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Originally posted by Pete Ashby
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
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I say, Pete from Oxford..."eludes to...?".