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Subject: [OM] Re: Philips; cross-point; posi-drive; Robertson
From: Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 07:19:08 +0000
There are some of us over here in the UK who are concerned about 
language purity as well you know James ;-)

E.g. "its" meaning "belonging to it" has no apostrophe ...

Chris
(recent member of SPA – Society for the Protection of Apostrophes) :-)

On 2 Dec 2004, at 7:01, James N. McBride wrote:

>
> It's always interesting that other countries are credited with 
> perverting
> the English language but I notice that the English also do it quite 
> well. My
> friends from Newcastle speak Geordie which is very difficult to 
> understand,
> especially when they talk fast and are full off booze, which is most 
> of the
> time. They do enjoy life, even if they talk funny. I used to have a 
> photo a
> friend took in London. The sign in the shop window states; "We speak
> American." The French seem to be more concerned about language purity 
> than
> anyone else I know of. I think language is fun in all of it's many
> perversions.
>
> /jmac
<|_:-)_|>
C M I Barker
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