Re: By a common language divided

On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 17:54:09 GMT, Jette <bosslady@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>mike weber wrote:
>> On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 17:24:28 GMT, Jette <bosslady@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> wrote:
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>>> mike weber wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:37:47 -0700 (PDT), Just.A.Newbie@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>> wrote:
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>>>>> On Apr 25, 11:28 pm, mike weber <fair****t...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>> If I recall correctly, he's a Brit but grew up in the US - his
father
>>>>> was transfered to the US for work - private sector, again as I
>>>>> recall.  so, he can sound rather Amurican.
>>>>>
>>>> Actually, i think i've heard him out of character, and he sounds
>>>> rather British to my ears.
>>> Scottish even ;-)
>> 
>> Hey, that's British.
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>Aye, but IME when Americans say "British" they usually mean "English" ;-)

Convresly, when i say "British" in such a context, i generally mean
"somewhere in the British Isles that i can't quite pin down at the
moment."

Sort of like Flanders & Swann, explaining the difference between "Grat
Britian" and "England" - "...when we've done something brilliand, it's
'ANother triumph for Great Britain!'.  Conversely, when something oges
wrong, it's 'England loses again!'..."