[HPFGU-OTChatter] English around the world/around Australia

[Aberforth's Goat]

Tabouli

> Sigh[ed].  The tragic fate of a small Anglophone nation,
> struggling for recognition between two superpowers...

Between two how manys? Superwhichs? Where's the other one?

But your post impressed me nonetheless: I had never realized that
Aussies don't even know how to say their own name right, and will
humor them assiduously from this day forth. (Reminds me of my
grandfather's frustrating trip to France, and of his shock at
their "God awful pronunciation.") (Grampa grew up in South
Carolina.)

BTW, I once had a Canadian friend who would always "come with."
Whether this was normal, I don't know; in many other respects, he
wasn't, so there's no telling.

Baaaaaa!

Aberforth's Goat (a.k.a. Mike Gray, places his hand over his
heart as he stands to sing the Star Spangled Banner before
hitting the send button - as usual, when in doubt - NOW.)
_______________________

"Of course, I'm not entirely sure he can read, so that
may not have been bravery...."



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