English speakers are no speakers of American English - the rest of us 
> have to like it or lump it.

Absolutely.  And many forms of AmE place greater emphasis on
grammatical accuracy and clear enuciation that BrE equivalents.

> On the substantive matter under discussion I have no problem whatsoever 
> with the use of "bring" in the sense of "take with you".
> 

Einde, apologies for jumping to conclusions based on your name, but I
wonder if this reflects your own background?  There seems to be a
usage in Irish varieties of English where 'bring' is used where other
varieties would prefer 'take'.  Things like:-

"I remember the first day my father brought us to the school".

I'm reading Joyce at the moment and this usage crops up a lot.

I'd feel very inclined to correct Franzi's usage here.

Regards
DC Cat