From: shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com   
      
   On 11/07/2024 9:58 pm, Geoff wrote:   
   > On 11/07/2024 3:51 pm, ~misfit~ wrote:   
   >> On 11/07/2024 1:19 am, Yazoo wrote:   
   >>> On Wed, 10 Jul 2024 10:03:23 -0000 (UTC), Mark    
   >>> wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>> [ Well off-topic... ]   
   >>>>   
   >>>> As someone who has spent some years studying Spanish (with some   
   >>>> reasonable French from my schooldays) I'll offer a /small/ crumb of   
   >>>> comfort in defence of English...   
   >>   
   >> As a member of the last UK generation to have gone to a Grammar School (11+   
   anyone?) I'm trying   
   >> to be more Zen about American 'English' but it's a struggle. Especially as   
   a huge number of   
   >> non-English speakers are learning 'English' from American media content.   
   >>   
   >> I get that France was instrumental in them winning their war of   
   independence (and giving them a   
   >> bloody great big statue to remind them of the fact) so I understand why   
   they pronounce 'filet' as   
   >> they do. But then they end 'tourniquet' with a hard T? Seriously. And don't   
   get me started on   
   >> 'solder'! It's not like they can't pronounce 'colder' of 'folder'...   
   >>   
   >   
   >   
   > Hey man, get over it already !   
      
   LOL, I'm trying...   
      
   > geoff   
   >   
   > PS - Yes, it needs a twitch in the time-space continuum.   
      
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