Re: By a common language divided

On Sunday, in article
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     fair****tfan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 "mike weber" wrote:

> On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 16:18 +0100 (BST), prd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Paul
> Dormer) wrote:
> 
> >Well, the character isn't actually supposed to be from Earth, and
> >merely pretending to be an American.  He took an American's identity
> >during WWII, which he seems to have lived through at least three times
> >now, albeit one time in suspended animation in Cardiff.  (How can you
> >tell the difference?)
> 
> Well, either way t's a slip of characterisation -by the actor playing
> the character who's pretending to be USAian or by the character
> pretending to be USAian.
> 
> One way you could argue it's intentional - but, since he's not from
> Earth originally, why would he have learnt the UK way of pronouncing
> (apparently) just one word while learning the USAian way opf saying
> everything else?

How likely would it be that he first hears the word from an American, if 
he's mostly spent that last seventy years in the UK?

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