On Thu, 5 Mar 2009 01:16:08 +0000, geoff wrote:

In message , Stephen Howard
writes
On Thu, 5 Mar 2009 00:16:20 -0000, "Doctor Drivel"
wrote:


"John Rumm" wrote in message
usnet...
Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

Everyone has an accent. And if 'standard English' is stuck to rigorously,
the language would never evolve which would be equally ludicrous.

and be called French ;-)

English does not derive from French. Duh!

Tell that to the Queen....

Does she do french ?

She didn't in the past, but she certainly does now...

Regards,



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Stephen Howard
Woodwind repairs & period restorations
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