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Originally posted by Geoff Winnington-Ball
Well, it probably is actually, considering we've never been able to teach them the Queen's English.
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Tut Tut Ingwinnton Allb
Queens English is the product of this fair isle as my learned colleague eludes to in his previous posting.
You other chaps speak a variation of the the afore said.
I will grant you that you Canadian Johnnies appear perchance out of all our Colonial brethren to be the most adept at linguist skills.
Given also your own most efficacious linage I do believe that most quintessential of English Gentleman R and my good self may make some allowance for you in this linguistic debate, but I fear Sir you spread your net too far with the collective use of 'we'
Yours humbly
PJ Ashby
PTO&G
