John Chambers wrote:
>
> | ... And the English think that English is the language that the English
> | speak!!
> | Laurie
>
> Yeah, well, the language does have more than a few major dialects.
> There's that line from My Fair Lady: "In America they haven't spoken
> it in years." And it's probably worth noting that the major American
> dictionaries all call themselves a "Dictionary of the American
> Language".
Makes a lotta sense to me. Danish and Norwegian are at least as closely
related as English and American, yet they are considered two different languages.
Forgeot Eric wrote:
>
> When I've been in Bodø and Nord-Norge in winter (Jul), I thought
> it was HEAVEN (or to be more correct, VALHALL) ! :)
Drop me a line next time you're here, will you?
Frank Nordberg
http://www.musicaviva.com
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