English now belongs to everybody and is all the better for universal
ownership.
There's no doubt that English has been enriched through global ownership.
However, not only spelling differences but also ambiguity is a pain in the
fanny.
q.v. http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/fanny
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Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 12:58:55 -0700
Not just the four countries. Or fourteen or forty. English now belongs to
everybody and is all the better for universal ownership.
If somebody could just fix the d*mn spelling. ;-)
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JO.Skip Robinson
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>Not many Americans could even begin to translate into a language other
than English
Sometimes not even then.
England, Canada, Australia, & the USA.
Four countries separated by a common language!
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