I came back to Australia several months ago, after living and working in
the
UK for a year and if there is any group that perverts vocal English it is
the
English! The concept of the Queen's English is a myth - very very few
English
people actually speak what may be called Queen's English. If you don't
want
it too hard on the ear, stay away from Yorkshire, Birmingham and the
Scottish
Borders!
Which brings up an interesting point. If the English are so "bad" at
speaking
English - I wonder how good the hellenists were at speaking hellenistic
Greek?
Just a thought.
cheers,
Andrew
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| Andrew S. Kulikovsky B.App.Sc(Hons) MACS
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| Software Engineer
| British Aerospace Australia
| Technology Park, Adelaide
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| email: akulikov@baea.com.au
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| What's the point of gaining everything this world has
| to offer, if you lose your own life in the end?
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| ...Look to Jesus Christ
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| hO IESOUS KURIOS!
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