XPost: alt.english.usage, alt.usage.english, nl.taal   
   From: nospam@de-ster.demon.nl   
      
   s|b  wrote:   
      
   > On Tue, 16 Dec 2025 18:55:50 +0100, Ruud Harmsen wrote:   
   >   
   > > As a non-native speaker, can you hear, and make, the difference   
   > > between "We built this city on rock and roll" (not one of my favourite   
   > > songs by the way; don't know why) and the present tense variant 'We   
   > > build this city …'?   
   > >   
   > > I can.   
   > >   
   > > Not hard, is it? Easier than 'Henry VI's throne', anyway.   
   > >   
   > > Source: https://rudhar.com/fonetics/build.htm   
   >   
   > No problem.   
   >   
   > (Why did you add alt.english.usage twice in your crosspost?)   
      
   You really should look better.   
   alt.english.usage  !=  alt.usage.english   
      
   Jan   
      
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