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Re: Grammar




John Wilkins wrote:
> 
> Bill Bonde ( the oblique allusion in lieu of the frontal attack )
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> > Clave wrote:
> ...
> > > And have you heard what the British do to the language?  And don't get me
> > > started on the Aussies.  But for the absolute *worst* mangling of English
> > > pronunciation humanly possible, you have to go to Scotland.
> > >
> > They have an excuse, they're all drunk.
> 
> With neighbours like theirs, you'd be drunk too...
> 
Of course this doesn't explain why the Irish and the Scots sound
different. There must be more to it than mutual inebriation.


-- 
"Throw me that lipstick, darling, I wanna redo my stigmata."
+-Jennifer Saunders, "Absolutely Fabulous"



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