Streaming monthly meetings

[w3hwn at comcast.net]

Which goes to show why so many draw a distinction between "English" and "British", the latter being prevalent on the Eastern side of the pond. 

There is also, of course, the VK variant of the language, commonly referred to as "Strine". 

Dick 
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Hawes" <brian.hawes at retired.ox.ac.uk> 
To: "Tad G" <tad at planetisuzoo.com>, "Tacos AMRAD" <tacos at amrad.org> 
Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 1:55:41 AM 
Subject: RE: Streaming monthly meetings 

No, no - This is real English: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RRv35Ig2mg 

Brian 

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From: tacos-bounces+hawes=herald.ox.ac.uk at amrad.org [tacos-bounces+hawes=herald.ox.ac.uk at amrad.org] On Behalf Of Tad G [tad at planetisuzoo.com] 
Sent: 13 September 2011 22:21 
To: Tacos AMRAD 
Subject: Re: Streaming monthly meetings 

... and then there's what English sounds like to foreigners: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcUi6UEQh00&feature=player_embedded 

-Tad 

On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 4:09 PM, Mark Whittington <markwhi at gmail.com> wrote: 
> On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 4:01 PM, Phil <philmt59 at aol.com> wrote: 
> 
>> 
>> Sorry to correct you, but we never had an accent to lose. What is more, 
>> old chap, I thought most Americans sang with a British accent, especially 
>> Dick van Dyke in "Mary Poppins". 
>> 
>> Phil M1GWZ 
>> 
> 
> It seems that you may have it completely 
> backwards: http://www.nicholasjohnpatrick.com/post/767354896/did-americans-in-1776-have-british-accents 
> :) 
> -Mark 
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