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Steve W.[_4_]

wrote:
On Mon, 30 Jul 2012 01:52:53 +1000, F Murtz
wrote:

Lloyd E. Sponenburgh wrote:
F fired this volley in news:9DQQr.985$Oq4.702
@viwinnwfe02.internal.bigpond.com:

As long as you know how to sodder.
I learned to "sodder" long before I learned any other metalworking
skills.

I am just having a giggle at the propensity of Americans to leave out
the l, I don't understand why.

What really puzzles me is why so many Americans say & write " then "
when they mean " than " Of course, Americans speak their
dialect of English just as we Aussies use localised words which baffle
visitors.

Alan

There is no longer one version of "American English" With the influx of
other cultures and lack of real education in the schools, there are now
many different dialects and regional pockets of "English".

As for global relations and understanding other countries "English",
That is something that only people who actually study or visit those
locales actually understand.

I surprised a few visitors to upstate NY from around Bathurst NSW when
we started talking and neither of us had to "translate" to be
understood. That was probably helped by the fact that we were discussing
local pests for both areas (namely the large rats disguised as deer in
the US and kangaroos there) We both had the same solutions as well,
Differing only in caliber !!!

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Steve W.