[HPforGrownups] Re: Hermione: Jewish? and American Changes

Simon Biber simon at basilisk2.cjb.net
Mon Dec 11 07:17:19 UTC 2000


No: HPFGUIDX 6602

> > That's interesting, here in Australia we say Merry Christmas,
> > although my grandmother does say Happy. It tends to be the
> > case here that the old-timers have more British traditions.
>
> I'm British, I say "Merry Christmas" and so does just about everyone
> I know. It's news to me that it's supposed to be American.

Perhaps this is another of the American misconceptions about the English :-)

Simon.





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