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


"John Rumm" wrote in message
snet...
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....



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Stephen Howard
Woodwind repairs & period restorations
http://www.shwoodwind.co.uk

She is a foreigner anyway. I would get rid of her tomorrow, the whole lot of
them.