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   From: ccaine@worldnet.att.net   
      
   "allan connochie"  wrote in message   
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   > "Chess One"  wrote in message   
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   >>>>> >> > Why say English here? Why not say British?   
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   >> the question is, British what? language or culture?   
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   > People!  That is what was being talked about. Someone suggested that the   
   > English weren't good at foreign languages. Someone else wondered why the   
   > English were being singled out.   
      
   Speaking of which, I've watched a couple of episodes of "The Eastenders".   
   What language are they speaking? Certainly not English.   
   I had to use closed captions to follow the dialog.   
      
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