On Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:34:46 +0100, Terry Casey
wrote:

On 30/08/2010 00:47, Graham. wrote:
i doubt the writer is a native English-speaker

Maybe.

- but he/she may have learnt English from American instructors.

On a short wave radio? (LOL)

IME More likely copied and pasted from leftpondian tracts.

Derek

Voice of America used to broadcast the news in "Special English"
which simply meant i t w a s r e a d v e r y s l o w l y

Are you sure you're not getting confused with the BBC World Service (in
the days when it was The European Service of the BBC and The General
Overseas Service).

"The next programme is the news in English, r e a d s l o w l y"


IIRC "Here is the news read at slow speed"

Derek