On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 04:02:34AM -0400, Mike Hollis <> wrote: > *** off topic *** > BTW, if I remember correctly you are British. Is the term British pc ? > I recently reread Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. I'm not sure which book > but loosely quoted he wrote " Some things that look like Ents ain't". > I thought ain't was only southern U.S slang for isn't or am not. Is it > commonly used in Great Britain ? > Thanks again, > > ### Mike Hollis ### I think Bruce is British in the sense of "West British" or "South British" (to paraphrase a quote the between-tracks speech on an early Jimi Hendrix live LP, released after he became famous).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ain%27t#Regional_usage_and_dialects but note that it's usage in the UK is more common than that article currently implies. ĸen -- das eine Mal als Tragödie, das andere Mal als Farce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
