Re: English language question

From: Richard Bos (rlb_at_hoekstra-uitgeverij.nl)
Date: 06/24/04 

Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 07:18:29 GMT

Alan Balmer <albalmer@att.net> wrote:

> On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 13:32:30 GMT, rlb@hoekstra-uitgeverij.nl (Richard
> Bos) wrote:
>
> >> 21st century is primarily American English.
> >
> >How do you explain, then, that I learned English, not USAnian?
>
> Perhaps you learned it before the 21st century?

Yeah, well. This far into the 20th century, the UK was still Top Nation,
and history had not yet come to a .

Richard

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