XPost: soc.culture.welsh, soc.culture.cornish, soc.culture.irish   
   XPost: soc.culture.scottish   
   From: micheil@shaw.ca   
      
   On Sun, 19 Aug 2007 10:43:34 GMT, "Chess One"    
   wrote:   
      
   >   
   >"The Highlander"  wrote in message   
   >news:sdkec31lfa83jlug8grodqleuk75tqm1dp@4ax.com...   
   >>>Is English your first language?   
   >>   
   >> I already asked if he would revert to standard English.   
   >>   
   >> It has been puzzling me too. My guess is re-enactor's English of the   
   >> "Hark! What Light Through Yonder Window Breaks?" variety. I wonder if   
   >> he wears a codpiece when declaiming...   
   >   
   >Really? You rascal, you! Its all coming out now, those who wonder overmuch   
   >on the page might wonder around outside more.   
      
   What in the name of God are you talking about?   
   >   
   >What, BTW, is 'standard English?'   
      
   Any form of English which is universally understood. Like Hochdeutsch   
   for German and Mandarin for the Chinese.   
      
   I knew you wouldn't know. If we could have a hint of your origins -   
   Alabama? Nigeria? Pakistan? any of the Eurotrash countries? we could   
   adjust our English accordingly.   
      
   For example, if your roots are based in Nigeria:   
      
   "Lotta people gonna be wonderin' about how de corner-stone ob American   
   social literature gittin' laid. Lotta people gonna be walkin' about   
   over de nex' few centuries an' quotin' Phil Innes' amazin' opinions at   
   one anudder an' muttering "How dis great talent kickin' off?"   
      
   "History gonna be recognisin' where you de fust-class Scottish history   
   genius, also de dipperlomatic giant o' yo generation, not to mention   
   bein' a dab hand at spreadin' de cultural rhino shit, but how it   
   comin' about dat de great Phil Innes also wipin' de floor wid Wilfrid   
   Shakespeare an' Edward de Gibbon an' similar when postin' to SCS?"   
      
   See how quickly we adapt to the local speech? Try us - we're quite   
   sophisticated about such matters, given that we built an Empire for   
   the sorry motherless bedwetters south of the Scottish Border and   
   managed to pick up a few dialects on our travels...   
      
   Ever anxious to be of service!   
      
      
   The Highlander   
   Tilgibh smucaid air do làmhan,   
   togaibh a' bhratach dhubh agus   
   toisichibh a' geàrradh na sgòrnanan!   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)