On Fri, 11 Nov 2011 13:52:17 -0000
"dennis@home" wrote:



"Davey" wrote in message
...

And as for the American 'gonna', which is invading these shores,
Help!

That's not American.. its been around here for at least 40 years.
As in "I am gonna buy a new car"




Has it been written as such for that time, or just spoken? America was
where I first found it written down as normal speech, rather than
spoken as lazy speech. And that was 30+ years ago.
--
Davey.